US Pro Cycling Challenge organisers optimistic Contador will ride
Saxo Bank SunGard joins previously-announced UCI ProTeams in Colorado event Although the rider has already done the Giro d’Italia and is about to tackle the Tour de France, the organisers of the US Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado are pushing […]
WADA denies any plan exists to introduce allowable threshold for Clenbuterol
Strict liability rule to be debated in September The World Anti Doping Agency has today issued a statement in relation to recent speculation that it might be poised to set an allowable threshold for the banned substance Clenbuterol. It has […]
Tour de Suisse: Bozic beats Freire to grab sprint stage win
No change in overall standings as race heads towards more high mountains Biding his time to see if his Vacansoleil DCM team-mate Marcato could stay clear to win the stage, then hitting the jets when it was obvious he’d be […]
Bellis to start Ster ZLM Toer today, will miss nationals
Briton returns to racing after long break Jonny Bellis is continuing his comeback from a severe accident in September 2009, and will today return to racing after a two and a half month absence. He will compete in the Ster […]
Ballan and Bruseghin to be questioned this month in Mantova investigation
Former world champion could miss Tour de France Recently returned to competition by his BMC Racing Team, former world champion Alessandro Ballan appears to be back in hot water with the announcement by Italian Olympic Committee CONI that he must […]
Olympic chief Jacques Rogge believes Contador is entitled to compete in Tour de France
IOC President concedes that rider’s case raises doubts While he accepts that Alberto Contador’s participation in this year’s Tour de France will raise doubts, IOC President Jacques Rogge said today that he didn’t object to the rider taking part. “The […]
Wiggins takes his biggest road victory in Critérium du Dauphiné
Rodriguez blazes to stage win on La Toussuire Bradley Wiggins grabbed the biggest result of his road racing career today, successfully defending his yellow jersey on the final stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné and winning the World Tour race. […]
Critérium du Dauphiné: Wiggins poised to join Robinson and Millar in history books
Briton could take biggest success of his road career today Fifty years after Brian Robinson won the race, Bradley Wiggins is poised to mark Sky Procycling’s 50th victory with overall success in the Critérium du Dauphiné in France. The Briton […]
MPCC calls on UCI and ProTeams to ramp up fight against doping
Wants Code of Conduct to be enforced, riders under disciplinary proceedings to be sidelined A drive to ramp up the fight against doping has been called for by the Movement for a Credible Cycling (MPCC), which wants the UCI ProTeams […]
Millar denies GreenEdge deal for 2012, hopes to stay with Garmin-Cervélo
Scot dismisses media reports of move Scottish rider David Millar has rejected media reports today that he is moving to the new GreenEdge team, saying that the story is not founded on fact and that he doesn’t know yet where […]