Two pronged Caisse d’Epargne for Spanish battle in Paris-Nice
Caisse d’Epargne will be sending two team captains to the start of Paris-Nice this Sunday, a measure of how seriously the team takes the race. In addition to defending champion Luis Leon Sanchez, the team line-up will also include controversial […]
Hunter opens Garmin account with Murcia stage 1
Robert Hunter (Garmin-Transitions) won the first stage of the Tour of Murcia in San Pedro del Pinatar in a bunch sprint, taking his first win for his new team. In second place was Graeme Brown (Rabobank) with Vicente Reynes (HTC-Columbia) […]
Bruyneel: 'Contador is favourite but Armstrong will be better'
On the eve of the Tour of Murcia, Johan Bruyneel once again named his former rider Alberto Contador as the big favourite for the Tour de France this summer. But the RadioShack team manager maintains that Lance Armstrong will be […]
Two year ban for Thomas Dekker
Thomas Dekker has been banned from competition for two years by the Monaco Cycling Federation, where he holds his license, according to De Telegraaf. He has been provisionally suspended since July of last year when a urine sample from December […]
Austrian blood doping lab names names
Humanplasma, the Vienna laboratory linked to the massive Austrian blood doping ring hit back at claims that it was at the centre of the network, according to AFP. Instead, for the first time, it has named several well-known Austrian coaches. […]
Nick Nuyens: 'I’m stronger than I thought'
Rabobank’s classics captain Nick Nuyen’s had an unlucky day at the races in Saturday’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, then abandoned along with most of the peloton in Sunday’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. His abandon on Sunday was not entirely weather though, as he was […]
Tom Boonen: 'I didn’t want to throw away 4 months work'
Despite wearing dossard number 1 as the defending champion, Quick Step’s Tom Boonen had no qualms whatsoever about abandoning yesterday’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne race. The Belgian champion had gone into the race with the intention of repeating his two previous victories (2009 […]
Giro Donne presents a real climber’s course for 2010
This year’s Giro d’Italia Femminile – the Giro Donne – was presented at the Diadora Museum of Sport in Caerano San Marco, in Treviso province on Saturday. This year’s corsa rosa for women will cover a total of 921.9km over […]
Evans secures New Zealand Tour with fourth stage win
Shelley Evans of the US National Team won her fourth stage of the Tour of New Zealand in the final Downtown Wellington criterium. Former Australian criterium champion Kirsty Broun (AIS Australian Women’s Cycling) was second and Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand […]
Hat-trick stage for Evans in New Zealand, retakes lead
Shelley Evans of the US National team won her third stage of the Tour of New Zealand in another bunch sprint on stage 5 between Palmerston North and Masterson. Once again the Peanut Butter & Co-Twenty12 rider was too fast […]
