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Evans getting over virus and focussed on a strong 2013

by VeloNation Press - Monday, October 8, 2012
Blood test this week for Australian BMC Racing Team rider

Having decided to call an end to his season on September fourth due to what his team described as a low grade infection, Cadel Evans has rested for the past four weeks to help his body recover. The 2011 Tour de France winner is determined to get ... → Read More


Nicki Sørensen gets first victory in GP Beghelli

by Kyle Moore - Sunday, October 7, 2012
Dane nets lone win of 2012 in final Italian road race of the season

Nicki Sørensen (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) got his first victory of 2012 in Italy’s final road race of the season on Sunday, in the GP Bruno Beghelli. Sørensen added the first triumph to his career tally since the Danish national road race last year, a... → Read More


Vinokourov hangs up his wheels with farewell criterium in Monaco

by VeloNation Press - Sunday, October 7, 2012
Olympic champion says goodbye to supporters

Officially, his last race was the Clasica San Sebastian on August 14th, but Alexandre Vinokourov clicked into competitive mode one more time today with a farewell criterium in Port Hercule, Monaco. Lining out alongside current and former pros incl... → Read More


Rabobank says it’s still awaiting outcome of Carlos Barredo’s UCI biological passport enquiry

by Shane Stokes - Sunday, October 7, 2012
Further information provided by sidelined rider

Still sitting out from competition as he awaits a decision from the UCI in relation to his biopassport values, Carlos Barredo has provided further information to the governing body. “It was all by letter. The questions came in by letter, and Carl... → Read More


Sven Nys takes victory in Ruddervoorde Superprestige opener

by Ben Atkins - Sunday, October 7, 2012
Mister Superprestige finally fights off Niels Albert in the closing turns of a fast, dry race

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) reminded his rivals once again that he is “Mister Superprestige” with victory in the opening race of the 2012/13 series in Ruddervoorde, Belgium. After a long battle, the Belgian champion finally managed to escape t... → Read More


Marco Marcato takes a fast Paris-Tours from a three-man break

by Ben Atkins - Sunday, October 7, 2012
Italian outpaces Laurens De Vreese and Niki Terpstra after an attacking day in the Sprinters’ Classic

Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil-DCM) took victory in the 2012 edition of Paris-Tours, as the breakaway artists had their day again in the Sprinters’ Classic. The Italian was the fastest of the three riders that remained from a larger group that had torn i... → Read More


Disqualified Tour of Turkey winner Ivaïlo Gabrovski gets a two-year suspension for EPO

by Shane Stokes - Sunday, October 7, 2012
Astana celebrating Alexandr Dyachenko’s victory in race

Two and a half months after it was announced that Ivailo Gabrovski had tested positive for EPO, the now-disqualified Tour of Turkey winner has been handed a lengthy ban from the sport. The Bulgarian rider has been given a two year suspension by h... → Read More


Hesjedal seeking to add Tour of Beijing to Giro d’Italia success

by VeloNation Press - Saturday, October 6, 2012
Dan Martin and Heinrich Haussler also ambitious

Although crashing out of the Tour de France was a crushing disappointment at the time, Ryder Hesjedal now recognises that the enforced mid-season break has handed him the opportunity to add a second big WorldTour success to his results for this year.... → Read More


Nairo Quintana escapes a select group to win the Giro dell’Emilia

by Ben Atkins - Saturday, October 6, 2012
Colombian jumps away in the final kilometre to take seventh victory in debut season at the top level

After the success of Carlos Betancur the previous year, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) became only the second Colombian to win the Giro dell’Emilia as he attacked the remains of an exclusive eight-man breakaway group on the final climb to the Santurario d... → Read More


Hansen ready for Tour of Beijing campaign despite completing three Grand Tours in 2012

by VeloNation Press - Saturday, October 6, 2012
Henderson, Wellens also for Lotto Belisol, Marcyznski and Hoogerland lead Vacansoleil-DCM

Having completed 98 days of racing already this year, surpassed over 15,000 kilometres in competition and finished the Giro, Tour and Vuelta, Adam Hansen has already proven his toughness. However a month after he became the only rider to complete... → Read More


