Riis wants track stars Rasmussen and Morkov to drop world championship
Four-time world champions Alex Rasmussen and Michael Mørkøv have been mixing road and track seasons for quite a while, and generated a lot of publicity for their Saxo Bank team during the off season when they won several six-day races. […]
Samuel Sanchez aims for the Tour
Euskaltel’s Sammy Sanchez was a curious non-starter in last week’s Ardennes Classics, but his absence was an apparent sign of his devotion to July’s Grand Boucle. The Olympic road race champion, who has excelled in one day events as well […]
Joaquim Rodriguez: Satisfied and ready to move forward
Even after finishing a relatively pedestrian 44th in Sunday’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Katusha’s Joaquim Rodriguez can look back at the first phase of his 2010 season with great satisfaction. The rider from Catalunya assembled a splendid spring highlighted by three victories: the […]
Fractured skull for Sylvain Chavanel; out for eight weeks
Sylvain Chavanel’s crash in the closing stages of yesterday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège was worse than first thought, with the Quick Step rider having sustained a fractured skull. The French rider, who has been regarded as his country’s best hope for victory in […]
Contador consults the Oracle for cobble experience
Although the classics are now over, Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Astana) has stayed in the north of Europe. The overwhelming favourite for this coming July’s race is there to learn how to ride the notorious pavé du Nord, […]
Valverde's appeal to Swiss Court rejected
The Swiss Court of Human Rights rejected the appeal of Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) to reverse the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) decision to uphold his ban on racing in Italy. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) instituted Valverde’s […]
Tour de Romandie Preview: Between the classics and the Tours
The Tour de Romandie, Switzerland’s second stage race, starts tomorrow marking the end of the classics season and the approach of the first of the year’s Grand Tours. The race’s position in the calendar allows the Ardennes specialists to capitalise […]
Alexandre Vinokourov: An open letter to the cycling community
Team Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov has responded to negative reactions after his victory in Liege-Bastogne-Liege yesterday in an open letter to the cycling community. The Kazakh returned from a two-year doping suspension last year, and is hopeful about moving on from […]
Contador to ride 2011 Giro d'Italia
Triple crown winner Alberto Contador will again race the Giro d’Italia in 2011. According to TuttoBici, race director Angelo Zomegnan announced during a Giro d’Italia presentation on RAISport today that the 2008 race winner would again return to the event […]
Spanish rider Vazquez Hueso non-negative for EPO, is suspended
Following a recent number of anti-doping non-negatives, another provisional suspension has been announced following the news that Andalucia-CajaSur rider Manuel Vazquez Hueso has provisionally tested positive for EPO. “The decision to provisionally suspend this rider was made in response to […]
