Tony Martin withdraws from Tour de France due to injury and to prepare for Olympic Games
World time trial champion decides its time to step aside and to recover from early crash Having battled through the first week of the Tour de France with a fractured scaphoid bone in his hand plus other smaller injuries, world […]
Armstrong claims USADA’s action is unconstitutional and files for restraining order
Texan applies to federal court in his home state to block agency’s action With time running out before he has to respond to the US Anti Doping Agency’s charges against him and five others of doping and related offences, Lance […]
Dan Martin below par due to head cold, hoping for better form ahead
Irishman undecided about how to approach today’s time trial Dan Martin had hoped to challenge for the stage win on Saturday’s leg to La Planche des Belles Filles, but has had to postpone his ambitions until later on the race […]
Armstrong’s federal court application thrown out, may be allowed re-file with substantial modifications
“This Court is not inclined to indulge Armstrong’s desire for publicity, self-aggrandizement, or vilification of Defendants” Hours after it was announced via multiple media outlets that Lance Armstrong and his legal team had filed a lengthy application to the United […]
USADA says it is following established rules, confident Armstrong case will continue
Agency responds to application to block case in Austin district court The US Anti Doping Agency has responded to the attempt by Lance Armstrong and his legal team to try to prevent its case against him, saying that it intends […]
Olympic Council of Ireland rejects Brammeier’s appeal
Martin, Roche and McCann set to represent Ireland in London Games The three man Irish road race team for the Olympic Games appears finally to have been settled, with Nicolas Roche (Ag2r La Mondiale), Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) and David McCann […]
Fuglsang celebrating Tour of Austria win, Colli takes emotional victory
Team Type 1 rider nets bunch sprint gallop in Vienna Passed over for the Tour de France and then told by RadioShack team manager Johan Bruyneel that he wouldn’t be riding any WorldTour races for the remainder of the season, […]
Sanchez’s Olympic defence seems over as he crashes out of Tour de France
Initial reports of fractured collarbone and hand for 2008 Olympic champ Olympic champion and last year’s King of the Mountains Samuel Sanchez looks doubtful for London 2012 after crashing heavily during today’s eighth stage of the Tour and being forced […]
Pinotti dominates Tour of Austria TT, Fuglsang on verge of final victory
Danish rider in driving seat with just one day remaining Four days after he was confirmed for the Italian team for the London Olympics, Marco Pinotti underlined his improving form with a dominant win in today’s time trial at the […]
Over illness and poor form, Thor Hushovd returning to racing in Tour of Poland
Ballan aiming for victory in race he won three years ago Out of racing since May 10th when he pulled out of the Giro d’Italia, Thor Hushovd will return to competition in three days time, exactly two months after that […]
