Team HTC-Columbia’s stage race hope Tony Martin will begin his season this year in the Mallorca Challenge on February 7th, but according to the German he doesn’t expect to dig deep since he’s still recovering from injury. “I probably overdid […]

After news of a positive doping control for the third generation form of EPO, CERA, double Italian cyclo-cross champion Vania Rossi has claimed that she is innocent. The control was taken at the National Cyclo-cross Championships on January 20th, where […]

American Tom Zirbel has reported on his blog that his B-sample analysis to verify a positive doping control for DHEA, an exogenous anabolic steroid, has come back positive. The controls were carried out after his second place finish at the […]

The Tour of Qatar is just around the corner with sixteen teams prepared to take the start. Last year’s winner Tom Boonen (Quick Step) will be there to defend his title, using the race as part of his preparation to […]

The HTC-Columbia Women’s Team is set to begin its 2010 season at the Tour of Qatar next week, and are looking to build off of men’s team counterpart André Greipel’s success in the Santos Tour Down Under. “We’ve got a […]

Universal Sports will be broadcasting the Cyclo-cross World Championships from Tabor, Czech Republic online January 31. The broadcast will be featuring the elite men’s and women’s races at 12 noon (ET), while the rest of the races will be offered on […]

Cassie d’Epargne captain Alejandro Valverde had some good news to celebrate this evening, with the birth of his third child at 10:30 pm at the clinic Virgen de la Vega in Murcia, Spain. Two years ago he and his wife Natalia announced […]

Skil-Shimano’s Bert De Backer will undergo surgery at the Máxima Medical Centre in Veldhoven, Netherlands next month. The 25-year-old is suffering from a twisted artery in his left groin. Team-mate Kenny van Hummel had a similar operation at the end […]

Double Italian cyclo-cross champion Vania Rossi has tested positive for the third generation form of EPO, CERA, according to Italian Olympic Committee CONI. “As a result of examinations performed by the Laboratory of Rome, a positive case was found,” it […]

The Amaury Sports Organization (ASO) announced the twenty-two teams that will be taking part in Paris-Nice this coming March. The 68th edition of the “Race to the Sun” will see the number of teams increased by two over last year’s […]