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Tour de Suisse: Albasini scoops mountain stage win, Costa under pressure by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 16, 2012 Race leader loses time but narrowly holds on to race leadRace leader Rui Costa (Movistar) came under big pressure on today’s penultimate stage of the Tour de Suisse, losing fifty seconds to rival Frank Schleck (RadioShack Nissan) but managing to hold on by fifteen slender seconds. Costa’s retention of yell... → Read More
Daryl Impey Interview: Big season with Orica GreenEdge by Ed Hood - Saturday, June 16, 2012 South African back to winning with Australian WorldTour teamDaryl Impey will always be remembered as the rider who suffered a horrific crash in the final metres of the Presidential Tour of Turkey in 2009 with the yellow jersey on his back – the podium substituted for an ambulance, that day.
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Italian investigators reported as tracing $465,000 payment from Armstrong to Ferrari in 2006 by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 16, 2012 Money movements may be part of USADA’s move against US Postal Service teamAlthough witness statements are expected to form a large part of USADA’s case against Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel and four others connected to the US Postal Service team, investigators from the US and elsewhere are looking at other angles too.
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Baby Giro: US National team’s Dombrowski aims to emulate Hampsten on Passo di Gavia by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 16, 2012 American to battle to take the Maglia Rosa backTwenty-four years after Andy Hampsten seized the Maglia Rose in epic conditions on the Passo di Gavia, another American rider will aim to do the same in the amateur version of the race, the GiroBio.
The 21 year old US national team rider Joe Domb... → Read More
Ster ZLM Toer: Greipel victory raises Lotto-Belisol win tally to twenty by Kyle Moore - Friday, June 15, 2012 German sprinter bests Cavendish, who moves into overall race leadAndre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) got his 13th win of the season, tops in the professional peloton in 2012, after taking stage two of the Ster ZLM Toer on Friday. The big German’s thirteenth win gives Lotto-Belisol an even twenty for the season, slottin... → Read More
Tour de Slovenie: Daryl Impey speeds to stage two victory by Kyle Moore - Friday, June 15, 2012 South African takes second win of the season ahead of Ponzi, UlissiDaryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) survived the rolling terrain of the second stage of the Tour de Slovénie on Friday and took the bunch sprint ahead of current race leader Simone Ponzi (Astana) and Diego Ulissi (Lampre-ISD).
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RadioShack Nissan team says it will take ‘all appropriate measures’ in relation to USADA doping case by Shane Stokes - Friday, June 15, 2012 Bruyneel’s future with the team appears to be under questionAlthough Johan Bruyneel has claimed innocence in relation to the doping accusations he is being faced with by the US Anti Doping Agency, the RadioShack Nissan team has said that it is considering the situation and that it will take ‘all appropriate m... → Read More
Bruyneel protests USADA investigation, claims innocence by Shane Stokes - Friday, June 15, 2012 Belgian says he’s being pursued ‘from court to court’After two days of silence on the matter, former US Postal Service manager Johan Bruyneel has protested his innocence of the doping allegations that the US Anti Doping Service has made against him and said that he had nothing to hide.
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Kessiakoff stuns in beating Cancellara in Tour de Suisse time trial by Shane Stokes - Friday, June 15, 2012 Costa extends race lead with strong eighth placeAstana’s Fredrik Kessiakoff took a big scalp today in the Tour de Suisse, winning the stage seven time trial by two seconds ahead of Fabian Cancellara. The Swedish rider completed the 34.3 kilometre test in 46 minutes 38 seconds, pipping earlier star... → Read More
UCI rules race radios will remain in use through 2013, Vaughters welcomes decision by Shane Stokes - Friday, June 15, 2012 Proposed new anti-doping system to be further discussed in SeptemberThe issue about whether or not race radios will be removed from top level pro competition has been put on hold once again, with the UCI announcing today that it has decided to delay a decision for another year.
