Patrick Lefevere: “The team doesn’t work when I’m not there”
Quick Step’s less than spectacular year is down to mercurial Belgian taking a back seat, he says Quick Step did not enjoy its most successful season in 2010. Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara won both the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix, […]
Lasne appointed director of Châtenay-Malabry laboratory
Frenchman had been acting in same role on a temporary basis Françoise Lasne, who had previously been acting as temporary director of the Chatenay-Malabry anti-doping laboratory in Paris, has been officially appointed to the role by the French anti-doping agency […]
Rabobank signing, Matti Breschel, heading to Lanzarote to continue with rehab
Danish one day specialist apparently recovering well Matti Breschel’s recovery from his potentially career-ending knee surgery is going well. So well in fact, that the 2009 Danish champion is preparing to head to Lanzarote to continue his rehabilitation. Rabosport reports […]
Eight people face preliminary charges in relation to French doping raids
Uncertainty about pro riders’ involvement Following Tuesday’s doping raids in Caen in north-west France, eight people face preliminary charges in relation to the police operation. Those concerned include several amateur riders, a pharmacist, a doctor, bodybuilders and former riders. It […]
Landbouwkrediet team and Shimano offer explanation for Sven Nys’ lost pedal
Belgian champion’s personal mechanics to blame, not equipment or team staff The Landbouwkrediet team has worked with its component sponsor Shimano to try to get to the bottom of what happened to Sven Nys’ pedal in the Superprestige cyclocross race […]
Top riders react to Zdenek Stybar’s enforced injury layoff
“The rainbow jersey should be at all the top races,” says Sven Nys Zdenek Stybar’s (Telenet-Fidea) knee injury has forced him to take the rest of the year off but, despite the fact that one of their biggest rivals is […]
Saxo Bank-SunGard teambuilding in Fuerteventura
Bjarne Riis’ boys forego the usual bootcamp to concentrate on fun The Saxo Bank-SunGard team has spent the last week at the Payitas resort on the Canary Island of Fuerteventura as usual, but has dispensed with the usual survival camp […]
Cancellara aims for Liège and Lombardia wins
Classics star refuses to give up on Ronde and Roubaix Swiss time trial and classics specialist, Fabian Cancellara wants to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Giro di Lombardia next year. If he succeeds, he will become only one of four cyclists to […]
Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli to Tuscan coast for first team gettogether
Italian champion Giovanni Visconti to meet with new colleagues next week The Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli team will meet up on the Tuscan coastal resort of Castagneto Carducci next week for the first training camp of the 2011 season. The team, […]
UCI pledges to use greater targeting in 2011 anti-doping efforts
Governing body also plans campaign to prevent riders considering using banned substances Riders who have suspect biological profiles will be increasingly targeted in 2011, according to the UCI. The governing body has pledged to carry out a significant jump in […]