IOC: Ullrich to keep Olympic medals
German rider Jan Ullrich has had many of his more recent performances discredited due to his links with Operacion Puerto, but efforts to strip him of the gold and silver medals he achieved in the 2000 Olympics appear to be […]
Ballerini has fatal rally car accident
Italian National team coach Franco Ballerini died Sunday morning in an accident while participating in the Rally Ronde di Larciano in Tuscany. He was 45 years old. La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Ballerini was the co-pilot for Alessandro Ciardi. Cardi came […]
Lampre's Saronni feels weight of new teams, like Sky
Lampre-Farnese Vini boss Giuseppe Saronni feels that new teams Sky, HTC-Columbia and Garmin-Transitions are throwing their weight around with the International Cycling Union (UCI). “It is a reality that cycling’s pillars are passing towards English speaking countries,” Saronni told Tuttosport. […]
Cipollini, Bettini react to Ballerini's death
Mario Cipollini and Paolo Bettini were shocked to hear that Franco Ballerini, the national director who helped them to their World Championship titles, had died this morning in a rally car crash. “I am completely unable to come to terms […]
Eeckhout wins final Bessèges stage, Dumoulin takes overall
Power sprinter Niko Eeckhout (An Post-Sean Kelly) took the final stage of the Etoile de Bessèges stage race, ahead of Valentin Iglinskiy and Hans Dekkers. A tenth place in the 145-kilometer stage was enough for Samuel Dumoulin to take the […]
Cervélo TestTeam penalized in Qatar, lose big time
Cervélo TestTeam were penalized by the race jury following their second place finish today during the Team Time Trial (8.2 km) at the first stage of the men’s Tour of Qatar in West Bay Lagoon. The team was judged to […]
Nys going strong in Zonhoven
Sven Nys is still going strong as the cyclocross season nears its end and with a late attack he surprised the five-man lead group to win the Superprestige in Zonhoven, Belgium. Niels Albert managed only fifth place. World Champion Zdenek […]
Visconti: Petacchi 'has zero personality'
Italy’s Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) sprinted to a record sixth victory in-a-row at the GP Etruschi yesterday, but it was not without incident. In the closing kilometres, he insulted and grabbed Italian rival Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri). “I have always had […]
Schleck delays season start
Andy Schleck was scheduled to start his season today at the Challenge Mallorca. Instead, the Luxemburger is on his way home and nursing a knee injury, which he hopes he caught early enough as not to cause further problems down […]
McEwen is back in Mallorca
Robbie McEwen won the opening race for the Mallorca Challenge, the Trofeo Palma, ahead of Koldo Fernández and Oscar Freire. André Schulz was fourth, ahead of Manuel Cardoso, winner of a stage in the Tour Down Under. The race was fast with […]
