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Holm: “Cav is one of the few true champions of cycling”

DS happy to be reunited with the Manx missileOmega Pharma-Quick Step Sports Director Brian Holm says he is happy to be reunited with Mark Cavendish, who has signed a three-year deal with the Belgian team. Cavendish, who has only seen [...]

2012-10-25T00:00:00+00:00October 25th, 2012|

LeMond issues open letter calling on McQuaid and Verbruggen to resign for the sake of cycling

‘Pat, in my opinion you and Hein are the corrupt part of the sport’Frustrated by the UCI’s handing of the sport in recent years and the way it conducted itself during the Lance Armstrong investigation, as well as the refusal [...]

2012-10-25T00:00:00+00:00October 25th, 2012|

2013 Tour de France: Detailed analysis of the route of the 100th edition

Stage by stage breakdown of balanced, experimental parcoursAnnounced today and featuring several notable twists, including the first-ever visit to the island of Corsica, the venue for the Grand Depart, a time trial finishing at the famous tourist highlight of Mont-Saint-Michel, [...]

2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00October 24th, 2012|

Schleck satisfied with Tour 2013 route, will race hard before it to be in sharp form

More mountains and fewer time trials than in 2012 will psyche Luxembourg riderSecond overall in 2009, the winner the following year after Alberto Contador was disqualified and second again in 2011, Andy Schleck remains determined to top the podium in [...]

2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00October 24th, 2012|

Evans, Gilbert and Van Garderen react to 2013 Tour de France route

The 2011 champion feels course is more suited to him than this yearThe route for the 100th Tour de France was unveiled today by race director Christian Prudhomme. In attendance was double Tour winner Alberto Contador and 2010 victor Andy [...]

2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00October 24th, 2012|

Marco Haller Interview: Austrian talent winning WorldTour races at 21 years of age

Katusha sprinter speaks about career, goals, Armstrong and moreApart from ‘time tester’ Tony Martin’s attack to take the GC, the biggest surprise from the Tour of Beijing was the stage four win by 21 year-old Austrian Marco Haller (Katusha). The [...]

2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00October 24th, 2012|

Wiggins confirms that Giro d’Italia will take priority over Tour de France in 2013

Defending Tour champion says he will likely to ride for Froome in next year’s raceMost riders who win the Tour attempt to add a second title to their palmares, but Bradley Wiggins has confirmed that he’ll almost certainly play things [...]

2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00October 24th, 2012|

Hushovd insists he races clean, but understands fans don’t know who to believe

Says he is shocked at Kjærgaard’s confessionFollowing his compatriot Steffen Kjærgaard’s confession yesterday that he doped while riding in support of Lance Armstrong at US Postal, Thor Hushovd says he is shocked by the rider’s news. Speaking to Fædrelandsvennen while [...]

2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00October 24th, 2012|

Evans calls on cycling fans not to despair, says sport has moved on

Australian says cycling is far cleaner than before Responding to the Lance Armstrong doping affair, the 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans has assured cycling fans that the sport has moved on from the bleak situation of the past [...]

2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00October 24th, 2012|

New incarnation of Rabobank team likely to get WorldTour licence concession

One year deal likely for under pressure squadThe UCI have indicated that it is likely to grant a one year licence to the new look Rabobank squad, a ‘white label’ team which will be funded with money from that backer [...]

2012-10-23T00:00:00+00:00October 23rd, 2012|

Merckx ‘amazed’ at Armstrong, says they never spoke about doctors

However Belgian was the one who introduced Armstrong to FerrariFormer top rider Eddy Merckx has expressed surprise at the Lance Armstrong news, criticising the rider after defending him for many years. “I'm sick, exclusively for my sport,” the 67 year [...]

2012-10-23T00:00:00+00:00October 23rd, 2012|

Indurain says he still believes Armstrong is innocent

Spaniard refuses to accept evidence, says no tests were failedDespite USADA’s findings, despite the 1000 pages of evidence, despite the sworn testimony of 26 people, and amongst them eleven of his Lance Armstrong’s former team-mates, Miguel Indurain has said that [...]

2012-10-23T00:00:00+00:00October 23rd, 2012|
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