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Levi Leipheimer won the Tour de Gila in New Mexico. Scandals of the week Blood Passport results snagged Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas), Tadej Valjavec (Ag2r) and Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia-Cajasur). The UCI will open disciplinary hearings against them. Valjavec has been dumped by his team. Valverde continues to be able to […]
Lance Armstrong and girlfriend Anne Hansen announced they are expecting another child in October. This will be Lance’s fifth child.
Levi Leipheimer is the first leader at the Tour of the Gila. He won the first stage from Silver City, NM to Mogollon. Tom Danielson finished second, followed by Cesar Grajales. He hopes it will show what he will have to offer in the upcoming Tour of California.
Fabian Cancellara has decided to sit out the Amstel Gold Race next Sunday after winning Paris Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders this season. He’s also going to skip Fleche-Wallone and Liege-Bastone-Liege. He is planning to race the Tour of California in May.
Lance Armstrong will be racing the Tour of Switzerland June 12-20, as well as the Dauphine Libere which runs June 6-13. This looks like his pre-Tour de France preparation. Alberto Contador is not expected to participate in either of these two events.
The 22 Teams for this year’s Tour de France have been announced. AG2r-La Mondiale, Astana, Bbox Bouygues Telecom, Caisse d’épargne, Cofidis, HTC-Columbia, Euskaltel, Française des Jeux, Footon-Servetto, Lampre, Liquigas, Milram, Omega-pharma Lotto, Quick Step, Rabobank, Saxo bank, RadioShack, Team Sky, Katusha, Garmin-Transitions, Cervélo Test Team, BMC. There are expected to […]
2010 American Mountain Bike Challenge announced – Series features 21 events in 16 states 01.25.10 Colorado Springs, CO USA Cycling announced today the dates and venues for its 2010 American Mountain Bike Challenge. AMBC events will serve as qualifiers for the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships July 15-18 in […]
The Tour de France has announced the depart for the 2011 race. It will start about 150 meters off the continent near Noirmoutier on July 2. Ile Noirmoutier was the start of the 2005 race. They will finish with a climb on Mont des Alouettes near Les Herbiers. Stage 2 […]
Matthias Kessler of Germany was seriously injured in a training accident and is in the hospital. Also injured was Colombian climber Mauricio Soler Hernandez while he was training in Colombia. He’s expected to be okay.
The director of the Giro d’Italia, Angelo Zomegnan, has been in talks with the mayor of Washington DC about a possible 2012 start of the race there. If it happens, the prologue and stage 1 would be there. DC Mayor Fenty is an avid cyclist and talks are ongoing, according […]
