More attacks pepper the stage but the sprinters win the day once moreSamuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) won the fifth stage of the Volta a Catalunya between El Vendrell and Tarragona in a bunch sprint. The punchy French sprinter beat José Joaquin [...]
Emanuale Sella does just enough to hold on to race leadAdriano Malori (Lampre-ISD) won the stage 4 time trial of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali in Crevalcore. The 23-year-old Italian completed the 14.3km course in a time of 16’37”, [...]
Argentinian sprinter collided with a tree at 70 km/h on the descent off the TiegembergWhile Wednesday was an overall banner day for Bjarne Riis's Saxo Bank team with wins in both Belgium and Spain, it wasn't a great day for [...]
Several teams abstain from aligning with rival leagueThe UCI recently revealed that plans had been drawn up for a rival league, which could see a number of ProTeams potentially split from the governing body in the search for a new [...]
Riders will join competitive field in Corsican event The Astana and RadioShack teams have sent some of their strongest riders to Corsica for the Criterium International, which begins tomorrow with a 198 kilometre stage from Porto-Vecchio to the top of [...]
World Anti Doping Agency confirms decision will be made within three weeksFollowing the UCI’s announcement this morning that it intends to appeal the RFEC’s clearing of Alberto Contador, the World Anti Doping Agency WADA has confirmed that it will make [...]
Past winners and on-form riders will be protected in cobbled WorldTour raceThe BMC Racing Team will start this coming Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem with two former winners, but will also be supporting the interests of two on-form cobble specialists. George Hincapie, the [...]
Tour chief frustrated by delaysTour de France race director Christian Prudhomme has said that he doesn’t want the Alberto Contador appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to drag on too long. He is worried that the case [...]
Quality but a little inexperience for the acid-green teamLiquigas-Cannondale approaches the next week of Belgian races with confidence, but with the admission that many of its riders lack experience in the tough, cobbled courses of the north. The acid-green team [...]
Embattled Tour de France winner is confident that he will be clearedAlberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) passed a relatively uneventful day on the bike, successfully defending his lead in the Volta a Catalunya. After he crossed the finish line however, he [...]
Australian disappointed in performance on first mountaintop finish of his season at CatalunyaFollowing his tenth place finish, fifty seconds behind the five-time embattled Grand Tour winner, Alberto Contador, on the Volta a Catalunya's Queen stage yesterday, BMC captain Cadel Evans [...]
Breakaway dominated stage finishes in bunch gallopManuel Cardoso (RadioShack) won the fourth stage of the Volta a Catalunya between La Seu d’Urgell and El Vendrell at the head of a peloton sprint. The former Portuguese champion beat Giacomo Nizzolo (Leopard [...]
HTC-Highroad’s 2010 winner recovering from bad coldBernhard Eisel (HTC-Highroad), the winner of the 2010 edition of Gent-Wevelgem has been suffering from a cold during his preparation for the defence of his title. The 30-year-old Austrian is confident and determined that [...]
Italian climber retakes jersey with dominant solo victoryEmanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) seized back control of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali with a dominant solo victory in stage 3 between Casalecchio di Reno and Gaggio Montano. The climber from Vicenza escaped [...]
Dutchman hoping for home glory on the Cauberg and in the ArdennesRobert Gesink is already the owner of an excellent spring campaign following two stage wins and the overall at the Tour of Oman and a second place overall at [...]
Spanish rider facing major battle over coming monthsThe UCI has confirmed in the past few minutes that it intends appealing the Contador case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The rider tested positive for Clenbuterol during last year’s Tour [...]
2008 Gent-Wevelgem winner on antibiotics, but Rabobank is hopeful that he will be able to take the start on SundayThe spring season of three-time World Champion is taking an unfortunate turn toward dismal for Oscar Freire. The Rabobank rider was knocked [...]
Implications of appeal and possible sanctionFollowing the news that the UCI has decided to appeal Alberto Contador’s clearing on doping charges by his national federation, the rider, his legal advisers and his Saxo Bank SunGard team will be weighing up [...]
