Team Argos-Shimano continues without Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel’s days of pain are over. The sprinter of Team Argos-Shimano abandoned during Thursday’s fifth stage of the Tour de France. After forty kilometers the German got off his bike. Ever since Monday Kittel was suffering from a stomach flu. During the week […]
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Evans and VanGarderen Okay
BMC Racing Team’s Cadel Evans avoided yet another another crash inside the final three kilometers the third in three days at the Tour de France Thursday to keep his position in the top 10, while teammate Tejay van Garderen kept the white jersey as the race’s best young rider. Good […]
Former Armstrong Teammates to be Suspended at End of Season
Hincapie, Vandevelde, Leipheimer and Zabriske who testified against Armstrong and admitted to having doped during their careers will be suspended at the end of the season for 6 months by USADA. If things go normally, Armstrong will be heard by Nov. 22 by a 3 person arbitration committee. The verdict […]
Greipel Takes Tour Stage 4
Today’s stage finished even later than the latest time estimated by race organizers. Robbie Hunter crashed and brought down other riders including Cavendish and Eisel. There was a long descent with lots of turns including a hard left turn near the bottom and the race was going too fast. Kittel […]
Rasmussen Suspended Again
MIchael Rasmussen was suspended again, this time for 18 months by TAS for failure to comply with anti-doping rules. He had previously been acquitted by the Danish National Olympic Committee who had decided there was a procedural error on the part of the UCI. The UCI wanted a two year […]
Stage 4 2012 Tour de France
Evans Escapes Danger Again For the second consecutive day at the Tour de France, BMC Racing Team’s defending champion Cadel Evans narrowly avoided a crash near the finish while teammate Tejay van Garderen was caught behind Wednesday’s pile-up but received the same time as the winner to keep his lead […]
Fuglsang Takes Yellow in Austria
RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK riders animated stage 4 in the Tour of Austria, executing a well-crafted plan that saw Jakob Fuglsang win the stage and earn the yellow jersey. “I’m super happy with this win and the overall,” said a joyous Jakob Fuglsang. “It is certainly defendable and we’re going to […]
Cavendish Wins 21st Tour Stage
Mark Cavendish edged Greipel in Tournai to take his 21st Tour de France stage win. Peter Sagan finished sixth, Cancellara held onto the yellow jersey and Tejay VanGarderen is still in the white jersey. The break of the day consisted of Lorrian, Morkov, Kern and Habs. Tomorrow the race goes […]
Gwin Wins 4th Consecutive MTB World Cup Downhill
Aaron Gwin (Temecula, CA/Trek World Racing) recorded his fourth consecutive world cup downhill victory on Sunday at the RockyRoads.net UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Windham, N.Y. His victory at thehelped him grow his overall series lead to a near-insurmountable 195 points with only two events remaining. Gwin, the last rider […]
Gilbert Finishes 4th in Stage 1
Philippe Gilbert sprinted to fourth place for the BMC Racing Team Sunday after a furious chase to the lead trio that escaped on a short climb near the finish of the opening road stage of the Tour de France. Nervous Day Gilbert took advantage of the chasing efforts of teammate […]