Transfer News: Francesco Chicchi returns to Quick Step, Wouter Weylandt may be on the way out
Italian sprinter returns to the team he rode for in 2006, but may be pushing a Belgian sprinter out Italian sprinter Francesco Chicchi has re-signed for the Belgian Quick Step team, according to Sporza. He previously rode for the team […]
Biological Passport: CONI wants a two-year ban for Pellizotti; shelves case against Vania Rossi
Liquigas-Doimo rider’s fate finally looks sealed after sitting in limbo since May The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has called for a two-year ban to be imposed against Liquigas-Doimo rider Franco Pellizotti. The 32-year-old from Udine has been provisionally suspended since […]
Quick Step manager Patrick Lefevere reflects on better than expected Tour de France
Belgian team boss looks back on a successful Tour After losing star rider Tom Boonen to a persistent knee injury just day’s before the race started could have spelled the end of Quick Step’s Tour de France. With the first […]
Tour de France 2010: An Alternative View, Part 2
The second instalment of the “true” story behind the events of this year’s race 197 riders, 3642km, hills, cobbles, mountains and time trials. VeloNation takes a sideways, stage-by-stage look at what really happened in this year’s Tour de France. Haven’t […]
Kim Kirchen still unsure of comeback but fatherhood is “under control”
Katusha rider still doesn’t know the cause of his heart attack Luxembourg rider Kim Kirchen was released from hospital earlier in the month, following the heart attack that he suffered while at the Tour de Suisse, but is still unsure […]
Lampre-Farnese Vini manager Giuseppe Saronni announces 3-year improvement plan after mixed Tour de France
Italian team to rebuild with new riders, staff and methods to turn potential into results Two stage wins and the green points jersey would represent a very good return from the Tour de France for most teams. For a team […]
Spanish Prime Minister leads the crowds at Tour de France winner Alberto Contador’s homecoming
Race winner takes his yellow jersey home to Spain Hundreds of fans greeted Tour de France winner Alberto Contador as he arrived at Madrid airport this afternoon. The 27-year-old then travelled into the capital to meet with Esperanza Aguirre, the […]
Tour de France 2010: An Alternative View, Part 1
The “true” story behind the events of this year’s Tour de France 197 riders, 3642km, hills, cobbles, mountains and time trials. VeloNation takes a sideways, stage-by-stage look at what really happened in this year’s Tour de France. Prologue: Rotterdam, 8.9km […]
Lance Armstrong: I couldn’t abandon my last Tour de France
Seven-time winner felt a duty to finish despite bad luck and poor form Lance Armstrong’s final appearance as a rider in the Tour de France didn’t go quite as he wanted, or expected, to say the least. Despite an illness […]
Alberto Contador’s Tour de France pistolero shoots him to the top of the UCI Rankings
Tour winner takes his position as World number one Having just won the Tour de France, the biggest race of the UCI’s World Calendar, it’s hardly surprising that Alberto Contador (Astana) has leapt to the top of the World Rankings. […]
