Superpedestrian Introduces the Copenhagen Wheel to Revolutionize Urban Mobility The company announced earlier this month the Copenhagen Wheel. It’s a self-contained unit that easily snaps onto the back wheel of any bike to turn it into an electric hybrid. It gives extra power, regenerative braking, and advanced control systems. It […]
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Omega Pharma Quick Step Visits Valencia Velodrome
Works with Partner Specialized on TT Position Testing 19-Dec-2013: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team continues to work closely with partner Specialized in order to optimize time trial bike position for team riders. OPQS visited the velodrome of Valencia last week to participate in further testing. “Last month we had […]
Argos Shimano 2014 Training Camp
Building foundations for success at first training camp of 2014 The whole organisation, including the World Tour, women’s and development teams, have convened at the teams base in Altea hills, Spain for the first training camp of the new 2014 season. In total there are over 60-people, included trainers, coaches, […]
Michael Rogers Provisionally Suspended
Michael Rogers was notified by the UCI of a positive resullt for clenbuterol from October 20, 2013 at the Tour of Japan. He has been provisionally suspended by the team while they await the results of the B sample testing.
Final Stage of 2014 USA Pro Challenge will Take Riders Through Iconic Parts of Colorado from Boulder through Golden to Denver
Fans Helped Shape Stage 7 of America’s Most Difficult Professional Cycling Race Denver (Dec. 18, 2013) – The fans have spoken, and Stage 7 of the 2014 USA Pro Challenge professional cycling race will take riders from Boulder through Golden and over Lookout Mountain, finishing with three circuits around Downtown […]
Gaggioli Claims Armstrong and Others Paid to Win 1993 Triple Crown
Just Keeps Getting Worse for Armstrong He’s been on a sort of “goodwill” tour, making amends to numerous people he hurt during his heyday. Now, retired Italian cyclist Roberto Gaggioli, is claiming his Coors Light Team had made an agreement with the Motorola team to let Armstrong win the Triple […]
New Bianchi Café and Cycles launched in Sweden
Bianchi owner Salvatore Grimaldi celebrated the opening of a new Bianchi Cafè and Cycles in Malmo (Sweden) on Thursday, November 28th. Three years after the unveiling of the first Bianchi concept store in Stockholm, Malmo’s café is now the third in Sweden, while another Bianchi Café and Cycles is set […]
Jeannie Longo Suing AFLD
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 […]
Riis Gives Up Riis Cycling
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 […]
Possible New Doping Detection
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 […]