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World Champion Thor Hushovd says he has "never seen doping in cycling"

by Jered Gruber - Monday, October 11, 2010
Norwegian champion admits that had he wanted to, it would not have been hard

In a surprising interview with Norwegian television station, NRK, Thor Hushovd says that he has never seen drugs of either the performance enhancing type or the recreational sort. "I have never seen doping in cycling, and never in the evenings in ... → Read More


Vacansoleil's Johnny Hoogerland's temper flares over teammate, Riccardo Ricco

by Jered Gruber - Monday, October 11, 2010
Hoogerland frustrated at Ricco's non-communication in Emilia finale

Last fall, Vacansoleil's Johnny Hoogerland burst on the scene as an aggressive rider with the legs to match. Much was expected of the 27 year old Dutchman in 2010, but little has come of it. Hoogerland went into the winter with extreme motivation to ... → Read More


Bjarne Riis closes door on transfer season

by Jered Gruber - Monday, October 11, 2010
2011 SunGard/Saxo Bank team complete with signing of Nick Nuyens

With the signing of Belgian Classics hope, Nick Nuyens, Saxo Bank boss, Bjarne Riis, has declared his transfer season complete. The well-tuned Saxo Bank machine was a juggernaut in 2010 - Riis's team did not have the raw wins of HTC-Columbia, now... → Read More


Gilbert critical of Pozzato: ‘his speciality is to make others lose’

by Conal Andrews - Sunday, October 10, 2010
Close marking frustrated Paris-Tours prospects of defending champion

Filippo Pozzato is known as someone with a considerable amount of flair off the bike. Fast cars, faster women, a highlighted perm hairdo and some audacious tattoos. Sounds tacky in parts but, being Italian, he can pull it off with aplomb. As rega... → Read More


Furlan rues near-miss to Freire in Paris-Tours

by Conal Andrews - Sunday, October 10, 2010
Italian passed immediately before finish line

Italian sprinter Angelo Furlan was undoubtedly visualising the podium and imagining the taste of the champagne when, to his horror, Oscar Freire nipped past him ten metres from the line in today's Paris-Tours. The Spaniard, who has won three world ch... → Read More


World Champion Zdenek Stybar takes cyclocross Superprestige opener in Ruddervoorde

by Bjorn Haake - Sunday, October 10, 2010
Czech rider wins second race in a week by beating Bart Aernouts

After already taking the Gazet van Antwerp Trophy opener last week, reigning world champion Zdenek Stybar also powered to victory in the first of the eight Superprestige series races today in Ruddervoorde. Sven Nys, who did not finish last week, ende... → Read More


Paris-Tours: Oscar Freire takes historic victory on the Avenue de Grammont

by Steve Jones - Sunday, October 10, 2010
Classy Spaniard gives country a much needed boost

Triple world champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank) gave Spanish cycling a much needed boost today when he claimed his second Classic of the season in Paris-Tour.  Freire's name will close a chapter in the "Sprinters Classic", as today was its final s... → Read More


Davis doubles at Commonwealth for Australia

by Samuel Morrison - Sunday, October 10, 2010
Australian sprinter Allan Davis wins men's road race hours after Rochelle Gilmore

Allan Davis helped Australia go two for two in the Commonwealth Games road race in Delhi with his gold medal win only hours after Rochelle Gilmore won the women's event. The gold medal is redemption for Davis, who claimed bronze last week at the W... → Read More

Fabian Cancellara ready for rest, will announce new team in two weeks

Tired Swiss has only one thing on his mind right now: peace and quiet
by Jered Gruber - Sunday, October 10, 2010
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Philippe Gilbert on Paris-Tours: "I love this race...It fits me like a glove."

by Jered Gruber - Sunday, October 10, 2010
Omega Pharma-Lotto captain looking for redemption on the Avenue de Grammont

This afternoon's Paris-Tours will be the 104th running of the fall French classic. One man, Philippe Gilbert, above all others, has put his firm stamp on the race over the past years, not only with his two consecutive wins in 2008 and 2009, but his c... → Read More

Gilmore wins Commonwealth Games gold

Australian takes first gold in her dream triple
by Samuel Morrison - Sunday, October 10, 2010
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Vacansoleil hoping for late invites in Italy, confirms Ricco's pills were all simple and legal

Good news all around for Dutch team
by Jered Gruber - Sunday, October 10, 2010
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Robert Gesink excited about Emilia double, looking to Lombardia

by Jered Gruber - Sunday, October 10, 2010
Dutch talent becomes the first non-Italian to win the Giro dell'Emilia two years in a row

Robert Gesink's win yesterday high above Bologna over Garmin's Daniel Martin and Diquigiovanni's Michele Scarponi is the Dutch prodigy's second consecutive victory at the Giro dell'Emilia and puts him amongst the greats. The list of Italian legends t... → Read More

Pozzato back in action, but with Worlds regrets

Italy's Pozzato races today in France at Paris-Tours, but still reflecting on a lost occasion
by Samuel Morrison - Sunday, October 10, 2010
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Transfer News: Giorgia Bronzini signs for Colavita-Forno d’Asolo

by Ben Atkins - Saturday, October 9, 2010
World champion rejoins team where she enjoyed her greatest early success

Giorgia Bronzini will be taking her new rainbow jersey to the newly merged Colavita-Forno d’Asolo team for 2011, according to tuttobiciweb.it. The newly crowned World champion rode for the USC Chirio Forno d’Asolo team, the Italian half of the team ... → Read More

Robert Gesink takes second successive Giro dell’Emilia

Decision to skip Worlds looks good as Dutchman builds for Lombardia
by Ben Atkins - Saturday, October 9, 2010
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Kolobnev fourth in Giro dell’Emilia, disappointed about world championship result

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, October 9, 2010
Will aim to better his 2009 third place in Tour of Lombardy

Russian rider Alexandr Kolobnev netted fourth in today’s Giro dell’Emilia in Italy, crossing the line nine seconds after the winner Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and runner-up Dan Martin (Garmin Transitions). The result shows him that he has arrived b... → Read More


Italian rider Colo given a reduced ban for Clenbuterol positive

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, October 9, 2010
Handed a twelve month ban after accidentally ingesting substance

ISD-Neri rider Alessandro Colo has been handed a reduced, one-year ban after testing positive for Clenbuterol on the last stage of the Vuelta Mexico, on April 25th. The Italian anti-doping agency CONI announced the decision of the national anti-dopin... → Read More


Cavendish hasn’t been offered new HTC contract, feels unappreciated by team

by Conal Andrews - Saturday, October 9, 2010
Talk of tensions will fuel Team Sky speculation

The world’s top sprinter Mark Cavendish has long been the focal point of his HTC Columbia team, but the British rider has revealed that he feels taken for granted by the squad, and has not been offered a new contract after 2011. The highly-surpri... → Read More


Nick Nuyens confirms: Saxo Bank bound for 2011

by Jered Gruber - Saturday, October 9, 2010
30 year old Belgian headed to Riis in hopes of better days

After much speculation as to where eternal Belgian hope, Nick Nuyens, would be heading in 2011, the current Rabobank rider revealed his plans in an interview with the Gazet van Antwerpen today: next stop Saxo Bank. The former Ronde van Vlaanderen ... → Read More

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