Basso readies for Tour de France following Giro success
King of Italy aims for Tour de France Italian Ivan Basso is preparing Tour de France, his next objective after winning the Giro d’Italia last month. Basso is training at altitude this week at San Pellegrino following a reconnaissance trip […]
UCI says no deal offered to Alejandro Valverde to reduce doping ban
Will be banned through 2011 The International Cycling Union has rejected reports earlier this week by Spanish publication Meta2Mil that said Alejandro Valverde had refused to negotiate with the UCI to have his doping ban reduced. The publication said that […]
Leali defensive after following GiroBio drug bust
Leali reacts following GiroBio decision Bruno Leali’s Lucchini-Unidelta team, as reported earlier on VeloNation, was banned from starting the GiroBio yesterday in Novi Ligure, Italy. Police raids Friday night revealed banned drugs and medicines without prescriptions. Team Manager Leali said […]
Nocentini makes return in Suisse after breaking leg
Tuscan looks ahead to the Tour de France after 8 days in yellow last year Rinaldo Nocentini successfully made his return to racing at the Tour de Suisse yesterday in Lugano. The Italian of team AG2R La Mondiale fought back […]
Critérium du Dauphiné: Footon's Manuel Cardoso disqualified
Three French riders receive time penalties as well Portuguese rider, Manuel Cardoso of Footon-Servetto, got his season off to a sensational start in January with a sprint victory over Alejandro Valverde and Cadel Evans in Stage 3 of the Tour […]
Leading team at the Baby Giro tossed from race after police raid
A pharmacy of illegal products found at the race and at the team’s headquarters The amateur version of the Giro d’Italia, known as the Girobio, or Baby Giro, is in full swing in Italy right now. The race, which has […]
Alberto Contador content with Dauphiné performance
Two stage wins show that form is coming along nicely Alberto Contador took an excellent win atop the Alpe d’Huez on Saturday over a tenacious Jani Brajkovic, but couldn’t quite wrest free of the grip of the tiny Slovenian. The […]
Luis Leon Sanchez ready for final pre-Tour de France test
Caisse d’Epargne rider looking to hone form in Switzerland Caisse d’Epargne’s Luis Leon Sanchez started his last preparation before the Tour de France with a modest 67th place finish in today’s first stage time trial of the Tour de Suisse […]
HTC-Columbia's Tony Martin modest about Tour de Suisse ambitions
Says he will focus on a few stages along with final time trial HTC-Columbia’s Tony Martin, last year’s second place finisher behind Andy Schleck in the best young rider classification at the Tour de France, heads into today’s opening time […]
Nicole Cooke and Marianne Vos take stage wins in Bira tour double day
HTC-Columbia’s Judith Arndt leads overall with one day to goSaturday’s eventful double day at the Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira stage race in the Basque Country included a morning 5.9 km difficult uphill time trial, followed by an afternoon stage of 70 km […]