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USA Pro Challenge announces host cities for 2014 edition with a vote for final stage by Ben Atkins - Monday, November 4, 2013 Aspen start and Monarch Mountain stage finish for Colorado raceThe organisers of the USA Pro Challenge have announced the cities that will host the stage starts and finishes for the 2014 edition, which will run from August 18th to 24th. The seven-day event, which takes place in the state of Colorado and describe... → Read More
Successful minor surgery for Marianne Vos to remove abdominal cyst by Ben Atkins - Monday, November 4, 2013 World champion’s return scheduled for Zolder World Cup on December 26thMarianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) has undergone successful surgery to remove a small abdominal cyst from her lower back, the World champion’s team has announced. The 27-year-old Dutchwoman went under the knife at the Haaglanden Antoniushoeven Medical... → Read More
Nicolas Roche video interview part II: Getting the balance right, building for a bigger 2014 and looking further ahead by Shane Stokes - Monday, November 4, 2013 Irish rider speaks about Giro start in Belfast, his goals if he rides and a possible new build-up to the Tour Nicolas Roche had the best race of his career in the Vuelta a España, winning a stage, wearing the red jersey plus each of the other category leader’s jerseys and then finishing fifth in Madrid.
The performance has boosted his morale and motivati... → Read More
Brammeier moves closer to a contract, hoping to finalise terms this week by Shane Stokes - Monday, November 4, 2013 Multiple Irish champion aiming to continue in the sport after Champion System’s dissolutionIrish road race champion Matt Brammeier has been left in a nervous position by the collapse of his Champion System team, but appears to be inching closer to securing a deal for the 2014 season.
The Belgium-based rider – who was born in England bu... → Read More
Verbruggen says UCI didn’t protect Armstrong, and they are not friends by VeloNation Press - Monday, November 4, 2013 Former UCI chief fights back against critics in long statementFormer UCI president Hein Verbruggen has rejected suggestions that the governing body shielded Lance Armstrong from detection, issuing that denial as part of a long statement released yesterday defending his reputation.
The Dutchman, who was UCI ... → Read More
Helen Wyman retains European Cyclocross title with solo display by Ben Atkins - Sunday, November 3, 2013 British rider leads from the front in muddy Czech raceHelen Wyman (Great Britain) retained the title she had taken 12 months before, at the 2013 European Cyclocross Championships in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. Just as she had done at the Koppenbergcross two days before, the 32-year-old British rider... → Read More
Tinkov’s spokesman confirms talks with Team Saxo Tinkoff plus other squads about possible purchase of a team by VeloNation Press - Sunday, November 3, 2013 Russian billionaire seems intent on owning his own team, but will it happen for 2014? Although he said after talks with Cannondale failed that it would be 2015 before he had a team in cycling, it appears that there is a chance that Oleg Tinkov could own a squad sooner than that.A report in today’s Gazzetta dello Sport claimed that he ... → Read More
Sven Nys wins his fifth Superprestige Zonhoven over Niels Albert again by Ben Atkins - Sunday, November 3, 2013 World champion is Mr Superprestige once more in a final lap duel with big rivalSven Nys (Crelan-KDL) took a repeat of his previous year’s victory to over the sand of Zonhoven, to take his fifth edition of the Superprestige race in the east Flanders province of Limburg. The World champion once again managed to overcome big rival... → Read More
Michael Rasmussen claims attempted to dope with his father’s blood after advice from Geert Leinders by Ben Atkins - Sunday, November 3, 2013 Danish rider also considered suicide after 2007 Tour de France ejectionMichael Rasmussen attempted to use his father’s blood for homologous transfusions back in 2004, the former Danish rider has told TV channel DR News. The 39-year-old, whose biography is causing shockwaves across cycling, was riding for the Dutch Rabob... → Read More
Marchand to make new hour record attempt at 102 years of age by Shane Stokes - Saturday, November 2, 2013 Frenchman continues to inspire and to astound scientists After previously setting marks for the hour record and 100 kilometres at over 100 years of age, French inspiration Robert Marchand is at it again; now almost 102 years old, he is planning to once again extend his hour record mark.
