Biological Passport: CONI wants a two-year ban for Pellizotti; shelves case against Vania Rossi
Liquigas-Doimo rider’s fate finally looks sealed after sitting in limbo since May The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has called for a two-year ban to be imposed against Liquigas-Doimo rider Franco Pellizotti. The 32-year-old from Udine has been provisionally suspended since […]
Damiano Cunego and Ivan Basso to join forces at Liquigas?
Changes for top Italian teams Liquigas and Lampre Italy’s Damiano Cunego is on the hunt for a new team, ready for a change of air from current team Lampre-Farnese. He may join Italy’s top stage racer, Ivan Basso, at team […]
Phinney, Sergent and Avery to begin stagiaire trial with RadioShack team
Talented young riders get a chance to impress at ProTour level Double Under 23 Paris-Roubaix winner Taylor Phinney is one of three talented young riders who will take a big step towards the ProTour ranks next week, commencing a trial […]
Tour of Britain confirms Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins
Olympic champion confirmed to home race after disappointing Tour de France Bradley Wiggins will definitely lead Team Sky to the Tour of Britain between September 11th and 18th, according to the race’s organiser. Wiggins recently announced that he would be […]
Quick Step’s Carlos Barredo to defend Clasica San Sebastian but Sylvain Chavanel to miss out with infected toenail
Mixed fortunes for Quick Step as one aggressive rider in and one out The Belgian Quick Step team will line up for the Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian this Saturday with defending champion Carlos Barredo but without Sylvain Chavanel, the Tour […]
Cervélo TestTeam and HTC-Columbia head for team time trial showdown
The two biggest women’s teams prepare to do battle in the World Cup The Women’s UCI World Cup returns this week, after an almost two month break, with the Open de Suède Vårgårda team time trial in Sweden on Friday; […]
Stagiaire news: Wetterhall and Teklehaymanot to Cervélo TestTeam, Cole to BMC Racing
Young riders have a chance to impress pro teams Talented Swedish rider Alex Wetterhall and the promising African rider Daniel Teklehaymanot have been announced as taking up stagiaire (trial) slots with the Cervélo Test Team, while the strong young American […]
High Tour de France viewing figures for Versus, big ad revenue
Successful Tour for broadcaster despite wavering US challenge While this year’s Tour de France didn’t see a US rider fighting for the yellow jersey as had been expected, figures released for the Versus network nevertheless showed a strong level of […]
Transfer News: Francesco Chicchi returns to Quick Step, Wouter Weylandt may be on the way out
Italian sprinter returns to the team he rode for in 2006, but may be pushing a Belgian sprinter out Italian sprinter Francesco Chicchi has re-signed for the Belgian Quick Step team, according to Sporza. He previously rode for the team […]
Turin plans for next year's Giro d'Italia start
Giro to kick off in Turin next year Italian city Turin is releasing its plans today for hosting the start of next year’s Giro d’Italia. The 2011 Giro d’Italia will start in Turin to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the […]