Schleck asserts himself at home to win Luxembourg stage 2
Defending champion goes on the attack to claim first win of 2010 Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) won the second stage of the Tour of Luxembourg after attacking on the stage’s 9.4km finishing circuits with Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil). The defending race […]
Rujano leaves ISD-Neri, wants assurance for 2011 Giro d'Italia ride
Wants contract with a ProTour team South American climber José Rujano has left the ISD-Neri team and is heading back home to his former Gobernación del Zulia squad, according to the Entorno Inteligente. He met with team director Hernán Alemán […]
Spanish riders bemoan lack of coverage of Arroyo’s Giro success
Say that the media is too focussed on negative stories Last Sunday David Arroyo finished off a superb Giro d’Italia campaign when he took second overall in the race, the highlight of his ten year pro career. The Caisse d’Epargne […]
Fabian Cancellara's 'so called' motorized doping debunked
A close-up look at the allegations The sensational tabloid story of Fabian Cancellara’s supposed mechanically assisted victories at this year’s Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix has reached a fever pitch. The views on YouTube of Cancellara’s alleged use of a […]
Biological Passport: Pietro Caucchioli sanctioned for two years by CONI
Italian also implicated by Bernhard Kohl in the Austrian HumanPlasma scandal The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced today that Pietro Caucchioli has been sanctioned for two years by the National Anti-Doping Tribunal of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI). The […]
VeloNation Interview: Roche working hard, back racing this Sunday
Irishman hopeful he’ll ride the Tour de France Irish road race champion Nicolas Roche has been sidelined from racing since the Tour de Romandie, but he will make his competitive return this Sunday in the Tour du Canton d’Argovie in […]
Italian cyclist Marina Romoli seriously injured in accident
Promising young rider hit by car while out training Marina Romoli of Safi-Pasta Zara was seriously injured on Tuesday while out training, when a car pulled across her path to the south of Lecco in the north west of Italy. […]
Armstrong satisfied with Tour of Luxembourg prologue
Places fifth in the 2.7 kilometre test Team RadioShack leader Lance Armstrong has expressed his satisfaction with his performance in yesterday’s prologue time trial in the Tour de Luxembourg, saying that he responded well to the demands of the 2.7 […]
Bad news for Fränk Schleck as Rasmussen disqualified in Luxembourg
Further blow to Saxo Bank team in defence of Luxemburger’s home tour Having already started the race on the back foot with six riders instead of eight, Fränk Schleck’s defence of the Tour of Luxembourg, his home race, took another […]
Visconti cruises to sprint win in Luxembourg stage 1
Former Italian champion shows why he’s the European Tour leader Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) won the first stage of the Tour of Luxembourg, between the city of Luxembourg and Hesperange, in a bunch sprint. He easily outsprinted Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des […]