WADA President John Fahey has called on athletes who are doping to withdraw from their national teams and stay away from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. With less than three weeks to the opening ceremony of London 2012, Mr. Fahey has taken the opportunity to highlight the rights […]
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Argos Shimano Extends Contract with 5 Riders
Team Argos Shimano has extended the contracts of Matthieu Sprick, Yann Huguet, Tom Dumoulin, Roy Curvers and Bert de Backer for several more years. The Frenchmen Sprick (30) and Huguet (28) both have extended their contracts with one year through 2013. “I’ve noticed that I’ve been able to develop myself […]
Rodriguez Wins Stage 5 at Vuelta Venezuela
Bianchi team Androni Giocattoli took the 13th seasonal victory together at Vuelta Venezuela, on Tuesday, July 10th. Jackson Rodriguez on Oltre bike won the fifth stage, 168.1 km from Puerto Piritu to Altagracia de Orituco. Androni Giocattoli’s rider was the fastest rider in a three-man sprint with Richard Ochoa e […]
Armstrong Euro Docs Banned for Life
LA Times reports: The USADA handed out a lifetime ban to people associated with Armstrong’s 7 Tour victories. All are Europeans so it’s not clear what effect this will have. Dr. Ferrari of Italy, Dr. Garcia del Moral of Spain and trainer Pepi Martin also of Spain were termed by […]
Fuglsang wins Tour of Austria
Jakob Fuglsang has sealed the overall victory at the Österreich Rundfahrt (UCI 2.HC) after Daniele Colli (Team Type 1) won the bunch sprint in front of the Burgtheater in Vienna. RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK also won the Team classification. In addition, Austrian teammate Thomas Rohregger took the honors of the white […]
Wurf Slips to Fourth in China
Cameron Wurf of the Champion System Pro Cycling Team dropped a spot in the general classification, from third to fourth, after Saturday’s eighth stage of the Tour of Qinghai Lake. Team General Manager Ed Beamon said the 201 kilometer race was a deceptively difficult stage with an early category three climb, a […]
Pinotti Wins Tour of Austria TT
BMC Racing Team’s Marco Pinotti won Saturday’s 24.1 kilometer individual time trial at the Tour of Austria while teammate Steve Morabito moved from third to second overall with one day of the race to go. Victory Is A Good Boost Pinotti averaged 52.2 kilometers per hour on his BMC timemachine […]
Former Armstrong Teammates to be Suspended at End of Season
Hincapie, Vandevelde, Leipheimer and Zabriske who testified against Armstrong and admitted to having doped during their careers will be suspended at the end of the season for 6 months by USADA. If things go normally, Armstrong will be heard by Nov. 22 by a 3 person arbitration committee. The verdict […]
Rasmussen Suspended Again
MIchael Rasmussen was suspended again, this time for 18 months by TAS for failure to comply with anti-doping rules. He had previously been acquitted by the Danish National Olympic Committee who had decided there was a procedural error on the part of the UCI. The UCI wanted a two year […]
Fuglsang Takes Yellow in Austria
RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK riders animated stage 4 in the Tour of Austria, executing a well-crafted plan that saw Jakob Fuglsang win the stage and earn the yellow jersey. “I’m super happy with this win and the overall,” said a joyous Jakob Fuglsang. “It is certainly defendable and we’re going to […]
