Étoile de Bessèges triumph comes after another tough day in the saddle Clocking up his Vacansoleil-DCM team’s first victory of the new season, Italian sprinter Marco Marcato blasted home first at the end of today’s shortened fourth stage of the […]

“What happened in the past happened in the past. We prefer looking into the future” Following yesterday’s news that the federal investigation into the US Postal Service team and Lance Armstrong had been dropped, the UCI has said that it […]

End to marathon anti-doping case is in sight The Court of Arbitration for Sport has officially confirmed that the long-awaited decision in the Alberto Contador case will be announced on Monday. Speaking to VeloNation this evening, CAS secretary general Matthieu […]

“It is the right decision and I commend them for reaching it” Responding to today’s news that the US federal investigation into the United States Postal Service team had been dropped, its former chief rider Lance Armstrong has welcomed the […]

USADA pledges to continue enquiry into team The long-running investigation into the United States Postal Service team and Lance Armstrong appears to be at an end, at least in terms of the anti-doping aspect, with AP reporting that federal investigators […]

German rider asserts innocence after being linked to Franke investigation Fight or flight: both are known human responses to stressful situations. In Marcel Kittel’s case, he’s chosen the first, as evidenced by his stage win on Thursday’s second stage of […]

German rider takes stage and overall lead in Étoile de Bessèges Runner-up on yesterday’s opening stage, Marcel Kittel went one place better on today’s second leg of the Étoile de Bessèges, speeding to victory in Saint-Ambroix. The German easily outsprinted […]

Early clash with Cavendish won’t happen Having shown superb sprinting form in the Santos Tour Down Under, André Greipel will have to wait a while longer before he and his Lotto Belisol team goes head to head with Mark Cavendish. […]

“We’ve got eight or ten guys that all are all on a really high level” With the 2012 racing season continuing to ramp up and many of his riders about to make their debuts, Garmin-Barracuda chief Jonathan Vaughters has said […]

Rider could be next young Irishman to make pro breakthrough Former European points race champion Sam Bennett is heading into his second season with the An Post Grant Thornton Sean Kelly team and believes he could be on course for […]