USADA CEO frustrated by governing body’s decision to shelve investigation into itResponding to yesterday’s decision by the UCI to shelve the Independent Commission that it had previously claimed would exonerate it, its current president Pat McQuaid and former chief Hein [...]
Four riders escape the shattered bunch in the headwind and just stay awayChloe Hosking (Hitec Products) took the first victory for her new team in the opening stage of the 2013 Ladies’ Tour of Qatar, taking a close two-up sprint [...]
Belgian rider back on track and eager to get racing Six days after Omega Pharma Quick Step confirmed that Tom Boonen would have to miss the Tour of Qatar due to an elbow problem, the team has said that the [...]
Italian sprinter believes there’s room for improvement after Saxo Tinkoff moveWith his season debut fast approaching in the Tour of Qatar, Italian rider Daniele Bennati is determined to step up his game in 2013. The 32 year old moved to [...]
Says it is of ‘immense public interest’ to determine how Armstrong/US Postal Service eluded detectionResponding to yesterday’s press release which announced that the UCI was withdrawing its backing for the Independent Commission, that commission has issued a restrained response to [...]
Czech star explains his absence from the Louisville ‘cross Worlds as the road season approachesThere was a chorus of groans from across the Atlantic when Zdeněk Štybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) announced that he would not be seeking a third cyclocross [...]
Belgian won’t yet consider absence as non-cooperation but case may proceed in his absenceAlthough Johan Bruyneel indicated to the Belgian state prosecutor Jaak Fransen earlier this month that he was ready to cooperate with an investigation into doping being conducted [...]
Triple Tour winner not convinced that Armstrong can change Responding to Lance Armstrong’s statement on the Oprah Winfrey show that he owed Greg LeMond and others an apology for his actions over the past dozen years, LeMond has said that [...]
Believes it is ‘entirely possible’ to have a women’s stage race in place for 2014The new Oceania president Tracey Gaudry has said that she wants to see the 2014 Santos Tour Down Under also include a women’s stage race, thus [...]
TV station strikes a deal with Qatar Cycling Federation as the country builds up to the 2016 WorldsThe fifth edition of the Ladies’ Tour of Qatar is to be broadcast live on TV station Al Jazeera, thanks to a deal [...]
Race of the Two Seas to feature identical start and finish as 2012 editionRCS Sport, the organiser of the Giro d’Italia, presented the 2013 route of its other big stage race, the Tirreno-Adriatico, in San Vincenzo, on the Tuscan coast, [...]
Rochelle Gilmore and Giorgia Bronzini supported by a multitude of young starsThe Wiggle-Honda Women’s Pro Cycling Team was presented to the press at London’s Millbank Media Centre on the banks of the River Thames on Friday, by Europsport’s voice of [...]
“This is too important for rushed discussions, or hasty decisions,” says Pat McQuaidThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has taken the decision to disband the Independent Commission (UCIIC) that it itself set up in late November last year, in favour of [...]
Second overall an encouraging sign as American heads into important seasonAlthough he didn’t expect a top ten overall in the Tour de San Luis, young American rider Tejay van Garderen performed far above his own expectations in the Argentinian race [...]
Danish rider likely to miss first semi-Classics Winner of a stage in last year’s Giro d’Italia plus the GP de Fourmies, Lars Bak’s goal of a strong Classics campaign has been dented by an injury suffered yesterday in the GP [...]
Zdeněk Štybar to replace Tom Boonen after Belgian champion’s recent elbow surgeryOmega Pharma-Quick Step has confirmed that Tom Boonen will not be on the start line of the Tour of Qatar, between February 3rd and 8th, with his place taken [...]
German believes US team can step up a level this seasonAt last count Germany’s Robert Forster (United HealthCare) had won races in 14 different countries – China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of [...]
Footage from the final stage of this year's race Read the stage report here:
