ASO excludes Milram from Paris-Nice
The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has told Team Milram today that they would not be invited to Paris-Nice this year. This is bad news for Germany’s only ProTour team, and likely won’t help with their search to replace the Milram […]
London 2012 Olympic Velodrome on track
Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has announced that the steel structure for the 2012 Olympic Velodrome was completed this week. Construction on the Velodrome began last March, and was one of the last of the ‘big five’ Park venues to break […]
BMC Racing heads to Qatar and Oman
The American formation BMC Racing is gearing for its Spring campaign in Europe this week at their training camp in California. While part of the team – including World Champion Cadel Evans and US Champion George Hincapie – have already […]
Bbox Bouygues Telecom presents team for 2010
The Bbox Bouygues Telecom team presented their 26 rider line-up today in Boulogne-Billancourt, France at the headquarters of their main sponsor. Last summer the telecommunications company announced that they would be ending their sponsorship of the team after continuing their […]
Schumacher likely to fight on via further court action
Having lost his CAS appeal against a two year ban from cycling, German rider Stefan Schumacher has indicated that he is likely to fight on by taking a case in the Swiss civil court system. “I am a fighter,” he […]
UCI Whereabouts program wins battle in Spanish court
In a press release today, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced that the Third Section of the Provincial Court of Almería, Spain, has rejected an appeal by Spanish rider Carlos Roman Golbano challenging the Whereabouts Information System instituted by the […]
Contador’s Tour wheels saga rolls on; Spanish writer contradicts recent claims
More details have emerged about the claim that Alberto Contador paid for his own wheels during the Tour de France, with Marca writer Josu Garai contradicting recent statements by Lance Armstrong and Johan Bruyneel on the matter. According to Garai, […]
Schumacher loses CAS appeal against doping ban
The Court of Arbitration in Sport on Monday rejected German cyclist Stefan Schumacher’s appeal against a two-year ban for a positive doping control at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Schumacher was among the six athletes that tested positive for […]
Ceramica Flaminia team presented, Riccò 'proud' to ride what Coppi rode
Continental professional team Ceramica Flaminia held its official launch in San Polo – Parma (Italy), last Friday, and are ready to get the 2010 season off to a good start. The 17-man roster is managed by Roberto Marrone. In attendance […]
Mate wins San Luis sixth stage, Nibali maintains overall
Spaniard Luis Angel Mate (Androni-Giocattoli) won the 150 kilometer sixth stage of Tour de San Luis from Quine to Merlo. Jose Serpa (Colavita-Sutter Home /Androni-Giocattoli) finished in second place with Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) rounding out the podium in third, which […]
