Liquigas brings a triple threat to Tour
Italian team Liquigas could very well be the dark horse in this year’s Tour de France. Winning the overall is a stretch, but between Italian’s Vincenzo Nibali and Franco Pellizotti, and Czech Roman Kreuziger, the team packs a good enough […]
Boonen finds out Tour fate next week
Next Tuesday June 30th the judge will decide whether the Amaury Sports Organization (ASO) can keep Belgian Tom Boonen out of this year’s Tour de France. Boonen was caught with cocaine in his system during an out of competition doping […]
Hushovd extends with Cervélo TestTeam
Norwegian Thor Hushovd has extended his contract with the Cervélo Pro Cycling TestTeam until December 2011. Amongst his palmares Hushovd has six Tour de France stage wins and has won the Tour’s green jersey competition once. So far this season the big sprinter has had four victories […]
Cervélo TestTeam prepares to defend Sastre's title
Cervélo TestTeam’s pre-selected Tour de France riders met Monday to prepare for the Team Time Trial that takes place during this year’s Tour de France. With several strong time trial riders on the team, the objective of the exercise was […]
Milram look to Gerdemann and Ciolek for Tour
A total of nine MILRAM riders, including six German riders, were presented by the ProTour team Tuesday at the Dortmund Westfalenhalle for the cycling highlight of the year. The line-up is focused on helping its two captains, Linus Gerdemann and […]
Cervélo TestTeam announces Tour lineup
Cervélo TestTeam has announced the final nine riders that will take the start line in the 2009 Tour de France. As a first year team, they have a unique situation where they are also responsible for defending Carlos Sastre’s 2008 […]
Horrillo unsure of comeback
Spaniard Pedro Horrillo has been released from the hospital after being treated for his spectacular crash in the Giro d’Italia. After leaving hospital on Wednesday he is uncertain about the possibility of fully recovering from his injuries and returning to […]
UCI suspends procedure to withdraw Astana’s license
In a press release from the cycling’s governing body, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), they said following a request from the UCI ProTour Council (CUPT) on June 17th, the Licenses Commission announced that the procedure opened against Astana to withdraw its […]
Tour surprises for dopers
The French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) has been hard at work with scientists again, and claims that it will have a test for a previously undetectable banned substance in the near future. “A method and a product that doping cyclists believe […]
Dehaes moves to Silence-Lotto
According to his agent, Olivier Onderbeke, Kenny Dehaes has signed a one year contract with Belgian team Silence-Lotto. The mid-season move came about when his former team Katusha added a mandatory stipulation to their contract requiring the cyclists to pay […]








