Armstrong case: SCA Promotions waiting for UCI response before deciding about legal action
Company paid a total of $12 million to US Postal Service rider in relation to Tour victories As the dust continues to settle after the upheaval caused by the USADA report into Lance Armstrong’s doping, a Texan insurance company which […]
Tour of Beijing: Marco Haller takes first professional win on stage four to Chang Ping
21-year-old Austrian blasts past Alessandro Petacchi; overall classification unchanged Marco Haller (Katusha) burst ahead in the final hundred metres of the fourth stage of the 2012 Tour of Beijing between Yanqing and Chang Ping to take his first ever professional […]
Alex Dowsett clarifies earlier comments about Armstrong
‘I do think what Lance has done is completely unacceptable’ Alex Dowsett has clarified his comments expressed in an earlier BBC report, suggesting that the remarks were taken out of context. In that initial exchange the Team Sky rider referred […]
Armstrong case: Yates insists he saw nothing suspicious as rider or directeur sportif
Sky’s Alex Dowsett says Armstrong is a ‘legend of the sport’ Former pro and current Team Sky directeur sportif Sean Yates has insisted that he saw nothing at all that was suspicious during his time working alongside Lance Armstrong, either […]
Rabobank ‘disappointed’ by Leipheimer’s confession of doping on the team
Omega Pharma Quick Step puts rider on non-active status after USADA testimony Following yesterday’s release of documents by USADA which included an admission by Levi Leipheimer that he used banned products for much of his career, his former Rabobank team […]
No cyclocross World championships for Zdeněk Štybar
Spring road ambitions mean that double World champion will not seek a third title in Louisville This winter’s cyclocross World championships, to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, between February 2nd and 3rd, will be without one of the sport’s most […]
Tour of Beijing: Gavazzi outsprints the favourites to take stage three on the Great Wall
Boasson Hagen attack caught in the final metres; Tony Martin holds on to overall lead Francesco Gavazzi (Astana) won the Queen stage of the 2012 Tour of Beijing, between Mentougou and Badaling Great Wall as he outsprinted a highly select […]
Read US Anti Doping Agency’s evidence against Lance Armstrong and USPS team
Details and rider testimonies available in USADA’s reasoned decision In the wake of today’s synopsis of the evidence issued by the US Anti Doping Agency plus statements by several riders admitting doping and saying that they testified in the US […]
UCI confirms receipt of USADA’s “reasoned decision” on Lance Armstrong case
Governing body “will endeavour to provide a timely response” to thousand-page dossier Having expressed frustration at perceived delays in the production of a “reasoned decision” into its sanctioning of Lance Armstrong – and five others – in the “USPS Conspiracy, […]
Levi Leipheimer accepts his part in “the dirty past of cycling”
American hopes that next generation of riders won’t be faced with the sam choices Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) is one of four former teammates of Lance Armstrong, named in the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) “reasoned decision” into its […]
