
Hernandez convinced that Contador is innocent
Says he hopes fellow Spaniard is cleared soon Jesus Hernandez, who has become one of Alberto Contador’s most trusted domestiques, has spoken on the ongoing stress of the situation as he and the other riders moving from the Astana team […]

Quiznos Pro Challenge: Durango, Telluride and Loveland miss out on bids to host stages
Announcement due this week on stage start/finish locations Three days before the host cities for next year’s debut Quiznos Pro Challenge are announced, the identities of three unsuccessful bidders have been revealed. Popular cycling city Durango has lost out, as […]

Valjavec unable to land big contract, will compete for Slovenian Continental team in 2011
Ag2r and others won’t take him on due to unresolved biological passport case Unable to secure a new contract with a top-level team due to the unresolved biological passport case involving him, 31 year old Tadej Valjavec has been forced […]

Tony Martin wants to crack top ten in Tour de France
German ready to put disappointing 2010 Grande Boucle behind Tony Martin is optimistic that he can have a much better Tour de France next year than what he experienced this July. His goal is a top ten overall and a […]

Giro d'Italia and teams refuse Di Luca
Di Luca’s doping past creates problems for him and his potential team Italian Danilo Di Luca is free to return following doping suspension, but ignored by teams who want to race the Giro d’Italia. “He punched the Giro d’Italia in […]

Cavendish says course of 2011 world championships in Copenhagen is harder than expected
Briton believes he can fight for gold regardless HTC Columbia star sprinter Mark Cavendish today rode the circuit of next year’s world road race championships in Copenhagen, and said afterwards that it is tougher than he had expected. The 25 […]

Vaughters backs late-night testing, says it can help combat microdosing
Garmin-Transitions manager says out-of-hours testing has been used on his team There’s been quite a bit of initial resistance to the WADA recommendation that late-night surprise tests should be carried out at the Tour de France, but Garmin-Transitions general manager […]

Contador happy to be a part of Oviedo Criterium
Three-time Tour de France winner attends Oviedo race as a spectator While Alberto Contador did not take part in the criterium in Oviedo, Asturias, the three-time Tour de France winner attended the event. He was there to be a part […]
Frenchman Schick wins Tour du Faso, dirt sections make life tough for riders
Host nation gets second stage victory in final stage Burkina Faso’s Abdoul Aziz Nikiema won the final stage of the Tour du Faso, but Frenchman Julien Schick was not dislodged from his overall lead that he held since stage four. […]

Stybar again, wins Superprestige Zonhoven against surging Pauwels
Czech rider takes eighth victory of the season Zdenek Stybar survived a strong final attempt by Kevin Pauwels to win the second round of the Superprestige series in Zonhoven, Belgium. Pauwels came home less than five seconds after Stybar, who […]