According to his manager Martijn Berkhout, Dutchman Martijn Maaskant will replace Irishman Daniel Martin in the Garmin-Slipstream Tour de France line-up. The 22-year-old is suffering from tendonitis in his knee, and a Tour start is likely to only complicate matters. Martin was […]
Kazakh cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov called a press conference at team Astana’s hotel coinciding with this year’s Grand Depart for the Tour de France in Monaco. Donning a yellow t-shirt with the words “Vino is Back” emblazoned on it, the man […]
In the following press release team Quick-Step responds to the doping accusations of former team member Patrik Sinkewitz. In the release they deny any wrong doing, and question the timing of the statements. PRESS RELEASE After having seen the defamatory […]
Thomas Dekker from the Silence-Lotto team has tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO. The Dutch rider has been caught with a new testing procedure developed to detect the drug from a sample given on December 24, 2007 when he […]
The Tribunal de Grande Istance in Nanterre, France has declared that the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to decide whether or not Tom Boonen can ride in the Tour de France. What this means is that Boonen and his Quick-Step […]
Along with their tour roster, Team Columbia announced a new co-sponsor – HTC Communication – to begin at the Grand Depart in Monaco on July 4. HTC Communication is a Taiwanese company that produces mobile phones. “We’re looking forward to […]
The French team BBox-Bouygues Telecom has announced their squad for the 2009 Tour de France. The team will be led by Frenchman Thomas Vöckler, who will looking breakaways to try to pick up stage wins. Vöckler has had a good […]
The French AG2r La Mondiale team will go into the 2009 Tour de France with Russian Vladimir Efimkin and Frenchman Cyril Dessel as their leaders for the race. Efimkin, 27, won the 9th Stage in last year’s edition, and Dessel […]
The Belgian Quick-Step team has named eight riders for the 2009 Tour de France, while their ninth rider will be determined by a French judge tomorrow. Frenchmen Sylvain Chavanel and Jerome Pineau have both had a an excellent early season, […]
Belgian team Silence-Lotto will again look to Australian Cadel Evans for the overall win when the Tour de France starts on July 4 in Monaco. Evans will have a strong team to support his bid to win the overall after […]
Italian team Liquigas could very well be the dark horse in this year’s Tour de France. Winning the overall is a stretch, but between Italian’s Vincenzo Nibali and Franco Pellizotti, and Czech Roman Kreuziger, the team packs a good enough […]
Astana has revealed the remaining riders for their Tour de France roster in July. Notably off the list is Benjamin Noval, the roommate and close friend of the Spaniard Alberto Contador. Team manager Johan Bruyneel said, “We need to keep […]
Next Tuesday June 30th the judge will decide whether the Amaury Sports Organization (ASO) can keep Belgian Tom Boonen out of this year’s Tour de France. Boonen was caught with cocaine in his system during an out of competition doping […]
Cervélo TestTeam has announced the final nine riders that will take the start line in the 2009 Tour de France. As a first year team, they have a unique situation where they are also responsible for defending Carlos Sastre’s 2008 […]
Cervélo TestTeam’s pre-selected Tour de France riders met Monday to prepare for the Team Time Trial that takes place during this year’s Tour de France. With several strong time trial riders on the team, the objective of the exercise was […]
A total of nine MILRAM riders, including six German riders, were presented by the ProTour team Tuesday at the Dortmund Westfalenhalle for the cycling highlight of the year. The line-up is focused on helping its two captains, Linus Gerdemann and […]
The French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) has been hard at work with scientists again, and claims that it will have a test for a previously undetectable banned substance in the near future. “A method and a product that doping cyclists believe […]
Controversial Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde will not take part in this year’s Tour de France, his Caisse d’Epargne team announced on Tuesday. His absence removes a potentially embarrassing stand-off as the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) last month banned Valverde from […]
