Verbruggen says UCI didn’t protect Armstrong, and they are not friends
Former UCI chief fights back against critics in long statement Former UCI president Hein Verbruggen has rejected suggestions that the governing body shielded Lance Armstrong from detection, issuing that denial as part of a long statement released yesterday defending his […]
Successful minor surgery for Marianne Vos to remove abdominal cyst
World champion’s return scheduled for Zolder World Cup on December 26th Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) has undergone successful surgery to remove a small abdominal cyst from her lower back, the World champion’s team has announced. The 27-year-old Dutchwoman went under the […]
USA Pro Challenge announces host cities for 2014 edition with a vote for final stage
Aspen start and Monarch Mountain stage finish for Colorado race The organisers of the USA Pro Challenge have announced the cities that will host the stage starts and finishes for the 2014 edition, which will run from August 18th to […]
Nicolas Roche video interview part II: Getting the balance right, building for a bigger 2014 and looking further ahead
Irish rider speaks about Giro start in Belfast, his goals if he rides and a possible new build-up to the Tour Nicolas Roche had the best race of his career in the Vuelta a España, winning a stage, wearing the […]
Freire denies Rasmussen’s suggestion of doping, Danish climber backtracks and says he never saw him take substances
Orica GreenEdge wants clarification from Weening After Michael Rasmussen claimed yesterday that each of his team-mates during the 2007 Tour de France had used some form of doping products, triple world champion Oscar Freire has threatened to sue and caused […]
Sven Nys wins his fifth Superprestige Zonhoven over Niels Albert again
World champion is Mr Superprestige once more in a final lap duel with big rival Sven Nys (Crelan-KDL) took a repeat of his previous year’s victory to over the sand of Zonhoven, to take his fifth edition of the Superprestige […]
Helen Wyman retains European Cyclocross title with solo display
British rider leads from the front in muddy Czech race Helen Wyman (Great Britain) retained the title she had taken 12 months before, at the 2013 European Cyclocross Championships in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. Just as she had done at […]
Tinkov’s spokesman confirms talks with Team Saxo Tinkoff plus other squads about possible purchase of a team
Russian billionaire seems intent on owning his own team, but will it happen for 2014? Although he said after talks with Cannondale failed that it would be 2015 before he had a team in cycling, it appears that there is […]
Michael Rasmussen claims attempted to dope with his father’s blood after advice from Geert Leinders
Danish rider also considered suicide after 2007 Tour de France ejection Michael Rasmussen attempted to use his father’s blood for homologous transfusions back in 2004, the former Danish rider has told TV channel DR News. The 39-year-old, whose biography is […]
WADA says it has a ‘positive relationship’ with Cookson, confirms Independent Commission talks
“We all agree that this must be open, transparent and independent in order to advance matters” Speaking after the first month of Brian Cookson’s presidency, the World Anti Doping Agency has confirmed that things have been harmonious with the new […]