Armstrong’s legal team pushes for witnesses to be named in its reaction against USADA
USADA had said anonymity was used due to previous coercion and intimidation Last month Lance Armstrong indicated that he was done fighting claims he used banned drugs, saying that he was fatigued with the whole issue, and wanted to move […]
Could Schlecks be considering a move away from RadioShack?
Riders’ agent said to be making enquiries elsewhere Although the Schleck brothers signed multi-year contracts with the Leopard Trek setup prior to last season, there is growing speculation about whether they will remain put with the team for the duration […]
Ster ZLM Toer: Marcel Kittel leaves the world’s best in his wake in stage one sprint
German wunderkind beats Renshaw and Cavendish in Dutch stage race opener Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) left the World’s best sprinters in his wake as he took the opening stage of the Ster ZLM Toer, between Eindhoven and Sittard/Geleen. The 24-year-old German […]
Tour de Slovenie: Simone Ponzi grabs opening stage in 22 man sprint
Italian wins crash-strewn stage as the peloton splits on the final climb Simone Ponzi (Astana) won the opening leg of the Tour de Slovénie, between Celje and Novo Mesto, at the head of a 22-man peloton. The Italian was best […]
SCA Promotions will monitor USADA case against Armstrong/US Postal Service
Company doesn’t rule out taking action if it becomes possible The insurance company which was the subject of a hotly-contested court action between 2004 and 2006, SCA Promotions, has said that it will monitor the USADA action against Lance Armstrong […]
Dauphiné injuries cause Martin to withdraw from Irish national championships
No road race, but Garmin Barracuda rider hopeful of riding Tour Twelve months after he finished an extremely close second in the Irish road race championships, losing out to Matt Brammeier by millimetres, Dan Martin made the difficult choice to […]
Tour de Suisse: Scintillating Sagan on top yet again
Dominant Slovakian takes another as Costa retains lead It’s starting to look like the Tour of California. Victorious in five stages out of eight there last month, Peter Sagan is showing a similar dominance in stages of the Tour de […]
Could Bruyneel or the RadioShack team be excluded from the Tour?
ASO won’t be drawn on case at this point in time With the Tour de France just over two weeks away, it remains to be seen what will happen after yesterday’s news that USADA is starting an anti-doping proceeding against […]
Video: Reinardt Janse van Rensburg reflects on successful season thus far
South African talks about the attention from World Tour teams Reinardt Janse van Rensburg has notched up an impressive twelve UCI wins this season. The previously little-known cyclist rides for South African continental team MTN-Qhubeka and recently returned home from […]
Tour de Slovénie Preview: Italian teams and Astana likely to feature
Diego Ulissi looking to defend title in four-day stage race The Tour of Slovenia (UCI 2.1) gets underway today, one of several 2.1 races positioned as Tour de France warm up races outside of France or Switzerland. The four-day stage […]