Nick Nuyens adds strength to Garmin-Sharp’s Classics roster

by Ben Atkins - Saturday, October 6, 2012
2011 Ronde winner signs for American team on three-year deal

Nick Nuyens has joined Garmin-Sharp on a three-year deal that will see the Belgian Classics specialist with the American team through 2013. The 32-year-old winner of the 2011 Ronde van Vlaanderen has spent the last two years with Danish outfit Saxo ... → Read More


Nacer Bouhanni dreaming of winning Paris-Tours in the tricolore

by Ben Atkins - Saturday, October 6, 2012
French champion taking aim at the Sprinters’ Classic

Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ-BigMat) is looking to end his season in style, with victory in tomorrow’s Paris-Tours. The race, known as “the Sprinters’ Classic” - as well as sharing the nickname “the Race of the Falling Leaves” with the Giro di Lombardia - ma... → Read More


Jean-René Bernadeau feels the WorldTour Schedule is too busy for Europcar

by Ben Atkins - Saturday, October 6, 2012
French ProConti team’s manager explains decision not to apply for ProTeam status in 2013

Despite having some of the biggest names in French cycling in his roster, Europcar team manager Jean-René Bernadeau is still not ready to step back up to WorldTour level. After almost having disappeared altogether at the end of 2010, when he was havi... → Read More


Swiss TT championship runner-up Thomas Frei confirms he’s looking for offers

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, October 6, 2012
Cristina Watches Onfone rider making steady progress in recovery from hip injury

Amid reports of a clearout of some riders and staff from the Christina Watches Onfone squad, Thomas Frei has confirmed that he is looking for another team for 2013. “At the moment its really open and nothing is fixed yet,” he told VeloNation. “It’s... → Read More


Defending champion Van Avermaet and Ballan to spearhead BMC Racing Team at Paris-Tours

by VeloNation Press - Saturday, October 6, 2012
American team determined ahead of tomorrow’s semi-Classic

Hampered a little by illness in the build-up to the race, Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet is nevertheless aiming to successfully defend his title in tomorrow’s Paris-Tours. Last year he broke clear with Marco Marcato and outsprinted him to the line, ... → Read More


UCI’s former anti-doping chief says she has full trust in USADA’s integrity

by VeloNation Press - Saturday, October 6, 2012
Urges UCI to work with USADA in Armstrong case, Parisotto wants impartial enquiry of UCI if evidence is there

As the file into sanctions against Lance Armstrong is being finalised, former UCI anti-doping chief Anne Gripper has given her backing to the US Anti Doping Agency and said she has full trust in its work. There have been several signs of tension ... → Read More


Philippe Gilbert: The world champion speaks after his biggest career success

by VeloNation Press - Friday, October 5, 2012
New rainbow jersey meets the press

It was, for many months, the toughest year of his career. Handed a multi-million Euro contract last winter when he moved to the BMC Racing Team, Philippe Gilbert began the season with a huge weight of expectation on his shoulders. He was one of the m... → Read More


FDJ-BigMat looking for opportunities in the Tour of Beijing

by Ben Atkins - Friday, October 5, 2012
No sprinter for French WorldTour team at the end of “a good year”

FDJ-BigMat will line up at next week’s Tour of Beijing without a conventional sprinter, but will be looking to take glory in other ways in a race that suited the fastmen last year. The French WorldTour team was not present at last year’s inaugural e... → Read More


Boasson Hagen heads depleted Sky Procycling team at Tour of Beijing

by VeloNation Press - Friday, October 5, 2012
Swift rules himself out, leaving team with just five riders

Clearly in strong form after winning the GP Ouest France - Plouay and taking silver in the world road race championships, Edvald Boasson Hagen is seeking to keep the momentum going next week when he lines out in the Tour of Beijing. A very strong... → Read More


Freire turns down Euskaltel-Euskadi offer to transition from rider to coach

by VeloNation Press - Friday, October 5, 2012
Triple world champion retires from cycling

An effort to get Oscar Freire to delay his retirement has proven unsuccessful, with the Euskaltel-Euskadi team’s advances to the triple world champion not convincing him to change his mind. Freire told VeloNation prior to the world road race champion... → Read More

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