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Contador says the sport must look to the future

by Xylon van Eyck - Sunday, October 21, 2012
Vuelta champ speaks out on Armstrong saga

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) has spoken out about the Lance Armstrong doping revelations saying the sport needs to look to the future and not the past. The Spaniard who returned from a doping ban this year, was speaking on Spanish televi... → Read More


Ligthart and Mørkøv come out best in final showdown at Amsterdam Six

by José Been - Sunday, October 21, 2012
Brilliant racing brings event to a close

Pim Ligthart and Michael Mørkøv have won the Amsterdam Six after a dramatic battle in the final minutes of last night’s concluding race. The Omega Pharma-Quick Step duo Iljo Keisse and Niki Terpstra finished in second place and the Dutch pair Wim Str... → Read More


Lab director says Armstrong had suspicious test result in 2002

by Xylon van Eyck - Sunday, October 21, 2012
Saugy denies the Texan tested positive at Tour of Switzerland

Martial Saugy, the chief of the Lausanne laboratory that conducted the suspicious Lance Armstrong test from the 2001 Tour of Switzerland, says that was not the only questionable test result that Armstrong provided. The American’s former teammates ... → Read More


Phil Liggett says Verbruggen must leave the sport

by Xylon van Eyck - Sunday, October 21, 2012
Says he had no reason not to believe Armstrong

Cycling commentator Phil Liggett has been a vocal supporter of Lance Armstrong’s for some time, but now concedes that the proof is too strong against the American. The veteran commentator of 40 Tours de France told The Independent he never had any re... → Read More


Robbie McEwen Video: On-bike action from Japan Cup criterium

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, October 20, 2012
Australian returns to racing and shows he’s still got ample speed

He officially retired several months ago but Robbie McEwen pinned on a race number again on Saturday and showed that he’s still got a considerable amount of oomph when it comes to a finishing sprint. The Australian rider took part in the Japan Cup... → Read More


Ashenden states the UCI’s anti-doping fight doesn’t have the same impetus as before

by VeloNation Press - Saturday, October 20, 2012
Anti-doping scientist warns that more needs to be done

Previously part of the UCI’s biological passport expert panel, Michael Ashenden has criticised the governing body for what he said is a loss of momentum of late. The Australian anti-doping researcher credits the UCI with some of the developments i... → Read More


Bagdonas and Iglinskiy boost Ag2r La Mondiale’s WorldTour prospects

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, October 20, 2012
Additions to team increase points total in advance of UCI teams decision

The Ag2r La Mondiale team has ensured it is in a better position to secure a WorldTour licence for 2013 after signing two solid riders for the 2013 season. It is taking on An Post Grant Thornton Sean Kelly’s Gediminas Bagdonas and Astana’s Valent... → Read More


Gilbert says cycling is not the only sport with doping problems

by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, October 20, 2012
World Champ says evidence against Armstrong should have come out sooner

World Champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) has told Euronews that he considers it a shame the doping allegations and evidence during the Lance Armstrong era was not made public earlier. Gilbert further said it is impressive how Armstrong and h... → Read More


Saxo Bank success in Japan Cup as Marycz solos to criterium victory

by VeloNation Press - Saturday, October 20, 2012
Farewell victory at end of three seasons with team, Pole heads elsewhere for 2013

One day before the Japan Cup road race, Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank rider Jaroslaw Marycz soloed to a fine win in the warm-up criterium. The Polish rider attacked inside the final kilometre and caught the sprinters out, getting a gap that they were unable... → Read More


Bassons misses post-race test and is handed one year ban

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, October 20, 2012
Rider had withdrawn before end of race, states he was not told in time that his name was randomly selected

Thirteen years after he spoke out against doping in the 1999 Tour de France, earning the ire of Lance Armstrong and eventually being ostracised and pushed out of the sport, Christophe Bassons has himself fallen foul of the regulations in this area. ... → Read More


Denifl talks about leaving Vacansoleil-DCM for new Swiss project IAM Cycling

by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, October 20, 2012
Austrian describes it as unlucky as this is his fourth team in four years

Stefan Denifl is joining his fourth team in as many years in 2013. The Vacansoleil-DCM rider, who previously rode with the Cervélo TestTeam and Leopard Trek, has signed a deal with new Swiss team IAM Cycling. Denifl tells VeloNation it was never the ... → Read More


No confession from Armstrong during Livestrong speech

by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, October 20, 2012
Texan: "I've been better, but I've also been worse."

