According to his manager Martijn Berkhout, Dutchman Martijn Maaskant will replace Irishman Daniel Martin in the Garmin-Slipstream Tour de France line-up. The 22-year-old is suffering from tendonitis in his knee, and a Tour start is likely to only complicate matters. Martin was […]

Kazakh cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov called a press conference at team Astana’s hotel coinciding with this year’s Grand Depart for the Tour de France in Monaco. Donning a yellow t-shirt with the words “Vino is Back” emblazoned on it, the man […]

Thomas Dekker from the Silence-Lotto team has tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO. The Dutch rider has been caught with a new testing procedure developed to detect the drug from a sample given on December 24, 2007 when he […]

In the following press release team Quick-Step responds to the doping accusations of former team member Patrik Sinkewitz. In the release they deny any wrong doing, and question the timing of the statements. PRESS RELEASE After having seen the defamatory […]

German cyclist Patrick Sinkewitz, who now rides for the PSK Whirpool team after serving his sentence for doping, has accused his former team Quick-Step of organized doping. In an interview for the German public television show “Frontal 21” aired on […]

Cervélo TestTeam will be riding in a new kit this summer starting with the upcoming Tour de France 2009 and the Giro d’Italia for Women. The revised jersey and shorts, made by Castelli, are the same as the original black […]

The Tribunal de Grande Istance in Nanterre, France has declared that the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to decide whether or not Tom Boonen can ride in the Tour de France. What this means is that Boonen and his Quick-Step […]

Along with their tour roster, Team Columbia announced a new co-sponsor – HTC Communication – to begin at the Grand Depart in Monaco on July 4. HTC Communication is a Taiwanese company that produces mobile phones. “We’re looking forward to […]

The French team BBox-Bouygues Telecom has announced their squad for the 2009 Tour de France. The team will be led by Frenchman Thomas Vöckler, who will looking breakaways to try to pick up stage wins. Vöckler has had a good […]

The Austrian Anti-Doping Agency announced Monday that cyclist Christian Pfannberger’s B-sample has come back positive for EPO, confirming the initial test. Pfannberger is no stranger to positive doping tests, having served a two-year ban from 2004-2006 for testosterone use. Since […]