Schmidt responds to allegations
Former Gerolsteiner, and current Milram team doctor Mark Schmidt has denied Austrian Bernhard Kohl’s allegations that he supervised his doping practices during the 2008 Tour de France. Schmidt has gone on the offensive by filing a law suit against the doper […]
Rujano returns with ISD-Neri
Jose Rujano will be making his return to the European cycling scene after signing a contract with the Italian-Ukrainian Pro-continental team ISD-Neri. The Venezuelan climbing sensation garnered interest from several Pro-Tour teams including Caisse d’Epargne, Quick Step, Garmin and Astana […]
Prudhomme: Cycling has changed
“For the first time since I rejoined ASO (organiser of the Tour de France) in 2004, I had a quiet month of July and no bad news intervened between the 10th and 20th of August,” explained Christian Prudhomme with an […]
Klier and Lloyd extend their contracts with Cervélo
Cervélo TestTeam is pleased to announce that Andreas Klier (GER) has extended his contract with the team for another two years, until December 2011. Klier, a likable all-rounder, is a very experienced rider, especially in the spring classics. The 33-year-old […]
Milram adds more classics power
The Milram team has signed Belgians Roy Sentjens and Wim De Vocht on one year contracts to add to its potency in the spring classics. “We are very pleased to have signed these two riders“, said Milram manager Gerry van […]
Gender reassignment cyclist wins scratch race at Dutch track championships
Several weeks after the topic of the gender of athletes was brought to prominence by the 800 metre world athletics champion Caster Semenya, a transsexual cyclist has taken gold at the Dutch track championships. 34 year old Natalie van Gogh […]
Kirsipuu overcomes age and rivals in Herald Sun Tour
He may be 40 years of age, but the speed which carried Jaan Kirsipuu to four Tour de France stage wins saw him gallop to victory on the opening stage of the Herald Sun Tour earlier today. Racing with the […]
Boonen picked wrong wheel to follow
Second place in Paris-Tour is a case of ‘so near, yet so far’ for Tom Boonen. The former world champion has had a difficult season, with his win in Paris-Roubaix being followed by another positive case for cocaine and an […]
Hammond frustrated with Paris-Tours finale
Roger Hammond has shown excellent form since riding the first Grand Tour of his career but his goal of a strong result in today’s Paris-Tours race was frustrated by a fall during the prestigious Autumn semi-Classic. “I went back to […]
Nys is back with win in Ruddervoorde
Sven Nys has put the lackluster start of his cyclocross season behind and won the first round of the Superprestige in Ruddervoorde with more than half a minute over strongman Niels Albert. It was Albert first loss of the season […]
