Major anti-doping breakthrough with first sporting sanction for hGH
For many years human growth hormone (hGH) has been used in sport without any fear of detection, but those days have now come to an end. UK Anti-Doping today announced the first ever sanction for the substance, with Wakefield Trinity […]
Armstrong congratulates his teammates and Contador for Algarve results
Using Twitter posts and personal video footage, RadioShack’s Lance Armstrong periodically updates his fans on not only his activities, but also those of the RadioShack team. His latest update was recorded during his last training ride north west of Austin […]
Despite knee problems Haussler still focused on the Tour of Flanders
Despite a crash in the recent Volta ao Algarve, Cérvelo TestTeam rider Heinrich Haussler is still focused on the upcoming Tour of Flanders. Haussler’s crash occurred in stage 3 of the Volta ao Algarve during the fast start. Fortunately, he […]
Cunego pulls out of Ruta del Sol following crash
Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Farnese Vini) was a victim of the mass pile up at the end of stage two of the Vuelta a Andalucia/Ruta del Sol. He managed to remount and cross the line but was unable to hold the handlebars […]
Crash sends Rabobank's Ten Dam to hospital, Cunego and Gerdemann continue
Rabobank’s Laurens ten Dam went down hard in the finale of today’s stage in the Ruta del Sol, putting a bit of a damper of teammate Oscar Freire’s stage win. The climber went down with 300 meters left in the […]
Petacchi returns to lead Lampre-Farnese Vini in Sardinia
Alessandro Petacchi will return to action in tomorrow’s Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) after being sidelined from Saturday’s Trofeo Laigueglia with gastroenteritis. The Italian super-sprinter, nicknamed Ale-Jet, made a winning start to the 2010 season with two stage victories […]
Freire confirms in Ruta de Sol, Cavendish misses podium
Rabobank’s Oscar Freire confirmed his recent win in the Mallora Challenge today by taking the second stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía-Ruta del Sol, beating Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) into fourth place in what was the Manxman’s first sprint of 2010. […]
Rasmussen awaiting outcome of Vinokourov’s CAS case
Like Alexandre Vinokourov, Michael Rasmussen is racing while waiting to hear the outcome of a CAS appeal relating to his previous suspension. Both riders have been requested by the UCI to pay one year’s salary for their past transgressions, and […]
Hushovd, Haussler and Steegmans likely to miss Het Nieuwsblad
Defending champion Thor Hushovd, Cervélo team-mate Heinrich Haussler and RadioShack’s Gert Steegmans are all thought likely to miss the Het Nieuwsblad semi-Classic, which will be held in Belgium on Saturday. Hushovd and Haussler played a very big role in last […]
Sánchez wins Algarve time trial, Contador takes overall
Luis León Sánchez blasted over the wet roads in southern Portugal to win the time trial in the final stage of the Volta ao Algarve. Alberto Contador kept his compatriot at check, conceding only thirteen seconds and taking the overall […]