Analysis: How UCI’s Licence Commission could strip Saxo Bank of its ProTeam licence
Contador’s team may be demoted after today’s CAS ruling The decision last year by Bjarne Riis to put so many eggs in the Alberto Contador basket may yet prove costly for the team, with the UCI warning today that the […]
Andy Fenn doubles up in Mallorca with Trofeo Migjorn sprint
21-year-old British neo-pro fastest again in Balearic bunch sprint As his teammate Tom Boonen was holding on to the race lead in the Tour of Qatar by his fingernails, Omega Pharma-Quick Step neo-pro Andy Fenn was chalking up his second […]
Saxo Bank regrets Contador CAS verdict, WADA welcomes it
Reactions continue to today’s sanctioning of Spanish rider Saxo Bank team owner Bjarne Riis has responded to today’s news that Alberto Contador has been suspended and lost several big race results, saying that he regretted the outcome. Contador has been […]
Brother: Alberto Contador will not retire after doping suspension imposed
Sastre, Delgado, Pereiro and RFEC chief respond Fran Contador, the brother and agent of Alberto Contador, has made clear that the suspended rider will not retire from the sport. The Spaniard had originally said that if he was sanctioned for […]
Michele Scarponi: “I’m very sorry for Alberto Contador”
Lampre-ISD captain stands to inherit 2011 Giro d’Italia title after Spanish rider’s retrospective suspension One of those to benefit from Alberto Contador being handed a retrospective two year suspension for his clenbuterol positive at the 2010 Tour de France, is […]
Contador case: Schleck says he is ‘not happy’ to be the winner of the 2010 Tour de France
Insists he wants to win on the road, not in court Although his main rival Alberto Contador has been stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title, Andy Schleck has insisted that he is not pleased to be named the […]
Tour of Qatar: Garmin-Barracuda blitzes team time trial but Boonen clings to gold
Belgian holds race lead by three-hundredths of a second after American team fastest in 11.3km Lusail test Garmin-Barracuda blasted around the 11.3km stage two team time trial course, out and back from the Lusail Cycling Circuit, in a time of […]
Eddy Merckx: “I think people want to kill off cycling”
Belgian legend reacts to CAS verdict in Alberto Contador case Eddy Merckx has spoken about his disappointment about the fact that the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) has ruled that Alberto Contador should be suspended for two years. The […]
Confirmed: Contador handed two year doping ban, loses 2010 Tour title
CAS rules against Spaniard, says contaminated supplement caused Clenbuterol postive Triple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has today lost one of those titles, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne stripping him of his 2010 victory plus […]
Ill Will Clarke aiming to recover for Tour of Oman
Santos Tour Down Under stage winner unable to start in Qatar The Champion System squad will start today’s team time trial at the Tour of Qatar missing one of its strongest riders, with Will Clarke being a non-starter on the […]