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American squad up for challenge of riding alongside the ProTeams When the Amgen Tour of California kicks off tomorrow, US Continental team Bissell Pro Cycling will have some stiff competition, with some of the world’s best teams lining up. Amongst […]

Menchov lieutenant will be missed during the final week of climbing Colombian Fabio Duarte (Geox-TMC) was forced to abandon the Giro d’Italia today just 50 kilometers into the 216 kilometer eighth stage from Sarpi to Tropea.  The 24 year old […]

Crash splits peloton on the way to the finishing town Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) notched up his fifth victory of the season today in stage two of the Tour de Picardie.  THe Frenchman was fastest as the field hit the line […]

Belgian didn’t believe he could actually win He held on to win stage seven in brilliant fashion, but it’s a fair bet to say that Bart De Clercq will be pinching himself for some time, making sure that his victory […]

Frenchman talks about his Giro d’Italia campaign Hovering five seconds off the race lead, Christophe Le Mevel remains focussed on trying to take the Maglia Rosa in the Giro d’Italia. The French Garmin-Cervélo rider was tenth on today’s stage to […]

Says list is proof that serious efforts are being made Responding to the publication of a confidential list of riders dealing with suspicions of possible doping, the UCI has criticised those who leaked the information to l’Equipe. The French newspaper […]

Late attacks from race favourites just fail to catch the lone Belgian breakaway Bart De Clercq (Omega Pharma-Lotto) won the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia, as the race hit the mountains for the first time. The 24-year-old Belgian, in […]

Tour de France champion sees Sunday’s Etna stage as more decisive than today’s though For many riders, today’s short, sharp stage between Maddaloni and Montevergine di Mercogliano is where the Giro d’Italia really starts. One of those is Tour de […]

Said that at times during yesterday’s stage he forgot he was leading Encouraged by his win on Wednesday plus his first day in the Maglia Rosa yesterday, Dutch rider Pieter Weening has confirmed that he will aim for a high […]

UCI rated riders for biological passport purposes The French l’Equipe newspaper has leaked a list drawn up by the UCI, which catalogued an estimation of the doping ‘risk’ of each rider in last year’s Tour de France, Ranking the riders […]