Spanish cycling team Saunier Duval have sacked Italian star Riccardo Ricco following his positive doping control for EPO (erythropoietin) at the Tour de France, it was announced Friday. Team manager Mauro Gianetti said that both Ricco and his Italian teammate […]
The steady approach of three crucial alpine stages on the Tour de France will be good news Saturday for the majority of riders who have yet to win a stage on this year’s race. Part two in the yellow jersey […]
Liquigas manager Stefano Zanatta has admitted the latest doping scandal to hit the Tour de France is also a major blow to Italian cycling. The race was rocked on Thursday by news of Riccardo Ricco’s positive test for banned blood […]
Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme left the future of Saunier Duval in the balance after declaring he doubted the integrity of the cycling team’s manager. The Spanish outfit volunteered to quit the race prior to the 12th stage following […]
Britain’s Mark Cavendish was forced to hold back his anger and frustration here at the Tour de France Thursday on a day when celebration should have been his sole priority. The 23-year-old Isle of Man sprinter made cycling history when […]
Tour de France standings after stage 12: 1. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 50h23min 05sec 2. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) at 0:01. 3. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GAR) 0:38. 4. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 0:46. 5. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) […]
Australian Stuart O’Grady has called for dope cheats to be handed life bans following the latest scandal to hit the Tour de France on Thursday. O’Grady spoke out after Ricardo Ricco, one of Italy’s biggest cycling stars, left the Tour […]
A stash of medical material and a banned substance were among items seized by police from the room of Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas who has been kicked out of the Tour de France after failing a drugs test, a French […]
Australian Baden Cooke became the fifth rider from the Barloworld team to pull out of the Tour de France here Thursday. Cooke got off his bike after just 25km of the race’s 12th stage, according to official race radio. He […]
The Tour de France was rocked by a third positive doping scandal Thursday following the news that Italian Riccardo Ricco tested positive for banned substances. Ricco, who won two climbing stages last week, was taken into custody by French police […]
Italian rider Ricardo Ricco of Saunier Duval has tested positive for blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), the French national anti-doping agency (AFLD) confirmed on Thursday. The 24-year-old Ricco, winner of two mountain stages, provided a urine sample which contained the banned […]
Australia’s Cadel Evans has called on cycling’s detractors to take a long hard look at what is being done in the sport to clean up its image. For the second consecutive day the Tour de France was rocked by controversy […]
Isle of Man sprinter Mark Cavendish made cycling history on Thursday when he became the first ever Briton to claim three stage wins in a single edition of the Tour de France. Cavendish dominated a bunch sprint at the end […]
Australian Cadel Evans spent a relaxing first day in the Tour de France yellow jersey on Wednesday as the peloton reeled from a second doping positive control at the race. Kurt-Asle Arvesen of Norway beat Swiss Martin Elmiger and Alessandro […]
Tour de France standings after stage 11: 1. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 46h42min 13sec 2. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) at 0:01. 3. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GAR) 0:38. 4. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 0:46. 5. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) […]
CSC’s Kurt-Asle Arvesen is digesting his maiden stage win on the Tour de France as quickly as he can. After all, he knows he has plenty of work ahead to keep him occupied this week. Arvesen did justice to the […]
Spanish rider Moises Duenas of the Barloworld team has tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO) during the Tour de France and banned products have been found in his room during a search, his team revealed on Wednesday. […]
British-registered Tour de France team Barloworld lost their third rider from the race Wednesday after Italian Paolo Longo crashed out during the 11th stage from Lannemezan to here. According to official race radio Longo sustained a fractured collarbone in the […]
