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Moreno rises to challenge of team leadership with second overall in Santos Tour Down Under

Spaniard increasingly ambitious after coping well with pressureA year after helping Alejandro Valverde to second overall in the Santos Tour Down Under, Javi Moreno has emulated his team captain by doing precisely the same this time round. The Movistar rider [...]

2013-01-27T00:00:00+00:00January 27th, 2013|

Robert Forster Interview: United Healthcare sprinter excited about stronger lineup in 2013

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 [...]

2013-01-27T00:00:00+00:00January 27th, 2013|

Tour Down Under: Greipel extends stage record, Slagter confirms overall

Moreno, Thomas round out podium thanks to final day bonus secondsAndré Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) extended his record for Santos Tour Down Under stage wins in stage six, out-dueling Mark Renshaw (Blanco) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) in the circuit race [...]

2013-01-27T00:00:00+00:00January 27th, 2013|

Tour de San Luis: Contador conquers Mirador del Sol but Diaz keeps lead

El Pistolero opens account but can’t shake Diaz, who extends over van GarderenAlberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) bested Daniel Diaz (San Luis Somos Todos) on the summit finish of the Mirador del Sol in Merlo on Saturday in the Tour de San [...]

2013-01-26T00:00:00+00:00January 26th, 2013|

City mayor pledges to work towards 2014 event after Philadelphia International Championship cancellation

“In 2014 we will be back with a premier international, professional cycling race”In the wake of last Sunday’s news that the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship had to be cancelled for this season, the mayor of the city has affirmed that [...]

2013-01-26T00:00:00+00:00January 26th, 2013|

Aggressive Radioshack-Leopard hoped for more on Old Willunga Hill

Hermans set to finish third overall; Machado and Bennett praise stronger ridersRadioshack-Leopard achieved a solid set of results on stage five of the Santos Tour Down Under in Australia on Saturday, sending Ben Hermans into third overall, a podium spot [...]

2013-01-26T00:00:00+00:00January 26th, 2013|

Gerald Ciolek Interview: MTN Qhubeka team leader talks about change and new challenges

German rider vying to return to top condition in 2013Turn the clock back a couple of years and it appeared as if young German rider Gerald Ciolek had the world at his feet. In 2005, at just 18 years of [...]

2013-01-26T00:00:00+00:00January 26th, 2013|

Blanco Cycling scrutinizes Luis Léon Sanchez’s past due to reported links to Operación Puerto

Dutch newspaper states that rider had codename ‘Huerto’ on Fuentes’ doping listWith the first day of the court sessions of Operación Puerto coming up in Madrid next Monday, Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad has some revelations concerning one of the riders [...]

2013-01-26T00:00:00+00:00January 26th, 2013|

Tour Down Under: Gerrans edges Slagter on Old Willunga as Thomas falters

Slagter takes 13-second lead over Movistar’s Moreno with Adelaide sprint stage leftSimon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) grabbed the victory on Old Willunga Hill in stage five of the Santos Tour Down Under, making up for the disappointment he experienced on the same [...]

2013-01-26T00:00:00+00:00January 26th, 2013|

Tour de San Luis: Home team San Luis Somos Todos takes over with Diaz, Guevara

Argentine squad gets stage win from Emanuel Guevara, Daniel Diaz into overall leadIn its biggest showcase of the season, the San Luis Somos Todos team from Argentina made a big statement in stage five of the Tour de San Luis, [...]

2013-01-25T00:00:00+00:00January 25th, 2013|

Santos Tour Down Under photo gallery: Greipel, Gilbert, Thomas and more in action

Images from today's fourth stage of the raceToday's fourth stage of the Santos Tour Down Under saw the riders slug it out on the 126.5 kilometre race from Modbury to Tanunda. Early on world champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) [...]

2013-01-25T00:00:00+00:00January 25th, 2013|

Greipel grabs another at Santos Tour Down Under, setting new stage win record

Thomas holds onto slender lead over Slagter as race heads towards Old Willunga Hill finishOnce again smashing the sprint and finishing several bike lengths clear of his rivals, Andre Gripel raced to the thirteenth Santos Tour Down Under stage victory [...]

2013-01-25T00:00:00+00:00January 25th, 2013|

Tour de San Luis: Kwiatkowski grabs race lead with solid time trial performance

Tuft wins 19.2 kilometre time trial while yesterday’s winner Diniz slips backBenefiting from a strong performance in today’s time trial, Omega Pharma Quick Step rider Michal Kwiatkowski jumped from third overall to first in the general classification on the Tour [...]

2013-01-24T00:00:00+00:00January 24th, 2013|

WADA: UCI warning riders “totally contradicts the purpose of an effective anti-doping program”

Global anti-doping agency dismisses Hein Verbruggen’s claim that the practice is common across sports federationsThe World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has dismissed claims made by former International Cycling Union (UCI) president Hein Verbruggen that the practice of warning athletes about suspicious [...]

2013-01-24T00:00:00+00:00January 24th, 2013|
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