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VDB bike auction unnecessary

Saturday the Belgian press reported that Nico Mattan planned to hold an auction for one of Frank Vandenbroucke’s bikes to help pay for the cost of his repatriation. Vandenbroucke’s manager Paul De Geyter has clarified matters saying that, in fact, […]

Vandenbroucke bike to be auctioned

According to Het Laatste Nieuws, one of Frank Vandenbroucke’s bikes will be auctioned in order to help pay for the costs of his repatriation to Belgium. He did not have insurance to cover the cost of transportation from Senegal. Close […]

More Autopsy details released on Vandenbroucke

More details have been released about the findings of the autopsy performed on cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke. The medical examiner concluded that the Belgian star died Monday in Saly, Senegal of natural causes from a pulmonary embolism as previously reported. “To be […]

Astana: Just who is Yvon Sanquer?

So just who is this man Yvon Sanquer – the man who is set to fill the shoes of one of cycling’s most successful directors Johan Bruyneel – what do the Kazakh’s see in the Frenchman? One thing is for […]

Vandenbroucke's body heads home

Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bart Ouvry, confirmed that the body of Frank Vandenbroucke was released by Senegalese authorities Thursday. Vandenbroucke was found dead Monday at a hotel in Saly, Senegal. The Senegalese court has opened an investigation […]

De Jongh joins Team Sky as Director

Steven De Jongh will join the new British Team Sky in 2010 as a Sports Director. The highly-experienced 35-year old Dutch rider ended his 15-year career earlier this week in Italy at the Giro del Piemonte. De Jongh has spent the […]

Bellis improving after accident

British Olympic cyclist Jonny Bellis has begun to emerge from a medically induced coma and is showing signs of improvement. Bellis, 21, suffered severe head injuries after an accident on his motor scooter in Italy on September 19, and has […]

Belgian cyclist Vandenbroucke dies at 34

Frank Vandenbroucke, 34, died today of a pulmonary embolism, a case where the main artery to the lung becomes blocked by a substance. The former Liege Bastogne Liege winner died while on his vacation in Senegal according to RTBF. “Sadly […]

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