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Ladies’ Tour of Qatar: Kirsten Wild sprints to stage three as Orica-AIS goes on the attack

by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Australian team smashes the peloton in the wind, but Dutch powerhouse takes stage and Hosking holds lead

Kirsten Wild (Argos-Shimano) took her fourth career stage win in the Ladies’ Tour of Qatar, as she sprinted to victory in the second stage of the 2013 race. The Dutch powerhouse was easily the fastest of a ten-rider group that had torn itself free of... → Read More


Katusha receives CAS date for crucial WorldTour licence hearing

by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Russian squad to argue case on February 8th

A month into the 2013 season, the Katusha team has finally learned when it will be able to fight for its WorldTour licence. The team has confirmed that the Court of Arbitration for Sport has set a date of February 8th for the hearing, which will dete... → Read More


UCI documentation suggests governing body’s claims over testing were misleading

by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Ashenden: ‘I would find any explanation the UCI gives now about test statistics very difficult to believe’

A year and a half after the UCI strongly rejected suggestions that it had cut back on its biological passport testing, criticising Cervélo co-founder Gerard Vroomen for his suggestion that less tests were being carried out, evidence has emerged which... → Read More


Joaquim Rodriguez has several offers for a new contract but has not signed anything yet

by José Been - Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Will wait to CAS decision about Katusha WorldTour licence before deciding

In an interview with Spanish website Biciciclismoweb Joaquim Rodríguez indicated he has several offers on the table for a new team but he hasn’t signed any contract yet. The 33-year old Spanish rider will wait until CAS rules a verdict on Katusha’s l... → Read More


Boonen back on bike after elbow operation, will ride Tour of Oman

by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Belgian rider back on track and eager to get racing

Six days after Omega Pharma Quick Step confirmed that Tom Boonen would have to miss the Tour of Qatar due to an elbow problem, the team has said that the rider will be able to ride the next race in the region, the Tour of Oman. The Belgian Classi... → Read More


Zdeněk Štybar Interview: “For the Spring Classics we are the best team in the World”

by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Czech star explains his absence from the Louisville ‘cross Worlds as the road season approaches

There was a chorus of groans from across the Atlantic when Zdeněk Štybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) announced that he would not be seeking a third cyclocross World title in Louisville, Kentucky, but the Czech star has made a shift in his career. Sinc... → Read More


UCI Independent Commission stands down, says UCI and others didn’t co-operate

by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Says it is of ‘immense public interest’ to determine how Armstrong/US Postal Service eluded detection

Responding to yesterday’s press release which announced that the UCI was withdrawing its backing for the Independent Commission, that commission has issued a restrained response to the news, but also said that the UCI didn’t live up to its undertakin... → Read More


Ladies’ Tour of Qatar: Chloe Hosking takes opening stage in breakaway sprint

by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Four riders escape the shattered bunch in the headwind and just stay away

Chloe Hosking (Hitec Products) took the first victory for her new team in the opening stage of the 2013 Ladies’ Tour of Qatar, taking a close two-up sprint from compatriot and Australian champion Gracie Elvin (Orica-GreenEdge) at the head of a breaka... → Read More


Daniele Bennati pinpoints Classics and Tour de France as top season goals

by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Italian sprinter believes there’s room for improvement after Saxo Tinkoff move

With his season debut fast approaching in the Tour of Qatar, Italian rider Daniele Bennati is determined to step up his game in 2013. The 32 year old moved to Team Saxo Tinkoff after two years with the Leopard Trek/RadioShack Nissan setup and bel... → Read More


Tygart says UCI ‘blindfolded and handcuffed’ the Independent Commission

by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, January 29, 2013
USADA CEO frustrated by governing body’s decision to shelve investigation into it

Responding to yesterday’s decision by the UCI to shelve the Independent Commission that it had previously claimed would exonerate it, its current president Pat McQuaid and former chief Hein Verbruggen over the Lance Armstrong/US Postal Service team s... → Read More


LeMond: Any Armstrong apology has to be heartfelt and with true remorse

by Shane Stokes - Monday, January 28, 2013
Triple Tour winner not convinced that Armstrong can change

