Gesink upbeat prior to first Giro d’Italia, aiming for top five finish or better
Kelderman and others to give full backing to Blanco Pro Cycling team leader Although he was back in 54th place in last week’s Tour de Romandie, Blanco Pro Cycling’s Robert Gesink has said that he believes his condition should ramp […]
Operacion Puerto: Push to continue for release of evidence
Pound: “It’s embarrassing for Spain. Everybody knows if the samples are made available, we will be able to uncover quite a bit more doping.” Although yesterday’s Operacion Puerto ruling appeared to close the door on the handover of 211 blood […]
Ivan Basso to lead Cannondale with Elia Viviani in the Giro d’Italia
Two-time winner’s “results and preparation were as expected,” says directeur sportif Ivan Basso will lead the Cannondale team in the Giro d’Italia, which starts in the city of Naples on Saturday, May 4th, with the aim of taking a third […]
Mark Cavendish at the centre of Omega Pharma-Quick Step Giro d’Italia team
Serge Pauwels and Gianluca Brambilla also targeting mountain stages The Omega Pharma-Quick Step team for the Giro d’Italia will be built around the sprint ambitions of Mark Cavendish, who has ten stage victories on his palmares so far. The former […]
Katusha’s Giro d’Italia campaign spearheaded by Yuriy Trofimov
Russian team aiming for top-ten in the absence of its two big Grand Tour riders With Joaquim Rodríguez concentrating on the Tour de France, and Denis Menchov having suffered a recurrence of an old knee injury, the Katusha Team is […]
Cycling Ireland announces EGM date, members will decide mid-June if federation will nominate McQuaid
Crucial vote for current UCI president will take place on June 15th Pat McQuaidFour days after its announcement that it would put its nomination of Pat McQuaid as UCI president on hold and would instead call an extraordinary general meeting […]
Fuentes and Labarta found guilty in Operacion Puerto trial, get suspended prison sentences
Judge denies WADA’s request to hand over blood bags Almost seven full years after the Operacion Puerto raids in Madrid and elsewhere, the ringleader of the doping practice Eufemiano Fuentes plus Ignacio Labarta have been found guilty by the judge […]
Ivan Basso to lead Cannondale with Elia Viviani in the Giro d’Italia
Two-time winner’s “results and preparation were as expected,” says directeur sportif Ivan Basso will lead the Cannondale team in the Giro d’Italia, which starts in the city of Naples on Saturday, May 4th, with the aim of taking a third […]
Mark Cavendish at the centre of Omega Pharma-Quick Step Giro d’Italia team
Serge Pauwels and Gianluca Brambilla also targeting mountain stages The Omega Pharma-Quick Step team for the Giro d’Italia will be built around the sprint ambitions of Mark Cavendish, who has ten stage victories on his palmares so far. The former […]
Katusha’s Giro d’Italia campaign spearheaded by Yuriy Trofimov
Russian team aiming for top-ten in the absence of its two big Grand Tour riders With Joaquim Rodríguez concentrating on the Tour de France, and Denis Menchov having suffered a recurrence of an old knee injury, the Katusha Team is […]