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Pro Cycling

Tim Wellens ends first professional season with Beijing WorldTour points

Fifth on final stage and tenth overall see 21-year-old enter UCI’s top-level ranking Four months ago Tim Wellens (Lotto-Belisol) was riding in the under-23 category but, after signing with the Belgian WorldTour team on July 1st, he 21-year-old has ended […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of Beijing,

Steve Cummings closes injury hit season in style with final Beijing stage victory

British rider’s crash-marred year ends with his second WorldTour win Steve Cummings (BMC Racing) ended his 2012 season in style with a victory in the final stage of the Tour of Beijing, between the Chang Ping Stadium and Ping Gu […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Injury, Pro Cycling, Tour of Beijing,

Sunday Times considering legal action against Armstrong

Paper would seek to recoup settlement paid in 2006 plus pursue rider for fraud The repercussions of USADA’s thousand page file on doping charges against Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service team continue to take effect, with the Sunday […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Matt White admits doping at US Postal Service team, apologises

Australian stands down from current roles with GreenEdge and Cycling Australia Former Australian professional Matt White has admitted using banned drugs during his racing career and has stood down from his current positions in the sport while an enquiry is […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Cummings beats Hesjedal to scoop final stage of Tour of Beijing, Martin wins overall

Second general classification victory for German Omega Pharma Quick Step rider British rider Steve Cummings ended a frustrating, injury afflicted season in the perfect fashion when he won the final stage of the Tour of Beijing. The BMC Racing Team […]

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

Bauer’s Spidertech stops for a season due to financial shortfall

Hopes to return at top level in 2014 Steve Bauer’s Spidertech C10 squad has been working towards becoming the first Canadian team in the Tour de France, but its path to that goal has been jarred by today’s news that […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

RadioShack Nissan team confirms Bruyneel’s time as general manager has ended

Former US Postal Service team manager removed from top role over doping investigation Confirming an earlier story suggesting a split had occured, the RadioShack Nissan team has announced that Johan Bruyneel will no longer form any part of the management […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Report: Johan Bruyneel loses general manager role with RadioShack Nissan

Belgian said to have been fired two days after USADA dossier is published As a consequence of his serious implication in the doping problems at the US Postal Service, Discovery Channel and Astana cycling teams, it appears that Johan Bruyneel […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Tour de France chief wants years 1999-2005 left blank on the record books

No reassignment of Lance Armstrong’s stripped victories, says Christian Prudhomme Tour de France director general Christian Prudhomme would like to see the Tour de France roll of honour left blank between the years 1999 and 2005, according to l’Equipe. Those […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Millar calls for Verbruggen’s resignation, says sport must move forward

“It was under Verbruggen’s presidency that it was at its worst, yet there were all these denials from the UCI” Following on from this week’s publishing of USADA’s explosive files on Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service team, which […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Armstrong case: SCA Promotions waiting for UCI response before deciding about legal action

Company paid a total of $12 million to US Postal Service rider in relation to Tour victories As the dust continues to settle after the upheaval caused by the USADA report into Lance Armstrong’s doping, a Texan insurance company which […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Tour of Beijing: Marco Haller takes first professional win on stage four to Chang Ping

21-year-old Austrian blasts past Alessandro Petacchi; overall classification unchanged Marco Haller (Katusha) burst ahead in the final hundred metres of the fourth stage of the 2012 Tour of Beijing between Yanqing and Chang Ping to take his first ever professional […]

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

Alex Dowsett clarifies earlier comments about Armstrong

‘I do think what Lance has done is completely unacceptable’ Alex Dowsett has clarified his comments expressed in an earlier BBC report, suggesting that the remarks were taken out of context. In that initial exchange the Team Sky rider referred […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Armstrong case: Yates insists he saw nothing suspicious as rider or directeur sportif

Sky’s Alex Dowsett says Armstrong is a ‘legend of the sport’ Former pro and current Team Sky directeur sportif Sean Yates has insisted that he saw nothing at all that was suspicious during his time working alongside Lance Armstrong, either […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Rabobank ‘disappointed’ by Leipheimer’s confession of doping on the team

Omega Pharma Quick Step puts rider on non-active status after USADA testimony Following yesterday’s release of documents by USADA which included an admission by Levi Leipheimer that he used banned products for much of his career, his former Rabobank team […]

Author: Leipheimer’s confession of doping on the team by Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

No cyclocross World championships for Zdeněk Štybar

Spring road ambitions mean that double World champion will not seek a third title in Louisville This winter’s cyclocross World championships, to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, between February 2nd and 3rd, will be without one of the sport’s most […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Tour of Beijing: Gavazzi outsprints the favourites to take stage three on the Great Wall

Boasson Hagen attack caught in the final metres; Tony Martin holds on to overall lead Francesco Gavazzi (Astana) won the Queen stage of the 2012 Tour of Beijing, between Mentougou and Badaling Great Wall as he outsprinted a highly select […]

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

Armstrong case: USADA confirms reasoned decision sent to UCI and WADA, over 1000 pages of evidence

Data gathered includes 26 witnesses, including Hincapie, Leipheimer, Danielson and Vande Velde Citing ‘overwhelming evidence’ which amounts to over 1000 pages in length, the US Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed that it is today sending its reasoned decision to the UCI […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

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