Cervélo TestTeam prepares to defend Sastre's title
Cervélo TestTeam’s pre-selected Tour de France riders met Monday to prepare for the Team Time Trial that takes place during this year’s Tour de France. With several strong time trial riders on the team, the objective of the exercise was […]
Milram look to Gerdemann and Ciolek for Tour
A total of nine MILRAM riders, including six German riders, were presented by the ProTour team Tuesday at the Dortmund Westfalenhalle for the cycling highlight of the year. The line-up is focused on helping its two captains, Linus Gerdemann and […]
UCI suspends procedure to withdraw Astana’s license
In a press release from the cycling’s governing body, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), they said following a request from the UCI ProTour Council (CUPT) on June 17th, the Licenses Commission announced that the procedure opened against Astana to withdraw its […]
Tour surprises for dopers
The French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) has been hard at work with scientists again, and claims that it will have a test for a previously undetectable banned substance in the near future. “A method and a product that doping cyclists believe […]
Dehaes moves to Silence-Lotto
According to his agent, Olivier Onderbeke, Kenny Dehaes has signed a one year contract with Belgian team Silence-Lotto. The mid-season move came about when his former team Katusha added a mandatory stipulation to their contract requiring the cyclists to pay […]
Valverde out of Le Tour
Controversial Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde will not take part in this year’s Tour de France, his Caisse d’Epargne team announced on Tuesday. His absence removes a potentially embarrassing stand-off as the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) last month banned Valverde from […]
Boonen heads to court Thursday for Tour spot
Belgium’s former world road race champion Tom Boonen is to appear here at a court on Thursday, in a bid to reverse the ban on him competing in the Tour de France by the race organisers, the rider’s lawyer said […]
Riis is looking for the yellow jersey
The Saxo Bank team run by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis will centre its hopes for victory on next month’s race on Schleck brothers Andy and Frank, and powerful Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara. And Riis believes Saxo Bank, […]
Armstrong gets first win in Nevada City Classic
American cyclist Lance Armstrong Sunday won the Nevada City Classic, a modest one-day race set in the hills of northern California, to continue his build-up to the Tour de France. More than 15,000 fans turned out for the race, run […]
Steegmans and Katusha still at odds
Gert Steegmans has decided not to sign the addendum to his contract with team Katusha. The additional terms for the contract were to penalize any rider caught doping by making them pay five times their salary in damages to the […]
