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USADA pledges to continue enquiry into team The long-running investigation into the United States Postal Service team and Lance Armstrong appears to be at an end, at least in terms of the anti-doping aspect, with AP reporting that federal investigators […]

End to marathon anti-doping case is in sight The Court of Arbitration for Sport has officially confirmed that the long-awaited decision in the Alberto Contador case will be announced on Monday. Speaking to VeloNation this evening, CAS secretary general Matthieu […]

Ambitious Briton aiming to return to 2009 level of consistency Mark Cavendish is fired up by his status as world road race champion and has made clear that he is targeting more than the Tour de France and Olympic Games […]

Strong teams rip the race apart in the wind again after long solo break from Kendall Ryan Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) continued her happy association with the Ladies’ Tour of Qatar with a second victory in this year’s race. The Dutch […]

Lampre-ISD, Liquigas-Cannondale, and Acqua & Sapone sending strong squads Donoratico; Viviani confident; Petacchi chasing win number six The Italian season gets under way on Saturday with the 17th edition of the GP Costa degli Etruschi, in Donoratico, on the Tuscan […]

American rider looking forward to make racing debut in Italy Prologue winner in the 2011 Eneco Tour and runner up in the same test in the Tour de Romandie, talented 21 year old American rider Taylor Phinney has a big […]

Leopard Trek Continental team also confirms lineup for 1.1 line-up for season opener The new Colombia Coldeportes team has completed preparations for its first race of the season, the GP Costa degli Etruschi, and is keeping its collective fingers crossed […]

German rider asserts innocence after being linked to Franke investigation Fight or flight: both are known human responses to stressful situations. In Marcel Kittel’s case, he’s chosen the first, as evidenced by his stage win on Thursday’s second stage of […]

Viviani seeks to repeat 2011 victory with Liquigas team The Italian cycling season kicks of on Saturday as it traditionally does with GP Costa degli Etruschi, to be held between San Vincenzo and Donoratico, both bordering the Tyrrhenian sea on […]

Italian ProTeam now up to 28 riders one month into the season Late in the day as it is, with the season already a month old, but Lampre-ISD has announced the signing of five more Ukrainian riders to complete its […]