Leipheimer won’t confirm USADA rumours, wants to focus only on Tour de France
American rider asked about witness claims Former US Postal Service rider Levi Leipheimer said prior to the start of today’s stage of the Tour de France that he wouldn’t comment on reports that he is one of several witnesses who […]
Hincapie, Vaughters and Ochowicz respond to USADA witness claims
All say their focus is on the Tour de France, Vaughters restates team will cooperate with any investigators Following on from today’s earlier news claiming that George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team), Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma Quick Step), the Garmin-Sharp riders […]
Giro Donne: Shelley Olds raises Olympic hopes with stage six victory on the 4th of July
Marianne Vos maintains commanding lead with second place Shelley Olds (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) celebrated her country’s national day, raised her Olympic hopes, and justified her place in the United States team for London 2012, with a sprint victory at the end […]
US Postal investigation: Claims that Hincapie, Leipheimer, Zabriskie, Vande Velde and Vaughters testified
Leak puts pressure on witnesses Dutch newspaper Telesport has reported what it says are the identities of four riders and one manager who have given evidence to both federal agents and the US Anti Doping Agency. Quoting an anonymous source, […]
Tour de France reactions: Petacchi, Cancellara, Voigt, Van Garderen, Burghardt, Mollema
Some quotes from today’s fourth stage of the race Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre ISD) on finishing second on the stage behind Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): “My team mates prepared the sprint in the best way and thanks to them I could avoid […]
Tour de France: Cavendish escapes serious injury in crash, will continue in race
Other than stitches in eyebrow, Eisel also okay after fall Having lost Kanstantsin Siutsou yesterday due to a broken tibia, Sky Procycling had a moment of panic today when both world champion Mark Cavendish and his leadout man Bernhard Eisel […]
Cancellara and Sagan have near miss in relation to stage four crash
Close calls for yellow and green jersey holders in dangerous finale Yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara and points classification leader Peter Sagan have both reacted to today’s huge pileup in the Tour de France, a smash-up which took down Mark Cavendish […]
André Greipel scoops Tour de France stage four in crash affected finale
Cavendish taken out in crash with two kilometers to go, Cancellara holds yellow André Greipel used another great lead out from his Lotto-Belisol squad and this time blasted to victory, although stage two winner Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) was not […]
Garmin-Sharp releases Alex Rasmussen following CAS whereabouts suspension
Danish rider needs to look for new team after he returns next year American WorldTour team Garmin-Sharp has announced that Alex Rasmussen is no longer a rider with the squad, with the Dane losing his place on the team after […]
Alex Rasmussen pledges not to retire after being given 18 month ban over whereabouts violations
“I feel terrible, everything is destroyed. I won’t give up.” Alex Rasmussen has pledged to return to the sport after a long battle over anti-doping violations came to an end today, and the rider was handed a partially-backdated eighteen month […]