Giro d'Italia: Omega Pharma's Dani Moreno rues missed opportunity
Has sights set on Tour de France Omega Pharma’s Daniel Moreno came to the 2010 Giro d’Italia with ideas of overall success, but after a dismal first week and some missed opportunities, he found himself chasing stage glory. Stage 17 […]
Franco Pellizotti to return to racing?
Liquigas co-leader will race if no case is filed Just a few days before the start of the Giro, Franco Pellizotti was accused of irregularities in his blood values by the UCI and the biological passport, but now it appears […]
Tour of Missouri: Tourism Commission and Governor hold back funds, race set to be cancelled
Event will be cancelled if funding not released After a seven-month negotiation with State Tourism, which included a bi-partisan state senate and house approval of $1 million in support for the Tour of Missouri sponsorship, the Tour of Missouri has […]
Tour of Bavaria: Wagner beats Howard, but the latter takes over race lead
Longest stage of the race ends in bunch sprint For the second day in a row, a stage of the Tour of Bavaria ended in a sprint and this time it was Robert Wagner (Skil Shimano) who prevailed. After 200km, […]
Giro d’Italia: Snow makes organisers write Gavia plan B
Peloton may be forced up feared Mortirolo a second time to avoid Hampsten-esque scenes Snowy conditions on the Passo di Gavia may mean an alternative route is necessary for Saturday’s penultimate stage, according to the Giro’s own website giroditalia.it. The […]
Biological Passport: Antonio Colom sanctioned for two years, given large fine
Fined 46,958 euros as part of the penalty Former Katusha rider Antonio Colom was sanctioned for two years by the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) following a positive test for EPO last April. Late last year the Spaniard asked the RFEC […]
Giro d’Italia: Greipel gets his last chance stage win
The Gorrila finally gets his victory in this Giro André Greipel (HTC-Columbia) won stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia between Levico and Brescia in a bunch sprint. After proclaiming his worthiness of a spot in his team’s Tour de France […]
Biological Passport: De Bonis suspended for two years
UCI’s biological passport has its first success Italian Francesco De Bonis has been sanctioned for two years by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) today. De Bonis has the dubious honor of being the first cyclist caught and subsequently sanctioned for […]
Tour of Belgium: Van Hummel wins stage 2 sprint finish
Skil-Shimano fastest in bunch sprint as Gilbert holds the lead Kenny Van Hummel won the second stage of the Tour of Belgium between Eecklo and Knokke-Heist in a sprint finish. He beat Jimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun) and Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) in […]
Barry to be investigated, Canadian Cycling Association defers to impartial CCE
Acknowledging that it has been asked to conduct an inquiry into Floyd Landis’ accusations against Michael Barry but also stating that it believes their rider is innocent, the Canadian Cycling Association has chosen to refer the investigation to another more […]
