Operación Galgo: Manuel Pascua admits facilitating the doping of his athletes
Latest investigation surrounding Eufemiano Fuentes starting to see results Manuel Pascua, the successful Spanish coach caught up in the centre of the Guardia Civil’s Operación Galgo doping investigation, has apparently confessed that documents seized relate to doping plans for each […]
Samuel Sanchez says Alberto Contador must be at the Tour de France
“A Tour without Contador is like Roland Garros without Nadal or Furmiula 1 without Alonso,” says Olympic champion After taking fourth place in this year’s Tour de France, only losing his podium place in the penultimate day’s time trial, Samuel […]
Sven Nys’ mechanic in tears after Azencross final lap incident
Fall in the pits costing Belgian champion chance of victory is just the latest in a line of catastrophes Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) was poised to sprint for victory with Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) in yesterday’s Azencross in Loenhout, Belgium. The Belgian […]
UCI approves Apeldoorn’s 2011 Worlds vélodrome
Governing body approves of venue during Netherlands championships The International Cycling Union (UCI) has approved the vélodrome to be used for the 2011 World Track Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The track had been provisionally inspected beforehand, with a number of […]
Zdenek Stybar sprints to his comeback victory in Sylvestercross
World champion condemns Sven Nys to third second place in four days Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) won the Sylvestercross in Bredene, Belgium to take his first victory after injuring his knee in training back in mid-November. The 25-year-old World champion outsprinted […]
Judith Arndt extends with HTC-Highroad for two years
Former World champion and Olympic medallist will see out her career with US team Judith Arndt has renewed with the HTC-Highroad team for a further two years, announcing that she will retire at the end of that period. The 34-year-old […]
Nick Nuyens targeting Vlaanderen and Amstel with Saxo Bank-SunGard
Belgian classics specialist impressed with new team as he prepares for the spring After two less than successful years at Rabobank, Nick Nuyens has joined up with his new Saxo Bank-SunGard team. The Belgian classics specialist is impressed with what […]
Sven Nys has his eyes on the GvA Trofee
Belgian champion sees ten point deficit to Kevin Pauwels as not insurmountable Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) has his tenth Superprestige competition all but sewn up after Monday’s floodlit race in Diegem, Belgium. With his entirely unprecedented tenth title under his belt, […]
Dutch coach disappointed but understands Lars Boom’s decision to miss cyclocross World Championships
Dutch champion to concentrate on the road even though he would be one of the favourites for victory in St-Wendel Lars Boom (Rabobank) completely dominated Sunday’s World Cup race in Heusden-Zolder, which would surely make him one of the hottest […]
“I am cured of my burnout,” says Jan Ullrich
1997 Tour winner to be a father again soon Jan Ullrich has reported that he is no longer suffering from burnout, according to Sporza. The German complained of suffering from the condition in August after years of scrutiny over his […]
