Boonen fights for Tour start
Belgian Tom Boonen and his Quick Step team are to contest his ban from the Tour de France by the race organisers ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) they announced on Friday. The 28-year-old three-time Paris-Roubaix winner had been barred by ASO […]
Astana name six for Tour
Astana on Friday named six of the nine riders who will battle for overall and stage glory in next month’s Tour de France, where Alberto Contador of Spain will start as the yellow jersey favourite. Contador, the 2007 champion, will […]
Rooks admits to EPO use
Dutch cycling great Steven Rooks became the latest former cyclist to confess to taking EPO in a book released this week. The 48-year-old – second in the 1988 Tour de France when he won the classic Alpe d’Huez stage – […]
Tour bans in-car TVs and earpieces on two stages
Cyclists in next month’s Tour de France are to be banned from wearing radio-link headphones as an experimental safety measure, event organisers said on Friday. The measure, affecting just two stages in the 2009 event – Limoges-Issoudun (July 14) and […]
Kirchen wins stage 7, Valjavec retains lead in Tour de Suisse
Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen won the seventh stage of the Tour of Switzerland, a 204 kilometre ride from Bad Zurzach to here on Friday. Last year’s winner, Czech rider Roman Kreuziger was second over the line and Germany’s Linus Gerdemann third. […]
Valverde appeals to CAS over doping ban
Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde has appealed against a doping ban imposed by Italian authorities last month, world sport’s top court said on Friday. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) last month banned Valverde from racing in Italy for two years due […]
Cavendish again in Tour de Suisse
British cycling star Mark Cavendish won his second stage in the Tour of Switzerland here on Thursday, the 178 kilometre sixth stage from Oberriet. The 24-year-old Isle of Man born cyclist – winner of four stages in last year’s […]
Boonen 'did not ingest cocaine'
Belgian star Tom Boonen seemingly did not ingest cocaine, the substance for which he tested positive six weeks ago for the second time in a year, Belgian media Thursday quoted a panel of independent experts as saying. The panel based […]
Armstrong: Next stop, Nevada City Classic
Lance Armstrong will continue his preparations for the Tour de France by racing in the Nevada City Classic on Sunday, the seven-time Tour de France champion said on Twitter. Armstrong returned to the United States after finishing 12th in the […]
Teams suspend Caucchioli and De Bonis
Italian’s Pietro Caucchioli (Lampre) and Francesco De Bonis (Diquigiovanni) have been suspended by their respective teams. Lampre and Diquigiovanni took action after an announcement earlier in the day by the UCI that they will begin disciplinary procedures on five cyclists […]
