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Pro Cycling

AG2R La Mondiale to sit out Dauphiné if Sylvain Georges’ B-sample is positive

Vincent Lavenu to impose one week ban on his own team according to MPCC rules vincent lavenuVincent Lavenu, the general manager of AG2R La Mondiale, has confirmed that the team will undergo a self-imposed one week ban from competition if […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Knee problem leads Breschel to withdraw from Giro d’Italia

Previous issues in same joint concern Danish rider Team Saxo Tinkoff rider Matti Breschel has been forced to end his participation in the Giro d’Italia, with the Danish rider dropping out due to injury. Breschel started suffering from knee pain […]

Author: VeloNation Press Categories: Giro d'Italia, Injury, Pro Cycling,

McQuaid secures nomination from Swiss Cycling to run for re-election as UCI President

Irishman sidesteps members’ vote of his own national federation One month before the Irish federation Cycling Ireland was due to hold an extraordinary general meeting on the matter, UCI president Pat McQuaid has jumped the gun and secured nomination from […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

Knee problem leads Breschel to withdraw from Giro d’Italia

Previous issues in same joint concern Danish rider Team Saxo Tinkoff rider Matti Breschel has been forced to end his participation in the Giro d’Italia, with the Danish rider dropping out due to injury. Breschel started suffering from knee pain […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Giro d'Italia, Injury, Pro Cycling,

McQuaid secures nomination from Swiss Cycling to run for re-election as UCI President

Irishman sidesteps members’ vote of his own national federation One month before the Irish federation Cycling Ireland was due to hold an extraordinary general meeting on the matter, UCI president Pat McQuaid has jumped the gun and secured nomination from […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

Evergreen veteran Voigt grabs RadioShack Leopard triumph at Tour of California

Van Garderen takes over race lead as select group goes clear in crosswinds RadioShack Leopard rider Jens Voigt boosted his fan following with a stirring solo victory on day five of the Tour of California, breaking clear just over five […]

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

Wiggins and Giro d’Italia illness: Should I stay or should I go?

Briton and his team debating ongoing presence in race as health worsens He started the race believing that he was in the shape necessary to tilt at the first Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double since Marco Pantani in 1998 but […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Giro d'Italia, Injury, Pro Cycling,

AG2R La Mondiale to sit out Dauphiné if Sylvain Georges’ B-sample is positive

Vincent Lavenu to impose one week ban on his own team according to MPCC rules Vincent Lavenu, the general manager of AG2R La Mondiale, has confirmed that the team will undergo a self-imposed one week ban from competition if the […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Critérium du Dauphiné, Doping, Pro Cycling,

Giro d’Italia: Mark Cavendish takes his 100th victory through the pouring rain in Treviso

Wet roads and sickness see Bradley Wiggins drop out of contention Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) took his one hundredth victory as a professional in the twelfth stage of the 2013 Giro d’Italia under pouring rain between Longarone and Treviso. […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Feature: Morale boosted by return to form, Deignan believes in podium finish in Tour of California

Irishman wants top three overall result after his Tour of Gila victory Deignan_Philip_Gila13_st5-1Deignan_Philip_Gila13_st5-1Firing on all cylinders again after a couple of lean seasons, a resurgent Philip Deignan believes that he has the condition to aim high in the Tour of […]

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

Vincenzo Nibali: “The racing was pretty tranquil today.”

Maglia Rosa happy with general classification truce on stage eleven Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) passed a “tranquil” day in the peloton in today’s eleventh stage of the Giro d’Italia, between Tarvisio and Vajont, as his team was happy to let a […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Ubeto Aponte claims a Venezuelan medical clinic prescribed GW501516 drug to him

Rider suggests he didn’t know product was banned, says Lampre Merida didn’t know of use Commenting after the UCI announced earlier today that he had tested positive for the banned doping agent GW501516, the Venezuelan rider Miguel Armando Ubeto Aponte […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Vacansoleil decides not to renew sponsorship after six years

Dutch team now joins Blanco in seeking replacement sponsor for 2014 and beyond two days after announcing that co-sponsor DCM was not renewing its partnership with the team, Vacansoleil-DCM has confirmed that its title sponsor will also be pulling out […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling,

Impending birth of second child sees Gilbert leave Tour of California

Van Garderen down a rider as a result, but Belgian believes he’ll win anyway Philippe Gilbert made an unexpected withdrawal from the Tour of California today, opting not to start the fourth stage after learning that he will soon become […]

Author: VeloNation Press Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of California,

Schleck increasingly active in California, signs his condition is building

2010 Tour winner still has work ahead to return to old form Having shown signs of improving form in the Tour of California but dropping over nine minutes on Monday’s second stage, Andy Schleck was more prominent yesterday. While he […]

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

Ubeto Aponte latest to test positive for GW501516, provisionally suspended

Venezuelan rider sidelined after traces of highly dangerous substance detected Twelve days after the Colombian Marlon Perez became the sixth rider to test positive for the substance GW501516, the Venezuelan rider Miguel Ubeto Aponte has the dubious distinction of joining […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Sylvain Georges returns positive A sample for Heptaminol, out of Giro d’Italia

French rider and his team yet to comment The Ag2r la Mondiale team has been hit by the news that one of its riders, Sylvain Georges, has provided a positive A sample for the stimulant Heptaminol during this year’s Giro […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Schleck increasingly active in California, signs his condition is building

2010 Tour winner still has work ahead to return to old form Having shown signs of improving form in the Tour of California but dropping over nine minutes on Monday’s second stage, Andy Schleck was more prominent yesterday. While he […]

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

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