Bringing Cycling to Life Through Images
Jeannie Longo is suing the AFLD, the French Anti-Doping Agency. She’s asking over 1 million euros, both for being included in a list of targeted athletes of 2012 and 2013 as well as the 2011 claims about not providing her whereabouts three times. She had been able to prove that […]
Following a lot of problems between Bjarne Riss and Team Saxo-Tinkoff team owner Tinkoff, a surprising announcement came this week. Riis is giving up his company, Riis Cycling, to Oleg Tinkov. The team name was changed to Tinkov-Saxo. The partnership wasn’t expected to last much longer but handing over his […]
An article on Cycling News has interviewed a Spanish doctor who is a famous cancer specialist. He says that the way some cancers are detected could be used to also detect doping. Some doping products disappear quickly, in a few hours, but they leave a genetic footprint which could still […]
Basso, Rasmussen, Armstrong, Leipheimer, Mancebo, Ullrich in the 2005 Tour de France ORICA-GreenEDGE is aware that Pieter Weening has made himself fully available to the Dutch NADO for their ongoing, comprehensive investigations into doping of Dutch cyclists. The team has received documentation that based on information the Dutch NADO have […]
Former Danish cyclist and almost Tour de France winner Michael Rasmussen has written a new book, “Yellow Fever” due to be out next week. In his book he claims that the entire Rabobank team was doping as well as at CSC. He also claims to have shown Ryder Hesjedal […]
The Australian Mark Frendo wins his third Crocodile Trophy stage at this year’s event in Laura today. Cory Wallace comes in second in a finish sprint, unable to shake off the race leader who still firmly holds onto an 11 minute lead. Jiri Krivanek is third, completing the podium of […]
Benetseder conquers monster stage in solo race Stage win for Austria – in an impressive solo race over 163km Josef Benetseder wins the fifth and longest stage of this year’s Crocodile Trophy at Granite Creek Dam in the mining country of Far North Queensland with a massive 12 minute lead […]
The Australian Mark Frendo claims his second Crocodile Trophy stage on the marathon race from Cairns into Lake Tinaroo and defends his overall leader jersey today. He increases his race lead, winning ahead of the Austrian pro-road racer Josef Benetseder and the Canadian National Marathon Champion Cory Wallace. Liesbeth Hessens […]
Israel’s Yad Vashem has named cyclist Gino Bartali “Righteous Among the Nations”. This is the official memorial for Holocaust victims. He acted to save 800 Jewish people during World War II. He was a devoted Catholic. But he helped archibishop Ella Angelo Dalla Costa of his native Florence and rabbi […]
According to an article in The Telegraph, Brian Cookson, who is vying for the job as UCI president, might mitigate the lifetime ban imposed on Lance Armstrong if he helps in the drug fight. He would like to hear from Lance the extent of the doping culture. The UCI office […]
