Rabobank’s new rider to face off with former Saxo Bank leader Dane Matti Breschel looks forward to the rough roads of Belgium, where in April he will have a chance to lead team Rabobank at the Tour of Flanders. His […]

Zomegnan dismisses claim that doping is encourage by multiple mountain stages RCS Sport presented a spectacular Giro d’Italia route Saturday in Turin. From May 7 to 29, it covers 3496 kilometres, climbs 24,000 metres and finishes on a mountaintop seven […]

Despite age and legal battle, seven-time Tour de France winner races into 2011 Lance Armstrong announced today that he will race the Tour Down Under in Adelaide, Australia in January. It will be his first professional race since the Tour […]

Despite claims of Clenbuterol doping, Spanish Federation says Alberto Contador may race Spaniard Alberto Contador is free to race, says the Spanish federation, despite a positive anti-doping control from this year’s Tour de France. “We do not have any official […]

Garmin’s Martin holds off McDonald and Japanese for third season win Ireland’s Dan Martin of Garmin-Transitions won the Japan Cup one-day race today in Utsunomiya. The 24-year-old finished ahead of Australian Peter McDonald and Japan’s Yusuke Hatanaka. “When we decided […]

Cycling Union likely to appeal decision and defend biological passport evidence After a three hour meeting in Rome today, the Italian anti-doping tribunal (TNA) has acquitted Franco Pellizotti. He faced doping charges related to irregular biological passport readings ahead of […]

Europe’s most active volcano on Giro d’Italia’s list of mountain stages for 2011 Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, will appear not once, but twice in Giro d’Italia next year. The riders will climb the Sicilian landmark […]

Tour de France mountain star in court and facing two year doping ban The Italian anti-doping tribunal (TNA) will decided Franco Pellizotti’s future today in Rome. The Italian faces a likely two-year suspension for adverse biological passport readings leading up […]

Tour de France star finds hope in the case of German table tennis player Tour de France winner Alberto Contador remains confident despite facing a ban due to a doping positive for Clenbuterol. Contador wrote on Twitter Wednesday, “Ahora mas […]

Italy’s new star fails to win his first classics, held back by a crash Italy’s new cycling star and winner of the Vuelta a España, Vincenzo Nibali failed to win the Giro di Lombardia yesterday in Como, Italy. The normal […]