Ster ZLM Toer: Greipel victory raises Lotto-Belisol win tally to twenty

German sprinter bests Cavendish, who moves into overall race leadAndre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) got his 13th win of the season, tops in the professional peloton in 2012, after taking stage two of the Ster ZLM Toer on Friday. The big German’s [...]

2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00June 15th, 2012|

Tour de Slovenie: Daryl Impey speeds to stage two victory

South African takes second win of the season ahead of Ponzi, UlissiDaryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) survived the rolling terrain of the second stage of the Tour de Slovénie on Friday and took the bunch sprint ahead of current race leader Simone [...]

2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00June 15th, 2012|

RadioShack Nissan team says it will take ‘all appropriate measures’ in relation to USADA doping case

Bruyneel’s future with the team appears to be under questionAlthough Johan Bruyneel has claimed innocence in relation to the doping accusations he is being faced with by the US Anti Doping Agency, the RadioShack Nissan team has said that it [...]

2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00June 15th, 2012|

Bruyneel protests USADA investigation, claims innocence

Belgian says he’s being pursued ‘from court to court’After two days of silence on the matter, former US Postal Service manager Johan Bruyneel has protested his innocence of the doping allegations that the US Anti Doping Service has made against [...]

2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00June 15th, 2012|

Kessiakoff stuns in beating Cancellara in Tour de Suisse time trial

Costa extends race lead with strong eighth placeAstana’s Fredrik Kessiakoff took a big scalp today in the Tour de Suisse, winning the stage seven time trial by two seconds ahead of Fabian Cancellara. The Swedish rider completed the 34.3 kilometre [...]

2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00June 15th, 2012|

UCI rules race radios will remain in use through 2013, Vaughters welcomes decision

Proposed new anti-doping system to be further discussed in SeptemberThe issue about whether or not race radios will be removed from top level pro competition has been put on hold once again, with the UCI announcing today that it has [...]

2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00June 15th, 2012|

Armstrong’s legal team pushes for witnesses to be named in its reaction against USADA

USADA had said anonymity was used due to previous coercion and intimidationLast month Lance Armstrong indicated that he was done fighting claims he used banned drugs, saying that he was fatigued with the whole issue, and wanted to move on. [...]

2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00June 15th, 2012|

Could Schlecks be considering a move away from RadioShack?

Riders’ agent said to be making enquiries elsewhereAlthough the Schleck brothers signed multi-year contracts with the Leopard Trek setup prior to last season, there is growing speculation about whether they will remain put with the team for the duration of [...]

2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00June 15th, 2012|

Ster ZLM Toer: Marcel Kittel leaves the world’s best in his wake in stage one sprint

German wunderkind beats Renshaw and Cavendish in Dutch stage race openerMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) left the World’s best sprinters in his wake as he took the opening stage of the Ster ZLM Toer, between Eindhoven and Sittard/Geleen. The 24-year-old German managed [...]

2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00June 14th, 2012|

Tour de Slovenie: Simone Ponzi grabs opening stage in 22 man sprint

Italian wins crash-strewn stage as the peloton splits on the final climbSimone Ponzi (Astana) won the opening leg of the Tour de Slovénie, between Celje and Novo Mesto, at the head of a 22-man peloton. The Italian was best at [...]

2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00June 14th, 2012|

SCA Promotions will monitor USADA case against Armstrong/US Postal Service

Company doesn’t rule out taking action if it becomes possibleThe insurance company which was the subject of a hotly-contested court action between 2004 and 2006, SCA Promotions, has said that it will monitor the USADA action against Lance Armstrong and [...]

2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00June 14th, 2012|

Dauphiné injuries cause Martin to withdraw from Irish national championships

No road race, but Garmin Barracuda rider hopeful of riding TourTwelve months after he finished an extremely close second in the Irish road race championships, losing out to Matt Brammeier by millimetres, Dan Martin made the difficult choice to withdraw [...]

2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00June 14th, 2012|

Tour de Suisse: Scintillating Sagan on top yet again

Dominant Slovakian takes another as Costa retains leadIt’s starting to look like the Tour of California. Victorious in five stages out of eight there last month, Peter Sagan is showing a similar dominance in stages of the Tour de Suisse, [...]

2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00June 14th, 2012|

Could Bruyneel or the RadioShack team be excluded from the Tour?

ASO won’t be drawn on case at this point in timeWith the Tour de France just over two weeks away, it remains to be seen what will happen after yesterday’s news that USADA is starting an anti-doping proceeding against those [...]

2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00June 14th, 2012|

Video: Reinardt Janse van Rensburg reflects on successful season thus far

South African talks about the attention from World Tour teamsReinardt Janse van Rensburg has notched up an impressive twelve UCI wins this season. The previously little-known cyclist rides for South African continental team MTN-Qhubeka and recently returned home from a [...]

2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00June 14th, 2012|

Tour de Slovénie Preview: Italian teams and Astana likely to feature

Diego Ulissi looking to defend title in four-day stage raceThe Tour of Slovenia (UCI 2.1) gets underway today, one of several 2.1 races positioned as Tour de France warm up races outside of France or Switzerland. The four-day stage race [...]

2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00June 14th, 2012|

Belgian cycling federation president says there’s no investigation into Johan Bruyneel for now

Tom Van Damme states federation can’t move until it is given evidence, but USADA claims jurisdictionOne day after it was confirmed that USADA had opened a case against six individuals including Johan Bruyneel, the RadioShack Nissan manager and former US [...]

2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00June 14th, 2012|

WADA, Ironman, Livestrong and USADA react to charges against Lance Armstrong and others

Responses of four of those linked to and affected by the charges Following yesterday’s news that the US Anti Doping Agency had filed charges against Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel and four others in relation to what it says is evidence [...]

2012-06-14T00:00:00+00:00June 14th, 2012|
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