Steegmans and Katusha still at odds
Gert Steegmans has decided not to sign the addendum to his contract with team Katusha. The additional terms for the contract were to penalize any rider caught doping by making them pay five times their salary in damages to the […]
Pinotti defends his Italian TT title
Team Columbia-High Road has been on fire all season long, and today Italian Marco Pinotti added to the team’s win tally of 42 defending his Italian time trial champion title bringing the team’s win total to 43. This is the […]
Rabobank brings a strong team to the Tour de France
Team Rabobank has announced the nine riders that will make up their Tour de France squad. There is no surprise in the fact that Giro d’Italia winner Denis Menchov will lead the team’s overall aspirations. The Russian will aim for […]
Astana license is safe for 2009
The financial problems between the management and sponsors of Team Astana have finally come to an end. It was reported by AFP that the Kazakh team is guaranteed to hold it’s ProTour license through the end of 2009 following an […]
Sastre looks toward July
Carlos Sastre’s preparations to defend his Tour de France are going into high gear this week as the Spaniard travels to Frace to familiarize himself with some of the key mountain stages. His quiet early season had put the Cervelo […]
Gusev wins case against Astana
Vladimir Gusev has won the case against his former team Astana in the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) this week. The court ordered the Kazakh team to pay the cyclist’s salary, damages, as well as the costs of the […]
Astana needs 6 million euros
After a hearing in Switzerland the UCI has put Team Astana back on the hot seat again, demanding the remaining 6 million euros of sponsorship money for 2009. De Telegraaf reported that if the UCI does not secure the funding […]
Valverde and Caisse d’Epargne take UCI World Ranking lead
Spain’s Alejandro Valverde and his Caisse d’Epargne team are the new leaders of the UCI World Rankings after success at the Dauphine Libere stage race in France. Valverde beat Australia’s Cadel Evans (Silence) by 16 seconds and compatriot Alberto Contador […]
Eisel wins Tour de Suisse second stage
Austria’s Bernhard Eisel (Columbia-High Road) won the 149.8km second stage of the Tour de Suisse on Sunday in Davos beating German Gerald Ciolek (Milram) and three-time world champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in a technical sprint for the line. Saxo Bank’s […]
Valverde wins second consecutive Dauphiné, Clement takes final stage
Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) has won his second consecutive Dauphiné Libere today, after the eighth and final stage was won out of a breakaway by Rabobank’s Stef Clement getting the best of Tim Duggan (Garmin-Slipstream) at the line. Australian Cadel […]
