Route and teams of the fifth Montepaschi-Strade Bianche announced
Only seven ProTeams and 112 riders in total will take the start in Tuscany The route and the selected teams for the Montepaschi-Strade Bianche were released today by race organizers, RCS. Fourteen teams of eight riders, making for 112 total […]
Explosive new claims made by Sports Illustrated against Armstrong and US Postal Service team
Magazine outlines what it says were repeated violations of doping regulations One day before Sports Illustrated prints an extensive piece on the investigation into Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service team, the magazine has released some details of what […]
Michele Scarponi checks out more Giro d’Italia mountains
Lampre-ISD’s Grand Tour captain looking at mountain finishes with Marco Marzano Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) has been checking out more of the climbs to feature in this year’s Giro d’Italia, on his way to the team’s training camp in San Vincenzo, […]
Lance Armstrong’s legal team may have sought ammunition against Novitzky from Victor Conte
Balco founder admits he has doubts about multiple Tour de France winner’s past Victor Conte, who had a long battle against federal agent Jeff Novitzky before finally admitting that he doped athletes, has said that his legal team have been […]
Marc Madiot wants to take FDJ back to the top but needs to know the rules
French team manager aiming for ProTeam status in 2012 but says the UCI rules are not clear FDJ is currently one of the longest serving sponsors in the sport, with the French lottery operator beginning its support of its eponymous […]
Pierrick Fédrigo looking ahead with FDJ
Former French champion hopes for fresh start and new motivation with Marc Madiot’s team After six years at Bbox Bouygues Telecom, Pierrick Fédrigo has made the leap to rival French team FDJ for 2011. Much of the reason had to […]
Ballan showing encouraging form in Santos Tour Down Under
Italian appears to be in strong early-season condition It’s very early days in the 2011 season but 2008 world road race champion Alessandro Ballan is already showing signs of strong form. The Italian rider sprinted home seventh on today’s opening […]
Tom Boonen getting to know new teammate Nikki Terpstra
Belgian classics star coming round to Dutch champion that he “cursed many times” One of the many new recruits to the Quick Step team for 2011 is Dutch champion Niki Terpstra. The 26-year-old spent the last four years at the […]
Telenet-Fidea's Hans Van Kasteren: "Stybar stays with us unless he wants to obtain his freedom in court."
Czech World Champion and stern Dutch manager not seeing eye to eye Outgoing Telenet-Fidea manager, Hans Van Kasteren, is not known as one to mince words. In a recent interview with P-Magazine and quoted in Het Laatste Nieuws, the no […]
UCI management committe member Pedersen says he was wrong to speak about Contador case
UCI management committee member says he hasn’t seen any UCI documents Bjarne Riis today said it was unfair of UCI management committee member Peder Pedersen to comment on the Alberto Contador case while it is still ongoing, faulting the Dane […]