Rebellin officially loses Olympic silver medal
CONI, the Italian National Olympic Committee, received notification from the IOC (the International Olympic Committee) today that Davide Rebellin is no longer considered the 2008 Olympic silver medalist. Rebellin finished second in the men’s road race in Beijing, but tested […]
Vuelta may visit Basque terrain after 30+ years
The Vuelta a España is making plans to include the Basque Country after an absence of more than 30 years (not counting a small detour in 2005). Race director Javier Guillen announced today that in 2011, the Basques could be […]
Albert wins mudfest at SP Asper-Gavere
Niels Albert won the Superprestige in Asper-Gavere on a very tough parcours. Albert profited from the bad luck of Sven Nys, who caught Albert with less than three laps to go, but almost immediately suffered from a flat tire. The […]
Confident Albert returns to 2008 crash site
Niels Albert had a horrible crash during the warm-up for the 2008 Superprestige cross in Asper-Gavere, Belgium. He was out for six weeks but still came back to become world champion. On Sunday, Albert will be back without any thoughts […]
Flecha's 2010 will be all or nothing
Juan Antonio Flecha is riding for Team Sky next season, with a similar racing schedule to the one he had at Rabobank. But this time he hopes to win a big one. “I hoped I’d already have a Classics win […]
Sastre hopes that Cervélo gets 2010 Tour invite
Carlos Sastre hopes that his team, the Cervélo TestTeam, will get an invite to the mountainous 2010 Tour de France. Sastre wanted to make a decision after carefully studying all three routes, but apparently with enough details leaked from the […]
Moreni pays fine, takes responsibility
Cristian Moreni has paid the one year salary fine for using doping substances. The Italian was caught using EPO in the 2007 Tour de France and his Cofidis team was excluded from the race. Moreni took the initiative. “In cycling […]
Stybar learns Flemish the hard way
Czech rider Zdenek Stybar is already giving interviews in Flemish and shouted a new vocabulary on Sunday. When he stepped onto the podium he voiced his frustration with a “Godverdomme” (Goddammit), after an agonizingly close loss against Niels Albert in […]
Contador sees Schleck as favorite for 2010 Tour
Alberto Contador looks to be the Dominator for the Tour de France in coming years, but has named Andy Schleck as his favorite for the 2010 version of the race. Contador said that the parcours is tailor-made for the Luxemburger […]
Cunego better than the pope?
After a somewhat quiet season, Damiano Cunego declared in a gathering with his fans in Peschiera del Garda that he expects more from himself in 2010. Cunego met 200 of his supporters on Sunday afternoon, in a town where the […]
