Defence fund pays for first batch of expenses in relation to Verbruggen/McQuaid actionThree months after he lodged a criminal complaint with the public prosecutor in Vevey in Switzerland, Paul Kimmage is waiting to learn whether or not that case will [...]
Manx Missile sprints into overall contention on circuit stageMark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) took his second win of the 2013 season in the third stage of the Tour of Qatar, between Al Wakra and Mesaieed, to the south of the [...]
Belgian team also has GC in mindThe increase in standard of entries for this year’s Tour de Langkawi has continued with confirmation that a fifth WorldTour team, Omega Pharma Quick Step, will travel to Malaysia this year to compete in [...]
Australian says winter testing is crucial to nab riders withdrawing bloodResponding to yesterday’s UCI statement saying that the drop in biological passport testing in 2010 and 2011 had no detrimental effect on the ability of the programme to pinpoint those [...]
Spekenbrink states some Argos Shimano riders were only tested twice out of competition last season Responding to last week’s release of minutes from the UCI’s Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (‘CADF’) meeting in June 2010 plus the statement by Michael Ashenden that [...]
Australian wins on day two of Challenge Mallorca as the peloton pulls back a break againLeigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge) sprinted to victory in the Trofeo Campos-Santanyí-ses Salines, the second race in the four-day Challeng Mallorca, as the race finished in a [...]
Dutchman will miss several months of racing after being hit by car, unclear if Tour will be affectedVacansoleil DCM rider Johnny Hoogerland will miss the entire Classics season after a more complete medical assessment revealed further injuries from his accident [...]
American team fastest over super-flat, exposed Al Rufaa Street courseThe BMC Racing team won the second stage team time trial of the 2013 Tour of Qatar, on Al Rufaa Street, to the west of the city of Doha, to extend [...]
Spaniard gearing everything towards a third Tour de France title Although he previously featured the spring Classics as part of his buildup to the Tour de France, Alberto Contador has decided against riding the Ardennes events in 2013. French daily [...]
Italian had shown speed ahead of Cavendish already this year Having beaten Mark Cavendish to win a stage of the recent Tour de San Luis, Sacha Modolo’s aim of adding more success at the Tour of Qatar unravelled on yesterday’s [...]
Far better window of detection available The practice of microdosing tiny amounts of EPO in order to evade detection could be stamped out by a new process which has been developed by researchers, with the MAIIA test showing much greater [...]
Fractured ribs sustained by Dutch breakaway specialistJohnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) has been hospitalised after being hit by a car while out training in Spain, his team has announced. The Dutch rider was reportedly descending in front of the motor scooter that [...]
Hivert triumphs overall as Roux wins final TTReturning again to the team with which he spent four years of his career, Samuel Dumoulin has wasted no time in clocking up his and Ag2r La Mondiale’s first victory of the year. [...]
Belgian wins first race of Balearic island series after long break from Perrig QuémeneurKenny Dehaes (Lotto-Belisol) sprinted to victory in the Trofeo Palma de Mallorca at the head of a mass bunch sprint, to open the 2013 Trofeo Mallorca series. [...]
American and two others hold off peloton, nabs biggest victory thus farAmerican rider Brent Bookwalter took the biggest victory of his pro career today on day one of the Tour of Qatar, the BMC Racing Team competitor winning a three [...]
Lotto Belisol rider joins Jurgen Van den Broeck on team in Challenge Mallorca racesLast year’s Amstel Gold Race runner-up Jelle Vanendert is about to begin his build-up to what he intends to be a victorious Classics campaign, with the Lotto [...]
RadioShack Leopard rider concentrating on Classics for nowContradicting an earlier report in the Swiss publication Blick stating that Fabian Cancellara has decided to miss this year’s Tour de France, both the rider and his RadioShack Leopard team have moved to [...]
Kannibaal escapes Klaas Vantornout after a final lap error; Lars van der Haar takes bronze for the NetherlandsSven Nys, Belgium’s undisputed king of cyclocross, has finally taken another Elite World championship title after escaping compatriot Klaas Vantornout on the final [...]
