Lars Van Der Haar nabs tight win CrossVegas, Katerina Nash takes women’s race
Big crowd watches exciting competition Winning an extremely tight three way sprint, under 23 world cyclocross champion Lars van der Haar (Rabobank) triumphed in the Elite men’s race at Cross Vegas. He beat Christian Heule (Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld) and Rob […]
Danish team for world championships announced after Rasmussen’s suspension
Fuglsang to take part in road and time trial event Following its announcement today that it has suspended Alex Rasmussen for missing three doping controls the past eighteen months, the Danish Cycling Union has made public its team for the […]
Is Oscar Freire contemplating retirement?
Rabobank technical director Breukink says rider is uncertain about 2012 Frustrated with ongoing breathing issues which continue to crop up despite previous treatments, there appears to be a chance that this season could end up being the final one for […]
Carlos Sastre retires from professional cycling, Spaniard had impressive career
Victory in 2008 Tour de France marked high point for climber The 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre has announced that he is to end his professional career, deciding to leave the sport rather than continuing on into 2012. […]
Autologous blood transfusion test could be in place for London Olympics
New detection method could be biggest step forward for anti-doping since EPO test Currently undetectable under modern WADA tests, the use of an athlete’s own blood to gain a performance advantage could potentially be traceable by the time next year’s […]
Marco Pinotti has modest expectations for world championship time trial
Multiple Italian national champion still building form after Giro fracture Having made his return to racing at the GP Cycliste de Quebec and GP Cycliste de Montreal, Marco Pinotti is pleased to be back in the bunch but doesn’t expect […]
Alex Rasmussen fired by HTC-Highroad after missed anti-doping test
Failure to notify team breaches code of conduct Alex Rasmussen has been fired by HTC-Highroad with immediate effect, thanks to a failure to notify the team of a missed anti-doping test. The Danish track specialist, who is a four-time World […]
Italian worlds team to use Castelli San Remo SpeedSuit in Copenhagen
Same kit was used by Garmin-Cervélo team in victorious Classics campaign Five months after Johan van Summeren soloed to a career-best win in Paris-Roubaix, the same type of San Remo SpeedSuit will be worn by the Italian team competing in […]
Riccardo Riccò before CONI, denies blood doping
Italian “tired of being misunderstood”, vows to continue professional career Riccardo Riccò had his day in court today [Wednesday], or rather his time in front of the anti-doping prosecutor of the Italian Olympic committee CONI, and steadfastly denied that which […]
Geox happy all-around after Juan José Cobo's Vuelta a España victory
Spaniard enjoys celebrations at home Juan José Cobo of the Geox-TMC team took a well-deserved timeout after three hard weeks in the saddle. The recent Vuelta a España winner was honored by the government of his home region Cantabria. Meanwhile, […]