On February 17t... → Read More
Nicolas Roche video interview part I: Analysing 2013, a team change and a breakthrough Grand Tour performance by Shane Stokes - Saturday, November 2, 2013 Detailed discussion of year one with Team Saxo Tinkoff The 2013 Vuelta a España was a breakthrough race for Nicolas Roche, with the Irishman winning stage two and then, several days later, taking over the race lead.
Both were first for the Team Saxo Tinkoff rider, who had gone close to Grand Tour sta... → Read More
WADA says it has a ‘positive relationship’ with Cookson, confirms Independent Commission talks by Shane Stokes - Saturday, November 2, 2013 “We all agree that this must be open, transparent and independent in order to advance matters”Speaking after the first month of Brian Cookson’s presidency, the World Anti Doping Agency has confirmed that things have been harmonious with the new UCI chief and the governing body since he took over from Pat McQuaid.
Relations between the age... → Read More
Tom Meeusen takes his “most beautiful” victory in a Koppenbergcross sprint finish by Ben Atkins - Friday, November 1, 2013 Helen Wyman leads from the front to take a third cobblestone in women’s raceTom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) took what he described as his “most beautiful” victory in the 2013 edition of the Koppenbergcross, on the eponymous Flemish climb in the village of Melden, just outside Oudenaarde. As by far the fastest of a group of three... → Read More
Report: Luis Leon Sanchez won’t be part of Movistar in 2014 by VeloNation Press - Friday, November 1, 2013 Spanish team completes lineup with 27 riders, including Valverde and Quintana Rumoured a fortnight ago to be on the way to the Movistar squad, the anticipated move of Luis Leon Sanchez to the team now looks like it won’t happen. Spanish website Biciciclismo states that the team has fixed its final lineup for 2014 at 27 riders,... → Read More
Parisien questions claims by Hesjedal and Barry that they stopped doping years ago by VeloNation Press - Friday, November 1, 2013 “These are guys who have lied for about ten years and have decided to confess to doping after being exposed”Fellow Canadian rider Francois Parisien has expressed his frustration with the admission this week by Ryder Hesjedal plus the earlier confession by Michael Barry, with the Argos Shimano rider expressing scepticism about the accounts given.
Hesjed... → Read More
UCI disputes Rasmussen’s claim that he was below reticulocyte threshold during 2005 Tour de France by VeloNation Press - Friday, November 1, 2013 Maassen confirms that UCI contacted Rabobank to speak to team doctor Leinders during raceFormer Rabobank team manager Frans Maassen has provided partial confirmation of Michael Rasmussen’s claim this week that the UCI had known about suspect blood values during the 2005 Tour de France, saying that the Rabobank team was indeed contacted d... → Read More
Michele Scarponi joins Astana for 2014 on a one-year contract by Ben Atkins - Thursday, October 31, 2013 2011 Giro d’Italia winner to lead Kazakh team in his home Grand TourMichele Scarponi has signed a one-year contract with the Astana Pro Team for 2014, the Kazakh squad has confirmed. The 34-year-old Italian has been with Lampre-Merida since 2011, but both parties agreed to end his contract on December 31st of this ye... → Read More
Rasch to retire after 2014 Classics campaign, will become Sky directeur sportif then by VeloNation Press - Thursday, October 31, 2013 “I plan to fight for my place up until Paris-Roubaix”He’s had a career shaped mainly by his riding for others and now Gabriel Rasch has been confirmed as a future directeur sportif for the Sky team, once again helping riders to chase their goals. The British team has today announced that he will take u... → Read More
Sven Nys: “The Koppenbergcross has stolen my heart” by Ben Atkins - Thursday, October 31, 2013 Kannibaal aiming for incredible tenth victory on Flemish hill; Helen Wyman aiming for number threeSven Nys (Crelan-KDL) will start tomorrow’s Koppenbergcross in search of an incredible tenth victory in the race that is centred around one of Flanders’ most iconic climbs. The Kannibaal van Baal has taken victory in what he says is his favourite rac... → Read More
Initial details of 2014 Tour de Suisse route released by Shane Stokes - Thursday, October 31, 2013 Race concludes with mountain stages to Verbier and Saas-FeeAlthough the precise route is yet to be revealed, as well as many of the climbs and the precise distances, the organisers of the Tour de Suisse have announced the complete list of start and finish towns for next year’s race. The WorldTour event will ... → Read More
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