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Felline wins Coppi & Bartali

Felline won at “Coppi e Bartali”Gavazzi placed second winning the field sprint in the first stage. Team Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, equipped with Bianchi Sempre Pro bikes, clinched a double at Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali’s stage 1a, 99,5 km in Gatteo (Central Italy) on Wednesday, March 20th. Fabio Felline took his […]

Armstrong Looking to Clinton for Inspiration

Armstrong is taking inspiration from President Bill Clinton. He was interviewed by Texas Monthly: “Eventually people forgive, forget and only remember the good things you’ve done”. He said it will be hard work.  He said Clinton “is a hero of mine. He’s a tough guy, he’s smart, surrounded himself with […]

Fuentes Facing Two Years in Jail

Rosa Calvo, the prosecutor in the case against Spanish doping doctor Eufemiano Fuentes has asked for a two year prison term for him and his cohorts and described Fuentes’ network as “frauduent and criminally reprehensible”.  The method used to transport the blood for transfusions was to put them in backpacks, […]

2013 Paris-Nice Stage 6

French victory in the sixth stage of Paris-Nice 11 riders for a while put a spotlight on today’s 220 km stage of Paris-Nice from Manosque to Nice on the French Mediterranean coast. But as the terrain became ever steeper towards the end of the stage, more dropped back to the […]

2013 Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 4

Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana), Anthony Roux (FDJ), Tomasz Marcynski (Vacansoleil) and Francesco Failli (Vini Fantini) shaped today’s 165 km stage of Tirreno-Adriatico. The stage began in Narni and ended at the top of the rise, Prati di Tivo. Team Sky and Team Saxo-Tinkoff dictated the pace in the field, and the […]

2013 Paris-Nice Stage 5

Roche tried but Gates took the stage in Paris-Nice Cyril Lemoine (SOJ), Paolo Longo Borghini (CAN), Thierry Hupond (ARG) and Jens Voigt (RLT) were in the long breakaway on the 176 km long fifth of the Paris-Nice from the old papal city, Chateauneuf de Pape, to the final climb, La […]