Twenty five days before the start of the Tour de France on July 4, a joint announcement from the UCI, AFLD and ASO willl be made. They will be announcing the names of the first riders to be convicted of doping based on their biological passport discrepancies. The announcement will […]
Other News
2009 Teva Mountain Games XC
In yesterday’s Teva Mountain Games, Todd Wells and Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski were off the front together the whole race until the last lap. Horgan-Kobelski passed Wells to win the race in 1:45:26. Wells finished 1:12:58 behind. The women’s race was won by Katie Compton of Colorado Springs who finished in 1:34:22.
Giro d’Italia Week 2
Stage 9: The Milan Circuit was won by Suitsou of Team Columbia. Stage 10: Cuneo-Pinerolo was won by race leader Di Luca. Stage 11: Torino-Arenzuno was won by Mark Cavendish. Stage 12: Sestri Levante-Riomaggiore TT was won by Menchov who now has the pink leader jersey. Levi Leipheimer finished second. […]
Winning Faces of the 2009 Giro Week 1
I wish I could have been at the Giro this year but with the world economy where it is, I need to hold out for the Tour. But judging by what happened today with Astana, I feel a little better. Apparently sponsors of Team Astana have not paid the team […]
Tom Boonen
Cocaine was found following a doping control on Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen. This is the second in-competition positive test for cocaine in a year and the third time since November 2007. Boonen blames the pressure from the sport. He says he really has a problem with alcohol and has had […]
Tour of Colorado
While awaiting Saturday’s start of the Giro d’Italia, Lance Armstrong called Colorado Governor Bill Ritter to ask why there’s no Tour of Colorado. There’s a Tour of California, Missouri, Indiana and there was the beloved Red Zinger/Coors Classic which ran until 1988. The European stars of that time came to […]
This Week April 30
After additional doping tests from the summer Olympics, silver medalist David Rebellin and Stefan Schumacher were found to have doped. Schumacher is already serving a two year ban for positive tests at the Tour de France. Armstrong is back racing at the Tour de Gila in southern New Mexico and […]
Tyler Hamilton Photo Retrospective
Tyler Hamilton Calls it Quits
Tyler Hamilton has announced his retirement from cycling. He was caught in an out of competition doping test prior to the Tour of California in February. He’s admitted to having used DHEA, a steriod banned in cycling, but which is used to treat depression in homeopathic medications. He says depression […]
April 9 Astana News
Chris Horner crashed in the Tour of the Basque Country and had to abandon after injuring his shoulder. Lance vs the French continues. Apparently as soon as it was known that Lance was training in the south of France last month, a French AFLD agent was dispatched to check up […]
