QuickStep's Patrick Lefevere scared of the repercussions from Contador positive
Belgian manager worried about new title sponsor search for 2012 The future of Patrick Lefevere’s QuickStep team is unquestioned for 2011, but 2012 will see the end of a nine year relationship with the Belgian flooring giant, QuickStep. For the […]
Transfer News: Landbouwkrediet signs four, renews with others
Sven Nys’ team begins to confirm its team for 2011 Belgian Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet, best known as the team of Belgian cyclocross champion Sven Nys, has announced the signing of four new riders for 2011 as well as contract […]
David De La Fuente and Juan Jose Cobo headed to Team Geox?
Potential signing would be a homecoming for the two talented, but underperforming climbers David De La Fuente and Juan Jose Cobo will both celebrate a homecoming of sorts in 2011. De La Fuente (Astana) and Cobo (Caisse d’Epargne) will return […]
Circuit Franco-Belge: Jacopo Guarnieri leads Liquigas 1-2-3 and takes the lead on stage 2
Italian team fills stage podium as young Briton is robbed of the lead on his 21st birthday Jacopo Guarnieri (Liquigas-Doimo) won the second stage of the Circuit Franco-Belge between Lessines and Poperinge, Belgium in a bunch sprint. The Italian outsprinted […]
Marianne Vos interview: Chasing rainbows
2006 World champion hopes to go one better than her three consecutive silvers Marianne Vos of the Netherlands has dominated the women’s peloton almost since the day she moved up from the junior ranks. The 23-year-old has won virtually every […]
Thor Hushovd dismisses Mark Cavendish's chances in Geelong
Norwegian champion ready to fight for the Rainbow Jersey on Sunday Thor Hushovd, never one to mince words, especially when it comes to Mark Cavendish, admitted in a telephone chat with the Norwegian newspaper, Dagbladet, that “Mark Cavendish is absolutely […]
Bobbie Traksel excited about opportunity that awaits at Pegasus Sports
Vacansoleil rider calls Pegasus, “much more professionally designed than what [he] is used to” The 28 year old Bobbie Traksel scored the biggest win of his career with the victory in a horrific edition of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne this spring. The native […]
Alberto Contador: “I cannot throw everything in the bin”
Tour de France winner addresses press conference, proclaims innocence and expects to be cleared Just hours after his positive control for banned substance clenbuterol was announced, Tour de France winner Alberto Contador spoke to a hastily arranged press conference. It […]
German journalist claims UCI denied Alberto Contador positive test, says rider may have received transfusions
Alleges traces of a plasticizer in blood bags were found in rider’s blood sample Hans Joachim Seppelt, a journalist with the German TV station ARD, has cast doubts on Alberto Contador’s explanation for his Clenbuterol positive, making the explosive claim […]
David Millar over the moon with Worlds time trial silver
British rider’s emotions could not be more different to previous silver in 2001 Great Britain’s David Millar took his second silver medal in the World Time Trial Championship in Melbourne, Australia today, nine years after taking his first. That day […]
