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Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli has admitted to doping during the 2008 Tour de France. The former Saunier Duval rider to Italian newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport that he had made a mistake. “I must pay,” admitted the 37-year-old Piepoli, who was […]

Colavita/Sutter Home, the #2 men’s team in the US, has re-signed its core squad for the 2009 season and added Aaron Olson, winner of the 2008 Tour de Nez. Director Sportif Sebastian Alexandre made the announcement. Returning riders include Cuban […]

Garmin-Slipstream Pro Cycling Team officially announced the 2009 roster today during the team presentation in Boulder, Colorado. For the first time, the team will hit the ProTour circuit with an impressive 29-man squad that includes Olympic, world and national champions. […]

USA Cycling has announced the first round of nominations to the United States National Team for the 2009 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hoogerheide, Netherlands, Jan. 31-Feb. 1. Five athletes were named to each of the elite women’s, U23 men’s […]

With the Vuelta a Ecuador and the Vuelta a Chiapas (Mexico) at the end of November and the Vuelta a Costa Rica at the moment, as well as the next events in Venezuela and Argentina, the season is in full […]

Team Type 1 has hired a new director sportif, Vassili Davidenko, and a new assistant director, Gord Fraser, for the 2009 season. Davidenko was Team Type 1’s assistant director last year under Ed Beamon, who is not returning. “We were […]

Well known in the women’s cycling world, Patrick comes to the Cervélo TestTeam after two years of working as a Sports Director for the Swiss Team, Specialized Designs for Women. He is a licensed Sports Director and also the owner […]

Cervelo TestTeam is pleased to announce the signing of Elodie Touffet of France and Claudia Häusler of Germany. Elodie Touffet has been a member of Gauss RDZ Ormu (2008), Menikini-Selle Italia-Gysko (2007), Nobili-Rubinetterie-Menikini-Cogeas (2006) and Pruneaux d”agen (2005). With French […]

The 2009-10 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships have been awarded to the city of Bend, Ore., the national governing body announced today. The USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships were last held in the Pacific Northwest when Portland hosted the 2003 […]

Lately it seems that Lance Armstrong has been inspiring more than cancer survivors. First there were rumors of “Der Kaiser” rising up from the ashes to go toe-to-toe with the Texan “one more time.” But they were soon squashed by […]