Says there were clear differences to usual biological passport profileOn a day when he resigned from his role as one of the experts overseeing the biological passport on cycling, Michael Ashenden has highlighted what he said were suspicious inconsistencies with [...]
South African takes victory reminiscent of teammate Michael Albasini in Catalunya after a rainy day in northern SpainDaryl Impey (GreenEdge) won the second stage of the Vuelta a Pais in a way reminiscent of his Swiss teammate Michael Albasini’s victories [...]
Says wife’s pregnancy helps him cope with setback of injuryTwo days after his crash in the Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Fabian Cancellara has spoken at length about the accident and said that while the disappointment was hard to take, he must [...]
GreenEdge sprinter speaks to VeloNation about his health problems of 2012 after abandoning halfway through the Ronde van VlaanderenThe season has been a tough one so far for GreenEdge’s Matt Goss, as the Australian sprinter has been struggling to match [...]
Claims anti-doping system doesn’t work properlyAlberto Contador has confirmed that he won’t appeal the two year, partially-backdated suspension which was handed down on him by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on February 6th.The Spaniard is currently blocked from competition [...]
Anti-doping expert believes experts must have freedom of speechMichael Ashenden, one of the world’s top anti-doping scientists, has stood down from the biological passport panel which oversees cycling due to his frustration with a new rule in place.Ashenden has been [...]
Belgium leads nations’ rankings due to his successGiving him double reason to celebrate, Belgian rider Tom Boonen vaulted to the lead of the latest UCI world rankings with his victory in yesterday’s Ronde Van Vlaanderen. The Omega Pharma Quick Step [...]
Dane pledges to put his energy into rebuilding teamResponding with relief after the UCI’s Licence Commission decided not to strip the Saxo Bank team of its place in the WorldTour, Bjarne Riis has said that a weight is off his [...]
German rider drops five minutes on day oneDefending champion Andreas Klöden has lost out on the chance of defending his Vuelta al Pais Vasco title, with the German cracking on today’s opening stage of the race. The RadioShack Nissan rider [...]
Rules that Bjarne Riis’ team shouldn’t be demoted after Contador sanctionThe UCI’s Licence Commission has ruled that the Saxo Bank team shouldn’t lose its WorldTour licence on the basis of Alberto Contador’s sanctioning by the Court of Arbitration for Sport [...]
Sprint decides first leader’s jersey in tough WorldTour eventJose Joaquin Rojas bounced back from his recent crash in the finale of Gent Wevelgem to win today’s opening stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco in Gueñes. The Movistar rider timed [...]
Judith Arndt reflects on an identical one-two to 2008; mixed fortunes for others on the new course finaleJudith Arndt (GreenEdge-AIS) outsprinted Kristin Armstrong (United States) at the end of the Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouwen in Oudenaarde yesterday; the venue [...]
Cummings back in action after fractured pelvisRunner up last year in the King of the Mountains classification in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, BMC Racing Team’s Amaël Moinard will begin today’s first stage of the WorldTour race in a determined [...]
Swiss rider likely to be out of competition for a month and a halfHours after his crash in yesterday’s Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara underwent an operation to repair the damage caused when he fell in the feedzone [...]
NetApp, Ag2R-La Mondiale, Lampre-ISD and Saxo Bank voice their experiencesA worn out Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) took second in the sprint for fourth place in the Tour of Flanders, being bested by Greg Van Avermaet of BMC Racing. Unfortunately for the [...]
Katusha rider tried several escapes before taking top ten finishRiding his best spring campaign in some time, Luca Paolini (Katusha) built on previous good results in the one-day Classics, coming home in seventh place at the Tour of Flanders. Having [...]
Danish rider returns to the Ronde van Vlaanderen but can do nothing about the decisive breakAfter a torrid 2011, dominated by a knee injury that he picked up in the previous year’s Paris-Roubaix, Matti Breschel (Rabobank) is steadily making his [...]
Belgian joins the greats with third Ronde van Vlaanderen victory; new course is not harder, just differentTom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) joined the greats of Flemish cycling with his third victory in the Ronde van Vlaanderen today. In a season [...]
