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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 leadKirsten 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 decidingIn 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 approachesThere 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 detectionResponding 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 awayChloe 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 moveWith 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 itResponding 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 McQuaidThe 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 surgeryOmega 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 WorldsThe 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 editionRCS 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 2014The 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 starsThe 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 absenceAlthough 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 seasonAlthough 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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