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Hamilton contradicts Riis' insistence that Danish team owner never met Fuentes

Former CSC rider states he was accompanied to meet Puerto doctorTwo months after he issued strong denials that he had ever met Eufemiano Fuentes, let alone introduced him to Tyler Hamilton, Bjarne Riis is once again facing up to accusations [...]

2012-11-04T00:00:00+00:00November 4th, 2012|

Skins launches legal claim against UCI chiefs for two million US dollars

Chairman Fuller repeats calls for resignationsThree days after the journalist Paul Kimmage announced that he had lodgd a criminal complaint against Pat McQuaid and Hein Verbruggen, the current and former presidents of the UCI, the clothing company Skins has revealed [...]

2012-11-04T00:00:00+00:00November 4th, 2012|

Sven Nys shows Niels Albert Who’s Mr Superprestige on the dunes of Zonhoven

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) defiantly showed Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) who is Mr Superprestige as the Belgian champion won yet another race-long duel with the younger World champion. Despite Nys better skills on the sand-dune course, Albert managed to repeatedly close the [...]

2012-11-04T00:00:00+00:00November 4th, 2012|

Emma Pooley signs for Bigla as Swiss team looks to grow in 2013

No UCI registration could mean no World Cups or Giro for former World TT champion howeverEmma Pooley has ended speculation about her immediate future by signing for the Bigla Cycling Team, making her the last big name from the now-defunct [...]

2012-11-04T00:00:00+00:00November 4th, 2012|

Niki Terpstra unofficially closes the 2012 season with Amstel Curacao Race victory

Dutch champion outsprints local champion Marc de Maar in Caribbean raceNiki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) brought the 2012 European road season to its usual unofficial close with victory in the Amstel Curacao Race on the Netherlands Antilles Island of Curacao. [...]

2012-11-03T00:00:00+00:00November 3rd, 2012|

Helen Wyman wins European cyclocross championships

British champion outsprints Sanne van Paassen to take the blue and yellow stars jerseyGreat Britain’s Helen Wyman added the title of European champion to her national crown as she outsprinted the Netherlands’ Sanne van Paassen on the Ipswich, England, course. [...]

2012-11-03T00:00:00+00:00November 3rd, 2012|

Lombardi suggests Sagan could become ‘a future Eddy Merckx’

Former pro enthuses about rider’s versatility and strength Already tipped for the top and possibly even for overall Grand Tour success by Sean Kelly, Peter Sagan has received another glowing endorsement. This time, the superlatives are even greater, with former [...]

2012-11-03T00:00:00+00:00November 3rd, 2012|

Vinokourov and Kolobnev Liège file sent to the UCI for investigation

Includes email exchange that allegedly proves payment of €150,000 to secure Monument victoryA file containing an email exchange between Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) and Alexandr Kolbnev (Katusha), which allegedly proves that the former paid €150,000 to the latter for allowing him [...]

2012-11-03T00:00:00+00:00November 3rd, 2012|

Bradley Wiggins: “It would be hard to live my life as it is for ever.”

Britain’s first Tour de France winner struggles with the celebrity that his achievement has broughtBradley Wiggins (Team Sky) is Britain’s first ever Tour de France winner and - after after winning the time trial at the London 2012 Games - [...]

2012-11-03T00:00:00+00:00November 3rd, 2012|

WADA rules out appeal against six month sanctions for USADA witnesses

“We need to encourage athletes to come forward with information”Six former US Postal Service riders who provided sworn testimony of systematic doping on the team have received notification that their six month sanctions won’t be lengthened, with the World Anti [...]

2012-11-02T00:00:00+00:00November 2nd, 2012|

Joaquim Rodríguez negotiating to stay with Katusha through 2014

WorldTour winner wants to keep “Spanish block” together; tired of answering Armstrong questionsJoaquim Rodríguez is in current negotiations that should commit himself, and his Spanish teammates, at the Katusha team until the end of 2014. Despite the team being a [...]

2012-11-02T00:00:00+00:00November 2nd, 2012|

Howman: ‘Zero tolerance just leads to Omerta all over again’

WADA chief says blacklisting those who confess will simply result in more scandalsWADA director general David Howman has spoken out against the current push for zero tolerance in cycling, saying that the practice is counterproductive, encourages silence and will do [...]

2012-11-02T00:00:00+00:00November 2nd, 2012|

UCI confirms first eight WorldTour ProTeams for 2013 season

First wave of Professional Continental teams also named after files received by deadlineThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the first eight team to have been registered in the 2013 WorldTour. Along with auditor Ernst & Young, teams with ongoing [...]

2012-11-02T00:00:00+00:00November 2nd, 2012|

WADA won’t appeal Armstrong sanction to CAS, seven Tour titles confirmed removed

Agency appears critical of UCI, saying it took USADA’s work to expose vast doping networkThe final obstacle to the removal of Lance Armstrong’s seven previous Tour de France titles has evaporated with confirmation from the World Anti-Doping Agency that it [...]

2012-11-02T00:00:00+00:00November 2nd, 2012|
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