Rasmussen dreams of Tour de France win
Dane Michael Rasmussen dreams of winning the Tour de France, the race his team forced him to abandon in 2007 while wearing the yellow jersey. “If Lance Armstrong can return, and maybe win the Tour de France this summer, then […]
RadioShack's Levi Leipheimer takes second Tour of the Gila
Levi Leipheimer wrapped up a second consecutive overall win at the 24th SRAM Tour of the Gila on Sunday. He had a comfortable ride on the culminating brute of a stage, known as the Gila Monster. He credits his two […]
Constantino Zaballa takes final stage and overall at Asturias
After a career of ups and downs with many more downs than ups in the last few years, former Clasica San Sebastian winner, Constantino Zaballa, is hesitant to believe in miracles. He’s grounded in the reality of making a living: […]
Biological Passport offenders to be named soon
It seems the time has come for the UCI Biological Passport hammer to come down. In a conversation with the news agency, Bloomberg, at the end of February, UCI President Pat McQuaid, said there was still a “handful of riders” […]
BMC Racing team clears Santambrogio for the Giro
Almost a month after suspending former world champion Alessandro Ballan and Mauro Santambrogio from racing due to their links with an Italian anti-doping investigation, the BMC Racing Team has cleared the latter for a return to competition. The squad announced […]
Valverde snatches overall title from Rogers in final Romandie stage
An aggressive Alejandro Valverde won the final stage of the Tour de Romandie to make up his one-second deficit in the overall against Michael Rogers. Valverde beat Igor Antón, Simon Spilak and Denis Menchov in a four-up sprint to take […]
Nick Nuyens shoots for Belgian Nationals, says jersey is nice
Nick Nuyens had a spring to forget and he was happy to start a vacation after the Grand Prix Frankfurt, having suffered a lot of bad luck in the races that he really was targeting for some better results. He […]
Belgian coach previews Junior Worlds course in Offida
Belgium’s national couch, Carlo Bomans, travelled to Offida, Italy, to preview the Junior World Championships course Friday. His goal is simple, help recent Paris-Roubaix winner Jasper Stuyven defend his rainbow jersey August 8. Bomans drove the 16-kilometre circuit and filmed […]
Saur-Sojasun's Coppel tackles big races with smaller team
Jérôme Coppel spent two seasons riding for Française des Jeux before joining the smaller outfit of Saur-Sojasun at the beginning of the year. Many would consider this a relegation, but Coppel feels quite happy with his situation and his aggressive […]
Quick Step: Will there be a big shake up for 2011?
This season will be a busy one for Quick Step boss Patrick Lefevere. At the end of 2010 contracts for 18 of the riders on Belgium’s top team run out, leaving him with a lot to consider over the next […]