Belgium’s former world road race champion Tom Boonen is to appear here at a court on Thursday, in a bid to reverse the ban on him competing in the Tour de France by the race organisers, the rider’s lawyer said […]
The Saxo Bank team run by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis will centre its hopes for victory on next month’s race on Schleck brothers Andy and Frank, and powerful Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara. And Riis believes Saxo Bank, […]
Cyclists in next month’s Tour de France are to be banned from wearing radio-link headphones as an experimental safety measure, event organisers said on Friday. The measure, affecting just two stages in the 2009 event – Limoges-Issoudun (July 14) and […]
Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde has appealed against a doping ban imposed by Italian authorities last month, world sport’s top court said on Friday. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) last month banned Valverde from racing in Italy for two years due […]
Belgian Tom Boonen and his Quick Step team are to contest his ban from the Tour de France by the race organisers ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) they announced on Friday. The 28-year-old three-time Paris-Roubaix winner had been barred by ASO […]
Astana on Friday named six of the nine riders who will battle for overall and stage glory in next month’s Tour de France, where Alberto Contador of Spain will start as the yellow jersey favourite. Contador, the 2007 champion, will […]
Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has been banned from competing in the Tour de France following his positive drug test for cocaine, organisers ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) announced on Thursday. The 28-year-old Quick Step rider tested positive for cocaine in […]
Team Rabobank has announced the nine riders that will make up their Tour de France squad. There is no surprise in the fact that Giro d’Italia winner Denis Menchov will lead the team’s overall aspirations. The Russian will aim for […]
Belgian star Tom Boonen seemingly did not ingest cocaine, the substance for which he tested positive six weeks ago for the second time in a year, Belgian media Thursday quoted a panel of independent experts as saying. The panel based […]
The financial problems between the management and sponsors of Team Astana have finally come to an end. It was reported by AFP that the Kazakh team is guaranteed to hold it’s ProTour license through the end of 2009 following an […]
Carlos Sastre’s preparations to defend his Tour de France are going into high gear this week as the Spaniard travels to Frace to familiarize himself with some of the key mountain stages. His quiet early season had put the Cervelo […]
French cycling team Cofidis unveiled a nine-man Tour de France team Monday which manager Eric Boyer has shaped principally for success in the mountains. Frenchman David Moncoutie, who won the hilly penultimate stage of the Dauphine Libere on Saturday, will […]
Japan will be represented in the Tour de France by Yukiya Arashiro, whose participation in the great stage race was confirmed by his team’s sporting director Dominique Arnould on Monday. Arashiro, who was recruited in the close-season, is among six […]
In anticipation of the 96th edition of the Tour de France that starts on Saturday July 4 in Monaco, the Cervélo TestTeam has announced a list of 14 riders, of which 9 will take part in the team’s first Tour. […]
Potential drugs cheats at the 2009 Tour de France will face the biggest anti-doping army ever seen at a major sports event next month, UCI chief Pat McQuaid has warned. McQuaid, the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), was […]
Alejandro Valverde faces a worldwide two-year doping ban if cycling’s world ruling body the UCI acts upon vital evidence, which has still be received from the Italian sporting authorities. Spaniard ace Valverde has been effectively ruled out of this year’s […]
Belgian star Tom Boonen has been given a chance to compete in next month’s Tour de France despite a recent, second positive test for cocaine. Quick Step star Boonen, the winner of major one-day classics and Tour de France stages, […]
In an interview with French sports newspaper L’Equipe retired cyclist Bernhard Kohl gave a quick lesson on how to dope successfully within the pro peloton. Kohl was one of three riders found to have taken CERA, the latest form of […]
