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City cites desire to “promote safety” It seems like it shouldn’t be possible, but a small mountain town in Colorado has “approved an ordinance banning bicycle riding on almost every street.” The historic mining city of Black Hawk, population 118, […]

Armstrong’s team directors questioned in France Johan Bruyneel and Alain Gallopin, according to today’s L’Equipe, were both questioned in France concerning prohibited medical supplies that French police found during last year’s Tour de France. The two former Astana sports directors […]

Bbox Bouygues Telecom’s Nicolas Vogandy won the 212 kilometer third stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné today with a well-timed attack on the climb to Risoul just under 2 kilometers from the finish.  The Frenchman was soon followed by young […]

The team’s lineup is back to full strength The Milram team will be heading into the Tour de Suisse this Saturday looking to bring their leaders Fabian Wegmann and Gerald Ciolek into the Tour de France on a high note.  […]

Positive test helped to get his life back on track Mattia Gavazzi faces a two-year stop if the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) rules against him based on his positive test for cocaine in April. “The positive set me free in […]

Will fight for podium in mountains Brit David Millar (Garmin-Transitions) dreams of conquering France’s Critérium du Dauphiné over the next four days. Yesterday, he made progress towards the overall victory thanks to a second place in the race’s time trial. […]

Tour de France hopeful coming good at the right time The questions were plentiful following an up and down first part of the season for Denis Menchov. After a volatile opening to the season, a third place overall at the […]

Young Dane hoping for head start on climb to Risoul Less than two weeks ago, Anders Lund was still racing the Giro d’Italia. 11 days after the finish of the Giro, where he finished 64th overall, Saxo Bank’s Anders Lund […]

Three riders meet their Dauphine demise on Wednesday Wednesday’s Stage 3 time trial at the Criterium du Dauphine turned out to be the end of the road for the week for three riders: Caisse d’Epargne’s Mauricio Soler, Omega Pharma’s Jean-Christophe […]

Tour favourite didn’t find uneven Dauphiné roads to his liking, but is he playing possum? Having won the Critérium du Dauphiné prologue on Sunday Alberto Contador (Astana) went into today’s 49km as one of the hot favourites. The fact that […]