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Tour de France winner Contador faces long legal fight The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is ready to appeal Alberto Contador’s doping case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in case of acquittal “I will not make any statements. […]

Hometown rider celebrated by fans for fourth overall win Local resident Iljo Keisse won his fourth Gent Six Days in the infamous track Het Kuipke, with its steep slopes. Keisse and partner Peter Schep took the race on the 166-meter […]

Galician rider still awaiting a decision on positive test for hydroxyethyl starch at Vuelta a Espana The 2011 roster for the Vacansoleil-DCM includes the name of Vuelta runner-up Ezequiel Mosquera. When applying for ProTeam status, which the team just received, […]

Amateur event a full success once again Rabobank offered its Beach Challenge race once again this year, where amateurs are pitted against the professionals in a special cross race. It is an out and back course on the beach in […]

Slovakian star’s stomach woes remain a mystery Peter Sagan’s incredible neo-pro season began with two top placings at last year’s Tour Down Under. The 20 year old Slovak talent netted a 3rd place in Stage 3 and a 4th place […]

Fewer big stars will allow more riders to step up, says Aussie sensation The Saxo Bank team, which will be known as Saxo Bank-SunGard, will undergo an almost complete transformation in 2011 with most of its biggest names leaving for […]

Dane takes a bemused look at controversial mid-race doping control in Gent The consternation of mid-race doping controls at last night’s Gent Six is beginning to subside, but Michael Morkov, half of the Danish super pairing of Rasmussen/Morkov, wrote a […]

Belgian gets first win of the season despite missing start Niels Albert turned around a bad season by winning the World Cup round three in Koksijde, Belgium. Albert said good-bye to his fellow racers around half way through the race, […]

Bernard Hinault and Lucien Van Impe weigh in on the possibility When a rider begins to dominate the one day races, and shows an ability to get over climbs in other races, as in the case previously with Fabian Cancellara, […]

Dutchman already seeing positive side to Australian approach to sport Bobbie Traksel has said that he believes the new Pegasus Sport team will make a good impression in its first year, surprising people with how it performs. The former under […]