Longtime 2012 race leader Rodriguez applauds ‘spectacular’ Vuelta a España route
CAS says no date has been set yet for Katusha WorldTour licence hearing Having been the strongest rider for most of last year’s Vuelta a España, Joaquim Rodriguez has given a thumbs up to the route of the 2013 edition, […]
Tejay van Garderen Feature: I’ve dreamed about the yellow jersey since I was nine years old
BMC Racing Team rider says Evans is leader for Tour but he won’t pull his brakes Tejay van Garderen, who was the BMC Racing Team’s best-placed finisher in last year’s Tour in fifth overall, two places better than designated leader […]
Feature: Taylor Phinney focussed on beating Tony Martin and Fabian Cancellara in 2013
American likely to sit out Tour, will ride Giro instead A year older, with a better build-up thus far under his belt: world championship silver medallist Taylor Phinney has said that there is good reason to believe that he can […]
2012 runner-up Anthony disappointed in loss of Battenkill, will chase other goals
Optum/Kelly Benefit rider would like to aim for results in Redlands and Tour of California Runner up last year, Jesse Anthony has said that he is disappointed that the Tour of the Battenkill elite pro race will be replaced by […]
‘No comment’ from RCS Sport on reported Giro d’Italia start in Ireland
L’Equipe says decision has been made for top Italian race to visit Belfast and Dublin The organisers of RCS Sport have given a clear ‘no comment’ in relation to a L’Equipe story today confirming that the early stages of the […]
Vacansoleil DCM given provisional membership of the MPCC
Nine WorldTour squads and fourteen Pro Continental teams amongst list of full and provisional members The number of provisional members of the anti-doping movement MPCC has risen again with the confirmation that the Vacansoleil DCM team has been given an […]
Katusha team requests membership of MPCC, team faces CAS delay
Court of Arbitration for Sport turns down request for temporary WorldTour registration Continuing its push to try to secure places in top events in 2013, the Katusha team has formally applied for membership of the Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible […]
USADA chief Tygart says Swiss lab chief gave ‘keys to defeat EPO test’ to Armstrong
Suspicious Tour de Suisse 2001 tests led to ‘inappropriate’ meeting USADA chief Travis Tygart has said that Martial Saugy, the head of the Lausanne laboratory which detected a suspicious sample from Lance Armstrong in 2001, has conceded that he gave […]
Kessiakoff on right track again after ‘so-so’ winter; top fifteen in Vuelta is possible goal
Vuelta a España stage winner likes the look of Tour de France time trial Swedish time trialist Fredrik Kessiakoff had a breakthrough season in 2012, winning time trial stages in the Tour de Suisse and the Vuelta a España. The […]
Betsy Andreu says Armstrong’s upcoming interview is ‘about Lance first, and only Lance’
Longtime critic of rider faults Oprah Winfrey for not tackling Texan over doping in the past Betsy Andreu has expressed scepticism about next week’s Lance Armstrong interview by Oprah Winfrey, saying that she doesn’t believe that the talk show host […]