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Lawyers for Armstrong and Landis tussle today over statute of limitations and wartime application

Texan seeking to have Qui Tam case overturned, Landis’ legal team seeking further damagesThe next stage in Lance Armstrong’s battle against Floyd Landis and the US government will take place today in Washington D.C, when the Texan tries to fight [...]

2013-11-18T00:00:00+00:00November 18th, 2013|

Cancellara world hour record attempt in 2014 could kick off a new wave of attempts

Multiple world champion preparing for attempt in Manchester, Mexico or Portugal One of the most historic of cycling’s records could be set for a new flurry of activity after Fabian Cancellara indicated that he will indeed aim for the world [...]

2013-11-17T00:00:00+00:00November 17th, 2013|

Brett Lancaster and Svein Tuft renew with Orica-GreenEdge

Two more years each for Australian and Canadian at WorldTour teamBrett Lancaster and Svein Tuft have both signed contracts for two more years with Orica-GreenEdge, the Australian WorldTour team has confirmed. Both riders have been with the squad since its [...]

2013-11-17T00:00:00+00:00November 17th, 2013|

Court case between Jan Ullrich and Team Coast backer Gunther Dahms over disputed €300,000 salary

Former Coast team sponsor wants three month’s salary back due to doping confession His admitted usage of banned substances falls outside the statute of limitations, but Jan Ullrich is nevertheless facing a court case which could see the former Tour [...]

2013-11-17T00:00:00+00:00November 17th, 2013|

Armstrong implicates Verbruggen, Ferrari for first time over doping matters

Texan meets with O’Reilly, says Verbruggen was central to 1999 cover-upTen months after glossing over the involvement of both Hein Verbruggen and Michele Ferrari in his Oprah Winfrey interview, avoiding answering questions about their involvement in his doping or in [...]

2013-11-17T00:00:00+00:00November 17th, 2013|

Sven Nys takes second win in two days with Superprestige Gavere victory

Sanne Cant overcomes the British challenge to also go two from twoSven Nys (Crelan-KDL) yet again emphasised his status as “Mister Superprestige” with a hard-fought victory in the Aspere-Gavere race, which capped a perfect weekend for the World champion. Fresh [...]

2013-11-17T00:00:00+00:00November 17th, 2013|

Bpost Bank Trofee: Sven Nys takes his fourth GP Hasselt in a three-up sprint

Sanne Cant wins a race-long battle with Helen Wyman to take women’s raceSven Nys (Crelan-KDL) took his fourth victory in the GP Hasselt in a three-man sprint over Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) and Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) after the three “toppers” [...]

2013-11-16T00:00:00+00:00November 16th, 2013|

Matteo Tosatto continues with Saxo-Tinkoff for two more years

New deal will allow venerable Italian to race through age 41His unquestioned abilities as a team domestique, as well as his understated value as a one-day rider have combined to earn Matteo Tosatto another contract with Saxo-Tinkoff. The Italian has [...]

2013-11-16T00:00:00+00:00November 16th, 2013|

Collins secures New Zealand criterium title for Wiggle Honda

Sprint success for 23 year old KiwiHaving clocked up Wiggle Honda’s first road race victory when she won the Omloop van het Hageland in March, Kiwi rider Emily Collins has bookended the year with a win at the end of [...]

2013-11-16T00:00:00+00:00November 16th, 2013|

Improving finances? Hoffman to be re-employed by Saxo Tinkoff after all

Tinkov’s spokesman says no agreement yet between Russian businessman and any teamAlthough a second sponsor has yet to be confirmed, Team Saxo Tinkoff has decided to take back on directeur sportif Tristran Hoffman, just over a week after the news [...]

2013-11-16T00:00:00+00:00November 16th, 2013|

Rebellin re-signs for another year with CCC Polsat Polkowice

Third place in UCI Europe Tour earns Italian the orange-coloured ride againDavide Rebellin will spend a second consecutive season with Poland’s professional continental squad CCC Polsat Polkowice, with the team director saying that he is happy to see the return [...]

2013-11-16T00:00:00+00:00November 16th, 2013|

Team Colombia confirms initial contact with Samuel Sanchez, but rider needs to resolve existing contract first

South American team and Wanty Groupe Gobert in running to sign former Olympic champion After denials yesterday from American Pro Continental teams UnitedHealthcare and Novo Nordisk that they had been in talks with Samuel Sanchez about possibly joining next season, [...]

2013-11-15T00:00:00+00:00November 15th, 2013|

Important deterrent as WADA bans for serious offences are doubled to four years

Statute of limitations extended, steroid profiling to be added to bio passport; Reedie to take over as presidentThe penalties for those who commit serious doping offences has been doubled from two years to four under the latest revision of the [...]

2013-11-15T00:00:00+00:00November 15th, 2013|

Simon Yates “can’t wait” to get started with Orica-GreenEdge

21-year-old British neo-pro setting no targets as he steps up to the WorldTourSimon Yates “can’t wait” to get started in his first season with Orica-GreenEdge, having signed his first professional contract. The 21-year-old, whose twin brother Adam has also signed [...]

2013-11-15T00:00:00+00:00November 15th, 2013|

Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport and Qhubeka hand out bikes in South African charity initiative

Could collaboration boost MTN Qhubeka’s chances of riding its first Grand Tour next year? In what the MTN Qhubeka team’s fans will hope is a sign of a growing relationship between it and RCS Sport, the organisers of the Giro [...]

2013-11-15T00:00:00+00:00November 15th, 2013|

Three new signings for Team Saxo Tinkoff as Hansen, Poljanski and Kolar come on board

Riis enthusiastic about trio of young riders Moving forward after an earlier period of uncertainty for the team as regards budget for 2014, Saxo Tinkoff has announced the signings of three young riders. Neo professionals Pawel Poljanski, Michael Kolar and [...]

2013-11-15T00:00:00+00:00November 15th, 2013|

Samuel Sanchez could race for Wanty Groupe Gobert after all

UnitedHealthcare team dismisses suggestions it has been in discussion with former Olympic champion Following the news earlier today that Kevin Seeldraeyers has a verbal agreement with the new Wanty-Groupe Gobert team, manager Hilaire Van der Schueren has said that Samuel [...]

2013-11-14T00:00:00+00:00November 14th, 2013|

Vulpine clothing brand steps up to co-sponsor Matrix Fitness women’s team

Matrix Vulpine aiming for wild card invitation to Women’s TourLondon-based cycle clothing company Vulpine has decided to increase its involvement in the Matrix Fitness women’s team, and will become co-sponsor of what will be called Matrix-Vulpine in 2014. The company, [...]

2013-11-14T00:00:00+00:00November 14th, 2013|
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