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Alejandro Valverde has been suspended for two years for his involvement in Operation Puerto and his infamous blood bag #18. All his victories for 2010 have been annulled but previous wins are intact. He’d already been suspended from racing in Italy from May 2009-2011.
The Morgul Bismark stage of the old Coors Bicycle Classic was reincarnated today as part of the inaugural Superior-Morgul Race. This was the first year of the race which consisted of street sprints Friday night in Superior as well as a criterium on Saturday. Today was the Morgul Bismark race […]
150 Years of the Bicycle The Longmont, Colorado Museum and Cultural Center is hosting an exhibit of 150 years of bicycles through July 3. Included are Ron Kiefel, Andy Hampsten and Davis Phinney bikes and jerseys from the 7-Eleven team days as well as a decorative Asian pedicab, banana seat […]
May 30 Ivan Basso has won the Giro d’Italia! May 29 Johann Tschopp of Switzerland won stage 20 of the Giro from Bormio to Passa del Tonale. Basso is still the race leader. May 28 Ivan Basso has the pink jersey after an escape with Scarponi and Nibali on Stage […]
The fallout continues from Floyd Landis’ admission of doping. Nearly everyone in cycling is denying everything. There seems to be a war of words between Lance and Floyd and the other top cyclists. Some are saying that Floyd wanted a place on the Radio Shack team in return for keeping […]
Floyd Landis has finally come clean and is ready to name names. In an interview with ESPN he said he doped mostly all of his career and so did everyone else. It has cost him his marriage, his career, all his money and his reputation. His mother has convinced him […]
Lance Armstrong was involved in a crash in Tour of California today and is out of the race. I guess this way he won’t have to answer reporters’ questions about Floyd Landis, at least for the moment! In the Tour of California, Briton Mark Cavendish won the sprint at Sacramento.
Stage 12 was won by Pozzato. Richie Porte is still in pink. Australien Matthew Goss won stage 9 in the Giro today from Frosinone to Cava de’Terreni. Cadel Evans won the 7th stage in Montalcino and Vinokourov is back in pink. The fourth stage put Nibali in pink. David Millar […]
According to an article in today’s Denver Post, two women cyclists from last year’s Leadville 100 may have cheated in the race and are facing felony criminal impersonation charges. It’s alleged that Wendy Lyall used Katie Brazelton’s entry number for the 40-49 age group. Both are from Vail. They’ve confessed […]
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 […]
