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Pro Cycling

Fractured thumb for Gert Steegmans means changes to Cavendish's Algarve leadout

Winter gloves spare Belgian hardman more serious injury Omega Pharma-Quick Step roadman/sprinter Gert Steegmans will be forced to site out this week’s Volta ao Algarve after sustaining a broken finger in a training crash. The Belgian was due to be […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Injury, Pro Cycling,

Poels returns to racing seven months after devastating Tour de France crash

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Injury, Pro Cycling,

Tour of Oman: Peter Sagan wins second straight stage on the Wadi Dayqah Dam

Slovakian champion repeats 2012 victory to cement overall lead Peter Sagan (Cannondale) took his second victory in as many days in the 2013 Tour of Oman, as he sprinted clear of a shattered peloton at the end of the third […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Lampre Merida confirms Scarponi is currently suspended, meeting about his future set to take place soon

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Ashenden: “The experts were only allowed to see the first nine of Armstrong’s 38 blood results”

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Armstrong’s blood profile was never submitted to bio passport experts after May 2009

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Bobbie Traksel aims to keep Oman most aggressive jersey after a second day on the attack

Dutch rider spends two days in front of the race to cement polka-dot jersey lead Bobbie Traksel (Champion System) is hoping to make the most aggressive rider classification at this year’s Tour of Oman his own, after spending his second […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling,

UCI announces details of Stakeholder Consultation Exercise

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling,

Video and stage details: Tough Amgen Tour of California 2013 route revealed

Mount Diablo summit finish, Palm Springs Aerial Tramway climb and individual time trial to shape race Heading South to North for the first time and taking in beaches, deserts and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge plus some very tough mountain […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of California, Video,

Konyshev hoping Menchov can perform in Volta ao Algarve

Believes final time trial will play to his favour: ‘I expect a good result from him’ Last year Denis Menchov had his quietest season since 2003, with the sole victories to his credit being a stage win in the Vuelta […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

Ashenden releases Armstrong's bio passport code, he and UCI at loggerheads over Texan's test results

Australian anti-doping expert calls on other bio passport scientists to verify if they assessed suspicious Tour data The tension apparent between the UCI and one of its former biological passport experts Michael Ashenden has continued with a release of statements […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Tour of Oman: Peter Sagan wins stage two in a late solo break

Slovakian champion takes race lead as late climbs split the peloton Peter Sagan (Cannondale) escaped a splintering peloton in the final kilometres of the second stage of the 2013 Tour of Oman, to take his first victory of the season […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Tour de Langkawi renews its partnership with Bike Pure for a fourth year

Asian race sending the message of clean cycling with anti-doping movement The organisers of Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) have announced that the race will be run in partnership with the Bike Pure organisation for a fourth straight year. The […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

De Kort back on his bike after operation, still aiming for Classics

Dutchman pleased with news of Argos Shimano’s first victory of 2013 Replaced by his team-mate Marcel Kittel in the Tour of Oman due to the fractured collarbone he suffered in the earlier Tour of Qatar, Argos Shimano rider Koen de […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Injury, Pro Cycling,

CONI opens anti-doping file on Mario Cipollini

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Evans makes season debut in Oman, says he will test his legs on race’s climbing stage

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

Mark Cavendish to lead Omega Pharma-Quick Step in Volta ao Algarve

Belgian team also hunting overall success with 2012 second place Tony Martin Mark Cavendish’s stellar season to date will continue at the Volta ao Algarve this week, as he leads the Omega Pharma-Quick Step in search of his sixth victory […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling,

Kittel blasts to first season win and leader’s jersey in Tour of Oman

German rider quickest in bunch gallop Called up as a replacement for Koen de Kort after the Dutchman was injured in the Tour of Qatar, Marcel Kittel roared into the race lead on the first stage of the Tour of […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

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