Mitch Comardo, an American cyclist, has tested positive for multiple banned substances and received a two-year doping ban, the US Anti-Doping Agency announced Tuesday. A urine sample taken from Comardo during random out-of-competition testing on August 24 contained Tamoxifen and […]

As one of the most successful riders currently competing, Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi wants to follow in the footsteps of former rival Mario Cipollini and earn the rainbow jersey within the next two years. He is set to leave LPR […]

Italian cyclist Gabriele Bosisio of the LPR team has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned blood-booster EPO, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced Tuesday. The 29-year-old was caught out by a suprise out-of-competition test conducted by the […]

With the 2009 season drawing rapidly to a close, riders are pushing hard to finish up with some decent results. The Giro di Lombardia is the biggest race left and many are using thoughts of a strong ride there as […]

Cervélo TestTeam has signed British rider Sharon Laws for 2010. Laws holds a degree in biology and a master’s in conservation and has worked with the British government, the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations. In 2002 Laws began participating in […]

Cycling is braced for bad news tomorrow, with the French anti-doping agency AFLD due to announce results from its retests of selected 2008 doping control samples. The agency has indicated that up to 40 riders showed possible signs of manipulation […]

Despite apparent interest from foreign teams, Dennis van Winden has graduated from the Rabobank Under-23 development team to the full ProTour squad on a two-year contract. He is the second rider to make the step up to the full squad […]

A number of Great Britain’s Olympic cyclists will be attending the Cycle Show in London next week. In attendance will be Gold medallists Nicole Cooke, Jamie Staff and Ed Clancy as well as double BMX World Champion Shanaze Reade. A […]

Lance Armstrong’s RadioShack team has already signed 23 names to its roster for 2010. Excluding Armstrong, 11 of the riders, including three time Tour of California winner Levi Leipheimer, are coming over from Astana, which leaves Tour de France champion Alberto […]

Chris Horner has become the latest member of the Astana team to sign up with the RadioShack team on a two-year deal from 2010 according to his local newspaper The Oregonian. The move means that Horner will continue to ride […]