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Operacion Puerto: Push to continue for release of evidence

Pound: “It’s embarrassing for Spain. Everybody knows if the samples are made available, we will be able to uncover quite a bit more doping.” Although yesterday’s Operacion Puerto ruling appeared to close the door on the handover of 211 blood [...]

2020-04-09T20:30:11+00:00May 1st, 2013|

Vacansoleil-DCM leaves “complicated” Jose Rujano out of Giro d’Italia squad

Three Corsa Rosa debutants in Dutch ProTeam as Thomas De Gendt aims for the TourVacansoleil-DCM has taken the precautionary decision to leave Jose Rujano out of its nine-man line up for the Giro d’Italia. In what it describes as “a [...]

2013-05-01T00:00:00+00:00May 1st, 2013|

Simon Spilak wins Rund um den Finanzplatz in a two-up sprint

Slovenian outpaces 2012 winner Moreno Moser as they just hold off the pelotonSimon Spilak (Katusha) won the 2013 edition of the Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn - Frankfurt, the traditional German May Day race, as he outsprinted the previous year’s [...]

2013-05-01T00:00:00+00:00May 1st, 2013|

4 Jours de Dunkerque: Arnaud Démare sprints into the lead in opening stage

Former under-23 World champion led out by FDJ to take May’s first pink jerseyArnaud Démare (FDJ) sprinted to victory in the opening stage of the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, between Dunkerque and Courrières, to take the first pink leader’s jersey [...]

2013-05-01T00:00:00+00:00May 1st, 2013|

Gesink upbeat prior to first Giro d’Italia, aiming for top five finish or better

Kelderman and others to give full backing to Blanco Pro Cycling team leaderAlthough he was back in 54th place in last week’s Tour de Romandie, Blanco Pro Cycling’s Robert Gesink has said that he believes his condition should ramp upwards [...]

2013-05-01T00:00:00+00:00May 1st, 2013|

Operacion Puerto: Push to continue for release of evidence

Pound: “It’s embarrassing for Spain. Everybody knows if the samples are made available, we will be able to uncover quite a bit more doping.” Although yesterday’s Operacion Puerto ruling appeared to close the door on the handover of 211 blood [...]

2013-05-01T00:00:00+00:00May 1st, 2013|

Ivan Basso to lead Cannondale with Elia Viviani in the Giro d’Italia

Two-time winner’s “results and preparation were as expected,” says directeur sportif Ivan Basso will lead the Cannondale team in the Giro d’Italia, which starts in the city of Naples on Saturday, May 4th, with the aim of taking a third [...]

2020-04-05T15:20:44+00:00April 30th, 2013|

Mark Cavendish at the centre of Omega Pharma-Quick Step Giro d’Italia team

Serge Pauwels and Gianluca Brambilla also targeting mountain stages The Omega Pharma-Quick Step team for the Giro d’Italia will be built around the sprint ambitions of Mark Cavendish, who has ten stage victories on his palmares so far. The former [...]

2020-04-09T20:09:26+00:00April 30th, 2013|

Katusha’s Giro d’Italia campaign spearheaded by Yuriy Trofimov

Russian team aiming for top-ten in the absence of its two big Grand Tour riders With Joaquim Rodríguez concentrating on the Tour de France, and Denis Menchov having suffered a recurrence of an old knee injury, the Katusha Team is [...]

2020-03-24T13:59:26+00:00April 30th, 2013|

Cycling Ireland announces EGM date, members will decide mid-June if federation will nominate McQuaid

Crucial vote for current UCI president will take place on June 15th Pat McQuaidFour days after its announcement that it would put its nomination of Pat McQuaid as UCI president on hold and would instead call an extraordinary general meeting [...]

2020-04-09T20:22:31+00:00April 30th, 2013|

Fuentes and Labarta found guilty in Operacion Puerto trial, get suspended prison sentences

Judge denies WADA’s request to hand over blood bags Almost seven full years after the Operacion Puerto raids in Madrid and elsewhere, the ringleader of the doping practice Eufemiano Fuentes plus Ignacio Labarta have been found guilty by the judge [...]

2020-04-09T20:25:32+00:00April 30th, 2013|

Ivan Basso to lead Cannondale with Elia Viviani in the Giro d’Italia

Two-time winner’s “results and preparation were as expected,” says directeur sportifIvan Basso will lead the Cannondale team in the Giro d’Italia, which starts in the city of Naples on Saturday, May 4th, with the aim of taking a third Corsa [...]

2013-04-30T00:00:00+00:00April 30th, 2013|

Mark Cavendish at the centre of Omega Pharma-Quick Step Giro d’Italia team

Serge Pauwels and Gianluca Brambilla also targeting mountain stagesThe Omega Pharma-Quick Step team for the Giro d’Italia will be built around the sprint ambitions of Mark Cavendish, who has ten stage victories on his palmares so far. The former World [...]

2013-04-30T00:00:00+00:00April 30th, 2013|

Katusha’s Giro d’Italia campaign spearheaded by Yuriy Trofimov

Russian team aiming for top-ten in the absence of its two big Grand Tour riders With Joaquim Rodríguez concentrating on the Tour de France, and Denis Menchov having suffered a recurrence of an old knee injury, the Katusha Team is [...]

2013-04-30T00:00:00+00:00April 30th, 2013|

Cycling Ireland announces EGM date, members will decide mid-June if federation will nominate McQuaid

Crucial vote for current UCI president will take place on June 15thFour days after its announcement that it would put its nomination of Pat McQuaid as UCI president on hold and would instead call an extraordinary general meeting to debate [...]

2013-04-30T00:00:00+00:00April 30th, 2013|

Fuentes and Labarta found guilty in Operacion Puerto trial, get suspended prison sentences

Judge denies WADA’s request to hand over blood bags Almost seven full years after the Operacion Puerto raids in Madrid and elsewhere, the ringleader of the doping practice Eufemiano Fuentes plus Ignacio Labarta have been found guilty by the judge [...]

2013-04-30T00:00:00+00:00April 30th, 2013|

Degenkolb gunning for stage victories in Giro d’Italia, Cheng to be first Chinese rider to take part

Argos Shimano will focus on sprint wins and also breakaways on tougher stages Having clocked up five stage wins in last year’s Vuelta a España, John Degenkolb and his Argos Shimano team are turning their attention to the Giro d’Italia, [...]

2013-04-30T00:00:00+00:00April 30th, 2013|

Responding to Wiggins, Froome says he has full backing of Sky management to win Tour de France

“I have no doubt that the strongest and most willing riders will be there to support me” Commenting in the wake of Bradley Wiggins’ assertion today that he does want to achieve the Giro/Tour double this year, Chris Froome has said that [...]

2020-03-25T07:07:19+00:00April 29th, 2013|
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