Lance Armstrong made his first public speech on Friday night since evidence of his doping past was sent to the UCI and made public by the US Anti-Doping Agency. The Texan appeared at a gala fundraiser for his Livestrong cancer foundation on Friday ni... → Read More


USA Cycling drops Lance Armstrong’s name from junior road race series

by Shane Stokes - Friday, October 19, 2012
Oakley acknowledges strength of evidence against Armstrong but won’t act yet

In what is yet another example of cycling entities pulling back from the under-fire Texan, USA Cycling has announced that it has renamed the Lance Armstrong Junior Race Series as the USA Cycling Road Development Race Series. “Lance Armstrong supp... → Read More


SKINS chairman Fuller calls on McQuaid to act decisively over doping scandal or resign

by Shane Stokes - Friday, October 19, 2012
Industry figure says UCI is ‘at the precipice of universal disgrace’

In what is an all-guns-blazing open letter directed at Pat McQuaid, the chairman of one of the companies backing several cycling teams and federations has called on him to either put the sport on the right footing or resign from his position as presi... → Read More


Lotto and Belisol companies reiterate support for cycling and pushing for a clean sport

by Shane Stokes - Friday, October 19, 2012
“Sponsors who believe in the future should not look back on yesterday"


Reacting to today’s news that the Rabobank company is withdrawing its title sponsorship from the eponymous cycling team due to the Lance Armstrong/US Postal Service case, two backers of one of Belgium’s biggest teams have said that they are determine... → Read More


Phinney sets Paris-Roubaix as top goal for 2013

by Shane Stokes - Friday, October 19, 2012
American rider lays out targets and assesses current season

He’s stepped up a level in his second pro season and now an older, more experienced and more confident Taylor Phinney is ready for what he hopes will be a very big year in 2013. The 22 year old American has twice won the under 23 version of Paris-Rou... → Read More


UCI confirms Armstrong/USADA decision will be announced on Monday

by Shane Stokes - Friday, October 19, 2012
Quick decision reached on whether or not case will be appealed to CAS

Cycling’s governing body the UCI has come to a relatively quick decision in relation to the Lance Armstrong doping case, revealing that it will announce its intention with regard to the case in just three days’ time. The UCI was sent the reasoned... → Read More


Giant considering taking over as name-sponsor of Rabobank team

by Ben Atkins - Friday, October 19, 2012
Taiwanese bike company may be about to step up commitment to save Dutch team

Giant Bicycles is considering taking over as the name-sponsor of the Rabobank team after the shock decision of the Dutch bank to pull out at the end of the season. The Taiwanese company, which is the biggest bike manufacturer in the World, has its Eu... → Read More


Bernhard Eisel extends with Team Sky through 2015

by Ben Atkins - Friday, October 19, 2012
Mark Cavendish’s “minder” stays put as Manx Missile departs for Omega Pharma-Quick Step

Sky Procycling has announced that Bernhard Eisel has extended his contract with the team until the end of 2015, which means that the Austrian will not be following 2011 World champion Mark Cavendish to Omega Pharma-Quick Step. The 31-year-old Austri... → Read More


Italian cycling mourns as “Lion of Flanders” Fiorenzo Magni dies aged 91

by Ben Atkins - Friday, October 19, 2012
“Third man” of the Coppi-Bartali era passes away in his sleep

Amid the chaos of past and present doping scandals, Italian cycling mourns the passing of a legend today with the news that Fiorenzo Magni died lastnight, according to la Gazzetta dello Sport. The 91-year-old, who was known as the “third man” in Ital... → Read More

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