Dutch climber happy to work for teammate but fancies the Alpe d’Huez stage Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) is set to ride his first Tour de France next July, and will happily do so in support of his more experienced teammate Robert […]
Could become only the third cyclist in history to net coveted award Mark Cavedish (HTC-Columbia) has been named in a shortlist of ten sports stars to be nominated for this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Should he win […]
Admits being pompous in 2010: “I ended up my own arse a little” Accepting that he and Team Sky got things wrong this year in relation to the Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins believes that adopting a different approach to […]
Also claims that Tour de France organisers don’t put enough back into the sport in the country David Lappartient, the President of the French Cycling Federation (FFC) currently finds himself in an unusual situation. On the one hand his federation […]
Dutch team to put everything behind Robert Gesink in the Tour but Spanish sprinter wants to ride too Oscar Freire may com into conflict with his Rabobank team over his race schedule next year. The Spanish sprinter would like to […]
Vincenzo Nibali to be Liquigas-Cannondale captain at Italian Tour The question over whether Liquigas-Cannondale will be able to accommodate both of its Grand Tour captains next year appears to have been settled. Ivan Basso, the winner this year’s Giro d’Italia, […]
Spaniard to present his case today, once again asserts his innocence With his hearing before the Spanish cycling federation RFEC set to occur today, multiple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has spoken about his case, and what he says […]
Indurain wants a quick resolution to case Alberto Contador today handed over documents to the competition committee of the Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) which he hopes will prevent sanctioning over his positive test for Clenbuterol in this year’s Tour de […]
Investigation being carried out, Rubiera suggests alternative source for substance Following yesterday’s news that Spain’s main association of beef cattle producers (ASOPROVAC) has called for an investigation into Alberto Contador’s insistence that he tested positive for Clenbuterol because he ate […]
ASOPROVAC demands an investigation into rider’s claims Alberto Contador’s assertion that a tainted meat sample caused his positive test for Clenbuterol in this year’s Tour de France looks set to be put to an additional test, following the news that […]
Says that a distance limitation of 1000 kilometres applies The possibility that the Tour de France could at some point begin far away from Europe in Qatar, Tokyo or elsewhere has been dampened down by five time winner Bernard Hinault, […]
Belgian city to host race prologue for second time in eight years The Tour de France’s 2012 Grand Depart was officially unveiled in the Belgian city of Liège today by Christian Prudhomme, director of the race and Andre Gilles, the […]
Italian rider says Spaniard deserves the presumption of innocence Giro d’Italia winner Ivan Basso has given his support to triple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, saying that he hopes there is a quick resolution to the case and that […]
Spanish rider rejects level of scrutiny carried out by WADA, EU on meat samples Alberto Contador and his legal team have contradicted the contents of this morning’s El Pais article, rejecting claims that WADA had eliminated food contamination as the […]
Newspaper says WADA carried out tests on meat in Irun, finding no traces Alberto Contador’s defence that he tested positive for Clenbuterol during the Tour de France because he consumed tainted meat is under serious question, according to Spanish newspaper […]
Two events to be restricted to 6000 riders each The organiser of the Etape du Tour has announced that entries have opened for this July’s events. Because of the usual huge demand for places on what is arguably the reference […]
Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project rider could aim for Vuelta instead Triple Tour of Denmark winner Jakob Fuglsang has committed himself to riding for the Schleck brothers in next year’s Tour de France, but his allegiance stretches further than the month […]
Regional ministry insists that its products are clear of contamination As the Alberto Contador case continues onwards, the Basque Regional Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has categorically denied that meat products from the region could have led to his […]
