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The International Cycling Union (UCI) has rejected a proposal from the French Anti-Doping Agency for collaboration with the doping controls for Paris-Nice, which begins on March 7. In a letter to the head of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD), Pierre […]

While Astana’s Alberto Contador took his first win of the season in stage 3 of the Volta ao Algarve, Cérvelo TestTeam riders have had a rough start. Heinrich Haussler crashed during the stage, injuring his knee, but was able to […]

Alberto Contador has started the 2010 season just how he left off – winning. In his first race since the 2009 Tour de France, Contador took the victory as well as the leader’s jersey in hilly stage 3 of the […]

The five-day Tour of Andalusia will see HTC-Columbia’s sprint king Mark Cavendish pin on a racing number for the first time in 2010. The Manxman was expected to ride in the Tours of Qatar and Oman, but emergency surgery on […]

Alberto Contador opened his account early this season by taking today’s stage in the Volta ao Algarve, run over 180km from Castro Marim to the Alto do Malhão. Contador attacked at the bottom of the 2.7 finishing climb and won […]

International Cycling Union President Pat McQuaid has said that it’s time to increase the requirements for teams to attain ProTour status. In an interview with WielerRevue, the Irishman cited the Footon-Lotto-Servetto and Lampre-Farnese Vini teams as having issues, and admitted […]

The French Cycling Federation FFC has created the new post of a General Director and the first to fill the role is Olivier Quéguiner. Current president David Lappartient wants to slip into a more political role, which is why the […]

Serhiy Honchar decided to retire from professional cycling after he was unable to find a team for 2010. Honchar has made his name as a time trialist, but also never could quite shake the doping accusations against him. Honchar is […]

World time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) has won the first edition of the Tour of Oman today, after finishing second on the final stage of the race to Team Sky’s Edvald Boasson Hagen. The young Norwegian beat Cancellara […]

Team RadioShack sprinter Gert Steegmans has been taken to hospital for evaluation following a crash on today’s third stage of the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal. The Belgian rider hit a parked car inside the first 20 kilometres of the […]