WorldTour return for Brian Vandborg and Cameron Wurf; Andy Fenn to compete with the big name sprintersThe Cannondale Pro Cycling and Omega Pharma-Quick Step teams have named their seven-man line ups that will take part in the Santos Tour Down [...]
Bruyneel writing book about doping allegations Over twelve years after he finished third in the 2000 Olympic time trial, months after he was officially stripped of the majority of the big results in his career and hours before he will [...]
UCI honorary president says ‘nothing illegal has happened’The UCI president who was in power during Lance Armstrong’s reign during the Tour de France, Hein Verbruggen, has denied there was any conflict of interest after it emerged that he had business [...]
Stage finishes in Harrogate, Sheffield and on London’s MallThe official launch of the route is still many months away but more details have emerged about the three opening stages of the Tour de France to be held in Britain next [...]
Big penalties for riders who don’t speak honestlyNew measures have been launched in recent days by the Dutch cycling federation KNWU, the Dutch Doping Authority and the WorldTour teams Vacansoleil DCM, Blanco Pro Cycling and Argos – Shimano, which seeks [...]
Talented Briton speaks about step up to the pro ranks with Argos ShimanoShe’s twice won the rainbow jersey in the junior categories but turning senior and joining the Argos – Shimano women’s pro team means that Lucy Garner is facing [...]
Manan, Rogers, Craven amongst riders on line-up of Azerbaijani squadFormer Sky professional Jeremy Hunt and multiple Irish champion David McCann will collaborate on the new Synergy Baku Cycling Project team, which is aiming to ride well at Continental level this [...]
Governing body says it will only accept general Truth and Reconciliation process if all sports agreeQuoting the World Anti Doping Agency’s rules back at it, the UCI has said that it won’t allow the Independent Commission to introduce an amnesty [...]
Press and public attend velodrome launch at Eddy Merckx Cycling Centre in Gent, BelgiumOmega Pharma-Quick Step (OPQS) was launched at a spectacular gala evening at the Eddy Merckx Cycling Centre in Gent, Belgium, which included racing from the team’s riders [...]
“There will be a lot of people wanting a slice of his bank account”Cycling commentator Phil Liggett has long defended Lance Armstrong in the media, casting doubt on doping allegations in recent years and describing USADA last August as being [...]
Dutchman to be backed by multiple stage winner Grame Brown and othersThe fourth WorldTour team for this year’s Le Tour de Langkawi has been named, with former world track champion Theo Bos to spearhead a sprint-focussed squad in the Malaysian [...]
Claims it is being ‘systematically prevented from conducting a truly independent review’Echoing the actions of WADA and USADA, the Change Cycling Now pressure group has confirmed that it too is withdrawing its cooperation with the Independent Commission examining the UCI [...]
Hopes for change in stance from governing body and that WADA, USADA and CCN will return Following yesterday’s decision by both the World Anti Doping Agency and the US Anti Doping Agency to end their cooperation with the UCI’s Independent [...]
Corti says he hopes rider can return in future Former Vuelta a Colombia stage winner Frank Osorio and Team Colombia have agreed to the rider stepping back from the team at this point in time, with the squad saying that [...]
Full cooperation necessary before any such concession could be consideredAlthough the WADA Code states that sportspeople with a lifetime ban can have that sentence reduced to no less than eight years in the case of substantial assistance, the agency has [...]
CEO Tygart suggests UCI has ‘blindfolded and handcuffed’ CommissionVoicing his concerns at what he says is a refusal of the UCI to allow the Independent Commission to broaden and add to its terms of reference and thus protect witnesses, USADA [...]
Agency says lack of amnesty for witnesses, terms of references and timeframe are of concernsFollowing a meeting today amongst the three members of the Independent Commission looking into allegations concerning the UCI’s handling of the Lance Armstrong situation, doping in [...]
Dutch Classic to end almost 2km beyond Cauberg to offer chance to “more potential winners”The finish line of the Amstel Gold Race is to move two kilometres past the top of the Cauberg climb, to that used at this year’s [...]