Responding to Lance Armstrong’s statement on the Oprah Winfrey show that he owed Greg LeMond and others an apology for his actions over the past dozen years, LeMond has said that any such gesture is worthless unless it is fully genuine. “If Lance... → Read More


UCI disbands UCIIC in favour of Truth and Reconciliation Process

by Ben Atkins - Monday, January 28, 2013
“This is too important for rushed discussions, or hasty decisions,” says Pat McQuaid

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has taken the decision to disband the Independent Commission (UCIIC) that it itself set up in late November last year, in favour of the creation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The UCIIC was calle... → Read More


Omega Pharma-Quick Step led by Mark Cavendish in the Tour of Qatar

by Ben Atkins - Monday, January 28, 2013
Zdeněk Štybar to replace Tom Boonen after Belgian champion’s recent elbow surgery

Omega Pharma-Quick Step has confirmed that Tom Boonen will not be on the start line of the Tour of Qatar, between February 3rd and 8th, with his place taken by two-time cyclocross World champion Zdeněk Štybar. Boonen recently underwent surgery on a s... → Read More


Ladies’ Tour of Qatar to be broadcast live on Al Jazeera TV

by Ben Atkins - Monday, January 28, 2013
TV station strikes a deal with Qatar Cycling Federation as the country builds up to the 2016 Worlds

The fifth edition of the Ladies’ Tour of Qatar is to be broadcast live on TV station Al Jazeera, thanks to a deal struck between the TV station and the Qatar Cycling Federation (QCF), the Qatar Tribune reports. The four-day women’s race - an increase... → Read More


Tirreno-Adriatico presents a 2013 route “to suit all riders”

by Ben Atkins - Monday, January 28, 2013
Race of the Two Seas to feature identical start and finish as 2012 edition

RCS Sport, the organiser of the Giro d’Italia, presented the 2013 route of its other big stage race, the Tirreno-Adriatico, in San Vincenzo, on the Tuscan coast, today. The seven day “Corsa dei Due Mari” - Race of the Two Seas - will form part of th... → Read More


Oceania president Gaudry to push for women’s Tour Down Under

by VeloNation Press - Monday, January 28, 2013
Believes it is ‘entirely possible’ to have a women’s stage race in place for 2014

The new Oceania president Tracey Gaudry has said that she wants to see the 2014 Santos Tour Down Under also include a women’s stage race, thus bringing an equality to the top event on the Australian calendar. In recent years a criterium series ha... → Read More


Ambitious Wiggle-Honda Pro Cycling Team presented in London

by Ben Atkins - Monday, January 28, 2013
Rochelle Gilmore and Giorgia Bronzini supported by a multitude of young stars

The Wiggle-Honda Women’s Pro Cycling Team was presented to the press at London’s Millbank Media Centre on the banks of the River Thames on Friday, by Europsport’s voice of cycling David Harmon, with the key aim of putting the word “professional” to t... → Read More


Bruyneel to be a no show at own anti-doping disciplinary hearing tomorrow

by VeloNation Press - Monday, January 28, 2013
Belgian won’t yet consider absence as non-cooperation but case may proceed in his absence

Although Johan Bruyneel indicated to the Belgian state prosecutor Jaak Fransen earlier this month that he was ready to cooperate with an investigation into doping being conducted by the Royal Belgian Cycling Federation, the RLVB, he will be a no show... → Read More


Bak facing Classics setback after fracture to scaphoid

by VeloNation Press - Monday, January 28, 2013
Danish rider likely to miss first semi-Classics

Winner of a stage in last year’s Giro d’Italia plus the GP de Fourmies, Lars Bak’s goal of a strong Classics campaign has been dented by an injury suffered yesterday in the GP de La Marseillaise. The Danish Lotto Belisol rider crashed heavily in ... → Read More


Van Garderen performs above own expectations in season-opening Tour de San Luis

by VeloNation Press - Monday, January 28, 2013
Second overall an encouraging sign as American heads into important season

Although he didn’t expect a top ten overall in the Tour de San Luis, young American rider Tejay van Garderen performed far above his own expectations in the Argentinian race with second overall in the event. The 24 year old finished just 33 second... → Read More

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