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Armstrong’s legal team pushes for witnesses to be named in its reaction against USADA by Shane Stokes - Friday, June 15, 2012 USADA had said anonymity was used due to previous coercion and intimidationLast month Lance Armstrong indicated that he was done fighting claims he used banned drugs, saying that he was fatigued with the whole issue, and wanted to move on. “In my mind, I’m truly done. You can interpret that however you want,” he told Men’s ... → Read More
Could Schlecks be considering a move away from RadioShack? by VeloNation Press - Friday, June 15, 2012 Riders’ agent said to be making enquiries elsewhereAlthough the Schleck brothers signed multi-year contracts with the Leopard Trek setup prior to last season, there is growing speculation about whether they will remain put with the team for the duration of that agreement, or if they could compete els... → Read More
Ster ZLM Toer: Marcel Kittel leaves the world’s best in his wake in stage one sprint by Ben Atkins - Thursday, June 14, 2012 German wunderkind beats Renshaw and Cavendish in Dutch stage race openerMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) left the World’s best sprinters in his wake as he took the opening stage of the Ster ZLM Toer, between Eindhoven and Sittard/Geleen. The 24-year-old German managed to take the scalps of both Rabobank’s Mark Renshaw, and... → Read More
Tour de Slovenie: Simone Ponzi grabs opening stage in 22 man sprint by Ben Atkins - Thursday, June 14, 2012 Italian wins crash-strewn stage as the peloton splits on the final climbSimone Ponzi (Astana) won the opening leg of the Tour de Slovénie, between Celje and Novo Mesto, at the head of a 22-man peloton. The Italian was best at the end of the 152km stage, finishing ahead of Slovenian Marko Kump (Adria Mobil), and fellow I... → Read More
SCA Promotions will monitor USADA case against Armstrong/US Postal Service by Shane Stokes - Thursday, June 14, 2012 Company doesn’t rule out taking action if it becomes possibleThe insurance company which was the subject of a hotly-contested court action between 2004 and 2006, SCA Promotions, has said that it will monitor the USADA action against Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service Team, and doesn’t rule out taking le... → Read More
Dauphiné injuries cause Martin to withdraw from Irish national championships by Shane Stokes - Thursday, June 14, 2012 No road race, but Garmin Barracuda rider hopeful of riding TourTwelve months after he finished an extremely close second in the Irish road race championships, losing out to Matt Brammeier by millimetres, Dan Martin made the difficult choice to withdraw from this year’s race.
The 2008 race victor had hoped to... → Read More
Tour de Suisse: Scintillating Sagan on top yet again by Shane Stokes - Thursday, June 14, 2012 Dominant Slovakian takes another as Costa retains leadIt’s starting to look like the Tour of California. Victorious in five stages out of eight there last month, Peter Sagan is showing a similar dominance in stages of the Tour de Suisse, and today clocked up his fourth victory in six days in the race.
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Could Bruyneel or the RadioShack team be excluded from the Tour? by VeloNation Press - Thursday, June 14, 2012 ASO won’t be drawn on case at this point in timeWith the Tour de France just over two weeks away, it remains to be seen what will happen after yesterday’s news that USADA is starting an anti-doping proceeding against those involved with the former US Postal Service team. However because RadioShack... → Read More
Video: Reinardt Janse van Rensburg reflects on successful season thus far by Xylon van Eyck - Thursday, June 14, 2012 South African talks about the attention from World Tour teamsReinardt Janse van Rensburg has notched up an impressive twelve UCI wins this season. The previously little-known cyclist rides for South African continental team MTN-Qhubeka and recently returned home from a successful three month stint in Europe.
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Tour de Slovénie Preview: Italian teams and Astana likely to feature by Kyle Moore - Thursday, June 14, 2012 Diego Ulissi looking to defend title in four-day stage raceThe Tour of Slovenia (UCI 2.1) gets underway today, one of several 2.1 races positioned as Tour de France warm up races outside of France or Switzerland.
The four-day stage race features a number of Italian squads in their first major race since ... → Read More
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