Riccò’s return to competition blocked by Italian federation
Investigation into alleged doping appears to be moving forward once more Five days before he was scheduled to return to racing with the small Meridiana-Kamen team, moves are being made to stop the Italian rider Riccardò Riccò from lining out […]
Rodriguez enjoying strong post-Giro form, wants stage win
Team Katusha rider expects to lose time in TT today As expected, Joaquim Rodriguez has benefited from his Giro d’Italia form in the Critérium du Dauphiné, riding strongly in the finale of stages one and two and chasing a victory. […]
Critérium du Dauphiné time trial start times:
Schedule for today’s big testGrenoble – Grenoble, 42.5km: 12:55 – Balint Szeghalmi (Lampre)12:56 – Vitaliy Kondrut (Lampre)12:57 – Jason McCartney (Radio Shack)12:58 – Tomas Vaitkus (Astana)12:59 – Andy Cappelle (Quick Step)13:00 – Sergei Ivanov (Katusha)13:01 – Maxim Belkov (Vacansoleil)13:02 – […]
Rollin returning to competition in next week’s Tour de Beauce
Canadian pro has recovered from broken collarbone Now recovered from the broken collarbone he sustained on the final stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk, Dominique Rollin will make his return to competition when he leads a Canadian national team […]
Hamilton and Jeanson lose Mount Washington records
Race organisers rewrite history books after doping admissions Tyler Hamilton has already surrendered his Olympic gold medal from 2004; the former top pro has now seen another of his results scratched from the books, with the news that the organisers […]
Critérium du Dauphiné: Sébastien Hinault happy with third place on the Côte de la Croix-Rousse
AG2R La Mondiale sprinter realises that there was no beating John Degenkolb Sébastien Hinault (AG2R La Mondiale) was the only rider in today’s race that had previously experienced the finish at Lyon’s Côte de la Croix-Rousse, having finished sixth there […]
Jurgen Van Den Broeck won’t lose the Dauphiné because of six seconds, says team manager
Late puncture means Belgian hope gets peloton’s time and loses out to race leader A late puncture for Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto) could have spelled disaster for the winner of stage one. Thankfully though, he was well inside […]
Geraint Thomas to lead Team Sky in defence of British title
British ProTeam to put out powerful roster at Great Britain National Championships The Sky Procycling Team has confirmed its roster for the British National Championships, to be contested in Stamfordham, Northumberland, in the north east of England at the end […]
UCI says it’s monitoring Riccò situation, won't block return to racing
Investigation into rider stalls after death of medical expert With controversial rider Riccardo Riccò looking set to return to competition next week, the UCI has said that it is monitoring the situation in relation to the enquiry into his case. […]
Critérium du Dauphiné: John Degenkolb comes of age in chaotic stage two finish
Road furniture and an uphill finish put the cat among the pigeons but German sprinter keeps his cool and times it perfectly John Degenkolb (HTC-Highroad) won the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné between Voiron and Lyon at the […]
