21-year-old British neo-pro fastest again in Balearic bunch sprintAs his teammate Tom Boonen was holding on to the race lead in the Tour of Qatar by his fingernails, Omega Pharma-Quick Step neo-pro Andy Fenn was chalking up his second victory [...]
Reactions continue to today’s sanctioning of Spanish rider Saxo Bank team owner Bjarne Riis has responded to today’s news that Alberto Contador has been suspended and lost several big race results, saying that he regretted the outcome. Contador has been [...]
Sastre, Delgado, Pereiro and RFEC chief respondFran Contador, the brother and agent of Alberto Contador, has made clear that the suspended rider will not retire from the sport. The Spaniard had originally said that if he was sanctioned for his [...]
Lampre-ISD captain stands to inherit 2011 Giro d’Italia title after Spanish rider’s retrospective suspensionOne of those to benefit from Alberto Contador being handed a retrospective two year suspension for his clenbuterol positive at the 2010 Tour de France, is 2011 [...]
Insists he wants to win on the road, not in courtAlthough his main rival Alberto Contador has been stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title, Andy Schleck has insisted that he is not pleased to be named the winner [...]
Belgian holds race lead by three-hundredths of a second after American team fastest in 11.3km Lusail testGarmin-Barracuda blasted around the 11.3km stage two team time trial course, out and back from the Lusail Cycling Circuit, in a time of 12’38”. [...]
Belgian legend reacts to CAS verdict in Alberto Contador caseEddy Merckx has spoken about his disappointment about the fact that the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) has ruled that Alberto Contador should be suspended for two years. The Belgian [...]
CAS rules against Spaniard, says contaminated supplement caused Clenbuterol postiveTriple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has today lost one of those titles, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne stripping him of his 2010 victory plus his [...]
Santos Tour Down Under stage winner unable to start in QatarThe Champion System squad will start today’s team time trial at the Tour of Qatar missing one of its strongest riders, with Will Clarke being a non-starter on the yesterday’s [...]
Evans, Schlecks and Contador took part in early season openerOn a day when former Paris-Roubaix winner Tom Boonen triumphed on stage one of the Tour of Qatar, a past winner of the under 23 version of the same Classic hit [...]
Frenchman didn’t believe he would overhaul RollandSitting twenty seconds behind race leader Pierre Rolland (Europcar) heading into the concluding time trial, former world under 23 championship bronze medallist Jerome Coppel used his skill against the clock to overcome his deficit, [...]
“There should be no impediment to evidence being handed over relatively quickly”The director general of the World Anti Doping Agency David Howman has said that he believes the evidence gathered thus far in the US Postal Service/Lance Armstrong federal investigation [...]
Red and black team checked out new stage finish as roadworks forced a move from Doha Golf ClubAs soon as it was announced that roadworks had necessitated the move of the finish of the first stage of the Tour of [...]
Two wins in two days for Belgium’s new IcemanTom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) followed his first victory of the season, in the previous day’s Krawatencross Lille, with his second in the Superprestige Hoogstraten. The 23-year-old managed to escape the tactical battle between [...]
Five former winners to take part in Malaysian raceFormer race winner and 2010 Tour de France King of the Mountains Anthony Charteau will lead the Europcar team in this year’s Tour de Langkawi, which begins in just under three week’s [...]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider takes yet another stage win in windy Middle Eastern race Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) rekindled his love affair with the Tour of Qatar with an apparently easy victory in the first stage, between Barzan Towers [...]
World champion “not 100% healthy” but cleared to raceMark Cavendish has been passed fit by Team Sky’s medical team, and has lined up at the start of the Tour of Qatar, his first race of the season. The World champion [...]
Cavendish, Gilbert and Hushovd headline field Starting today, the Tour of Qatar signals the start of the season for many Classics riders and sprinters whose aims lie in the first few months of the season. The flat course, mild temperature [...]
