Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) has made up for his disappointing World Championships by winning today’s Coppa Sabatini in Tuscany. The 27-year-old Belgian was the strongest in the uphill sprint after 199 kilometers to Peccioli beating Italian Giovanni Visconti (ISD), winner in […]

André Greipel (Columbia-HTC) booked his 20th win of the season today, taking the 59th edition of Paris-Bourges. The German was the fastest in the sprint leaving Argentinean Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) and Russian Alexandre Usov (Cofidis) behind in the […]

Stefan Schumacher, currently suspended for EPO-doping, is asking for an retroactive acquittal. His plea follows the announcement that none of the 2008 Tour de France re-tests showed any signs of CERA, an EPO substance. Schumacher claims there is a high […]

British fans are already celebrating that it will have its first ever ProTour team from 2010, thanks to the Team Sky project, but there is an additional reason to be optimistic about following the news that a former big player […]

Rumours that the Saxo Bank team was under pressure to increase its budget have been confirmed by the team’s managing director Trey Greenwood. “Do we need more money to keep at this level?” he said to Feltet.dk. “I think we […]

The Rabobank cycling team of third-placed Denis Menchov has said that it is pleased with the outcome of yesterday’s AFLD announcement relating to the 2008 Tour de France samples. The French anti-doping agency said that re-examination of samples belonging to […]

Less than a year. That’s how long the Milram team has to try to attract a new sponsor and to guarantee its continued future in the sport. The German team was recently granted a one year extension to its ProTour […]

Triple Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy returns to racing at the British national championships towards the end of this month, and feels psyched to exchange his recent high-paced time off the bike for the more familiar – but equally speedy […]

The Dutch Pro-continental team Vacansoleil only has two places left to fill. Five riders are in contention for last two spots and will have to fight it out in the upcoming races. The five in with a chance are Gerben […]

Although the cycling world breathed a sigh of relief earlier this morning when the 17 samples from the 2008 Tour de France all came back negative, this afternoon was marked by a positive test for the third generation EPO, known […]