UCI, Cycling Anti Doping Foundation gives tentative all clear to Tour de France doping samples

No positive tests from this year’s Tour, retrospective tests may still be carried outThe UCI’s Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation stated on Tuesday that the samples analysed at this year’s Tour de France have shown no signs of the use of banned [...]

2013-08-20T00:00:00+00:00August 20th, 2013|

Hardman Adam Hansen speaks about his aims starting his seventh consecutive Grand Tour

Australian wants to pick up a stage win somewhere between start in Galicia and finale in MadridAlready a stage winner in the Giro d’Italia this year, Adam Hansen sets out in what is his seventh Grand Tour in a row [...]

2013-08-20T00:00:00+00:00August 20th, 2013|

Euskaltel Euskadi confirms it has begun ‘an orderly shutdown’ of team

Management rue ‘sad day’ for team and for cyclingConfirming what was reported today in the Basque media, the Euskaltel Euskadi team has formally announced that it has begun the process of winding up the team, although it commits to finishing [...]

2013-08-20T00:00:00+00:00August 20th, 2013|

USA Pro Challenge: Van Avermaet and Reijnen go close to stage win in Aspen

BMC Racing Team and UnitedHealthcare podium finishers beaten by Sagan, will keep tryingThey were the riders who were closest to denying Peter Sagan his stage win on day one of the USA Pro Challenge, but who came up short against [...]

2013-08-20T00:00:00+00:00August 20th, 2013|

Report: Euskaltel Euskadi team has run out of time in hunt for new sponsor

Riders, staff learn that there’s no hope of a turnaround After almost two decades of involvement in the sport, the Basque Euskaltel Euskadi team is set to close its doors at the end of the season, with no solution being [...]

2013-08-20T00:00:00+00:00August 20th, 2013|

Philip Deignan Interview: Irishman ready to rumble at the USA Pro Challenge

“I feel really good at the moment…I am confident that I am in good shape”Winner of the Tour of the Gila and ninth overall in the subsequent Tour of California, Philip Deignan has said that he believes he could be [...]

2013-08-19T00:00:00+00:00August 19th, 2013|

Sagan outkicks Van Avermaet in USA Pro Challenge opening stage

Slovak tries a small break in final 10km, then takes sprint once it all comes togetherPeter Sagan (Cannondale) got yet another win on American soil to open the USA Pro Cycling challenge, sprinting to the line in Aspen quicker than [...]

2013-08-19T00:00:00+00:00August 19th, 2013|

Video highlights: UCI Women's World Cup Vargarda races

Victories for world champions Specialized lululemon and Marianne Vos See race reports here: Team time trial: Specialized-lululemon wins third consecutive Vårgårda team time trial World Cup Road race: Marianne Vos wins Open de Suéde Vårgårda World Cup

2013-08-19T00:00:00+00:00August 19th, 2013|

Euskaltel-Euskadi pulling out all the stops in Vuelta a España

Sanchez backed by Nieve, Anton, Martinez and Landa in possibly its last grand tourEuskaltel-Euskadi is sending a squad to the Vuelta a España that could contend for stage victories, as well as the overall title, when the race begins on [...]

2013-08-19T00:00:00+00:00August 19th, 2013|

Ciolek’s past team-mate Linus Gerdemann to join compatriot on MTN Qhubeka in 2014

Former Tour de France stage winner returns to high level competition with African squadHaving already found success with one former T-Mobile/Highroad rider in Milan Sanremo winner Gerald Ciolek, the MTN Qhubeka team has now signed another who competed with Bob [...]

2013-08-19T00:00:00+00:00August 19th, 2013|

2012 champion Boom describes Eneco points jersey as a consolation prize, Kelderman happy with seventh

Belkin team played important role in animating WorldTour raceHe started the race as defending champion and while he was able to take over the leader’s jersey in his hometown of Vlijmen on day four, Lars Boom ultimately had to be [...]

2013-08-19T00:00:00+00:00August 19th, 2013|

Movistar dedicates team to Valverde in Vuelta a España, believes in his chances of final victory

“We don't have any reasons why we shouldn't think about fighting for the overall win with Alejandro”The Movistar team has thrown its full weight behind Alejandro Valverde, last year’s runner-up, believing that he can head to the Vuelta a España [...]

2013-08-19T00:00:00+00:00August 19th, 2013|

Wiggins: Just one more year on the road, then all systems go for track gold in the 2016 Olympic Games

Briton rules out ever targeting a Grand Tour againSaying that he has already decided on a path back to being a heavier track rider and thus turned away from thoughts of ever winning the Tour de France – or any [...]

2013-08-19T00:00:00+00:00August 19th, 2013|

Eneco Tour winner Stybar now aiming for Vuelta a España stage victory

Czech rider has greater self-belief after pulling off ‘unexpected’ win in WorldTour raceIncreasingly confident in his own abilities following his Eneco Tour success yesterday, Zdenek Stybar has now set a new target for himself: win the first Grand Tour stage [...]

2013-08-19T00:00:00+00:00August 19th, 2013|

Voigt confirms that he’ll be part of the new Trek team setup in 2014, his final year in the pro peloton

Retirement beckons for the oldest rider in the WorldTour…but not quite yetHe’s already hinted it, and now it’s been made official; Jens Voigt will join the new Trek WorldTour team in 2014, riding one final year in the peloton before [...]

2013-08-18T00:00:00+00:00August 18th, 2013|
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