Belgian escapes punishment after apparently being dupedThe case against former pro rider Wim Vansevenant in relation to the alleged importation of doping products looks like it may have come to an end today, with a court in Bruges dismissing the [...]
Rider says he was beaten by better riders in the Giro, accepts the resultIssuing an open letter to his fans, Ivan Basso has said that he has accepted his inability to win this year’s Giro d’Italia, but says he still [...]
Rider reportedly lost a week due to issueDropped on the past two days in the Critérium du Dauphiné and currently sitting a distant five minutes 21 seconds back in 120th place, Andy Schleck has given what he says is a [...]
Garmin Barracuda rider details crash and his battle to get through Critérium du DauphinéIrish climber Dan Martin has said that he will do everything he can to get to the end of of the Critérium du Dauphiné, even though his [...]
Belgian will continue current position until end of 2012 seasonFormer pro and current directeur sportif with the BMC Racing Team, Rik Verbrugghe has been confirmed as moving across to the new under 23 squad, which will make its debut next [...]
AG2R La Mondiale rider back on track after Paris-Nice shoulder blade and skull fracturesAfter being on the attack for more than 100km of today’s second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, between Lamastre and Saint-Félicien, AG2R La Mondiale’s Blel Kadri [...]
Olympic champion endures a day of suffering with pain in his ribsSamuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was an uncertain starter in the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, between Lamastre and Saint-Félicien, after his crash on stage one. The Olympic champion [...]
Schleck loses more time in punchy finaleUnleashing his sprint at the perfect moment, the Spaniard Dani Moreno grabbed an important career victory today on stage two of the Critérium du Dauphiné. The Katusha rider hit the line first in Saint-Félicien, [...]
Believes himself and Dan Martin are logical choices for two of the three places With three riders due to be told this week that they have been selected for the Olympic road race, Nicolas Roche is hoping that the criteria [...]
Androni Giocatoli team considers rider’s Giro withdrawal wasn’t warrantedHaving made clear on the day of Jose Rujano’s sudden withdrawal from the Giro that he was not impressed with the rider’s actions, Androni Giocattoli manager Gianni Savio has dismissed last week’s [...]
Emerging Italian rider will aim for Flèche Wallonne and best young rider in Giro d’ItaliaLampre-ISD announced yesterday that it has resigned Diego Ulissi for another season, and the Italian will spend his fourth professional year with the Italian squad. The [...]
Frenchman gives insight on American team’s Tour de France selectionsAmaël Moinard (BMC Racing) is in the middle of his second season with the American team, supporting Cadel Evans currently in the Critérium du Dauphiné, and hoping for his second consecutive [...]
Frenchman sparks risky breakaway that sticks, loses out in sprint to Tour championWhen he attacked the peloton with four kilometers to race, Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) brought some age and experience with him, as both Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) and Andrey [...]
Teams say that further examinations will determine riders’ chancesAlthough both riders were very sore after limping into the finish of today’s first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, it has been confirmed that Dan Martin (Garmin Barracuda) and Samuel Sanchez [...]
BMC Racing Team says virus is the reason for rider’s poor form this springWinner of two stages last year and member of the best overall team, Thor Hushovd will have no such success at this year’s Tour de France with [...]
RadioShack Nissan chief confirms last year’s runner-up will definitely ride TourReacting with greater diplomatically than he’s shown recently, Johan Bruyneel has played down the significance of Andy Schleck’s lack of pace on today’s stage one of the Critérium du Dauphiné. [...]
Defending champion a little reluctant to assume the race lead after stage oneAfter just missing out in yesterday’s Critérium du Dauphiné prologue, defending champion Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) was slightly reluctant to take over the race lead at the end [...]
Tour de France champion fastest of a late three-man move; Bradley Wiggins moves into the leadCadel Evans (BMC Racing) put the slight disappointment of the previous day’s prologue performance with victory in the first road stage of the Critérium du [...]
