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Sam Bewley Interview: Without a pro contract, 2012 will be a year on the boards by Xylon van Eyck - Monday, February 6, 2012 Kiwi is targeting London Olympics, but hopes to return to road next seasonSam Bewley was one of the unfortunate riders last year affected by the merger between Team RadioShack and Leopard Trek. The New Zealander turned professional with RadioShack in 2010 after riding for its feeder under 23 team Trek Livestrong. While he ... → Read More
WorldTour 2010 and 2011 Redux: Erasing Alberto Contador by Ben Atkins - Monday, February 6, 2012 How big a task is it for the UCI to remove suspended rider from the last two year’s rankings?With the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) having imposed a two-year suspension on Alberto Contador, with a forfeiture of all results accrued since his positive test for clenbuterol, the International Cycling Union (UCI) now has the unenviable tas... → Read More
Analysis: How UCI’s Licence Commission could strip Saxo Bank of its ProTeam licence by Shane Stokes - Monday, February 6, 2012 Contador’s team may be demoted after today’s CAS rulingThe decision last year by Bjarne Riis to put so many eggs in the Alberto Contador basket may yet prove costly for the team, with the UCI warning today that the squad could potentially be demoted to Pro Continental level. As VeloNation pointed out la... → Read More
Andy Fenn doubles up in Mallorca with Trofeo Migjorn sprint by Ben Atkins - Monday, February 6, 2012 21-year-old British neo-pro fastest again in Balearic bunch sprintAs his teammate Tom Boonen was holding on to the race lead in the Tour of Qatar by his fingernails, Omega Pharma-Quick Step neo-pro Andy Fenn was chalking up his second victory in the Challenge Mallorca, with another sprint win in the Trofeo Migjorn.... → Read More
Saxo Bank regrets Contador CAS verdict, WADA welcomes it by Shane Stokes - Monday, February 6, 2012 Reactions continue to today’s sanctioning of Spanish rider Saxo Bank team owner Bjarne Riis has responded to today’s news that Alberto Contador has been suspended and lost several big race results, saying that he regretted the outcome.
Contador has been stripped of his 2010 Tour title, a result he took w... → Read More
Brother: Alberto Contador will not retire after doping suspension imposed by Shane Stokes - Monday, February 6, 2012 Sastre, Delgado, Pereiro and RFEC chief respondFran Contador, the brother and agent of Alberto Contador, has made clear that the suspended rider will not retire from the sport.
The Spaniard had originally said that if he was sanctioned for his Clenbuterol positive that he would walk away from ... → Read More
Michele Scarponi: “I’m very sorry for Alberto Contador” by Ben Atkins - Monday, February 6, 2012 Lampre-ISD captain stands to inherit 2011 Giro d’Italia title after Spanish rider’s retrospective suspensionOne of those to benefit from Alberto Contador being handed a retrospective two year suspension for his clenbuterol positive at the 2010 Tour de France, is 2011 Giro d’Italia runner-up Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD). Contador will not only forfeit his... → Read More
Contador case: Schleck says he is ‘not happy’ to be the winner of the 2010 Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Monday, February 6, 2012 Insists he wants to win on the road, not in courtAlthough his main rival Alberto Contador has been stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title, Andy Schleck has insisted that he is not pleased to be named the winner of the race.
“There is no reason to be happy now,” he said from Majorca, where he... → Read More
Tour of Qatar: Garmin-Barracuda blitzes team time trial but Boonen clings to gold by Ben Atkins - Monday, February 6, 2012 Belgian holds race lead by three-hundredths of a second after American team fastest in 11.3km Lusail testGarmin-Barracuda blasted around the 11.3km stage two team time trial course, out and back from the Lusail Cycling Circuit, in a time of 12’38”. With Omega Pharma-Quick Step finishing a ever-so slightly less than seven seconds behind the American team... → Read More
Eddy Merckx: “I think people want to kill off cycling” by Ben Atkins - Monday, February 6, 2012 Belgian legend reacts to CAS verdict in Alberto Contador caseEddy Merckx has spoken about his disappointment about the fact that the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) has ruled that Alberto Contador should be suspended for two years. The Belgian legend, who won more than any other rider in the sport, was a... → Read More
Confirmed: Contador handed two year doping ban, loses 2010 Tour title by Shane Stokes - Monday, February 6, 2012 CAS rules against Spaniard, says contaminated supplement caused Clenbuterol postiveTriple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has today lost one of those titles, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne stripping him of his 2010 victory plus his 2011 Giro d'Italia title and handing him a two year ban.
Contador test... → Read More
Ill Will Clarke aiming to recover for Tour of Oman by Shane Stokes - Monday, February 6, 2012 Santos Tour Down Under stage winner unable to start in QatarThe Champion System squad will start today’s team time trial at the Tour of Qatar missing one of its strongest riders, with Will Clarke being a non-starter on the yesterday’s opening stage.
The Australian won a stage in the Santos Tour Down Under... → Read More
Fenn nabs first pro win in Mallorca by VeloNation Press - Sunday, February 5, 2012 Evans, Schlecks and Contador took part in early season openerOn a day when former Paris-Roubaix winner Tom Boonen triumphed on stage one of the Tour of Qatar, a past winner of the under 23 version of the same Classic hit the line first in Palma de Mallorca, winning his first pro race. British rider Andy Fenn t... → Read More
Coppel surprised to take overall classification in Étoile de Besseges by Shane Stokes - Sunday, February 5, 2012 Frenchman didn’t believe he would overhaul RollandSitting twenty seconds behind race leader Pierre Rolland (Europcar) heading into the concluding time trial, former world under 23 championship bronze medallist Jerome Coppel used his skill against the clock to overcome his deficit, but admitted after... → Read More
David Howman Interview: WADA’s director general speaks about Armstrong/USPS investigation by Shane Stokes - Sunday, February 5, 2012 “There should be no impediment to evidence being handed over relatively quickly”The director general of the World Anti Doping Agency David Howman has said that he believes the evidence gathered thus far in the US Postal Service/Lance Armstrong federal investigation will be handed over to the US Anti Doping Agency (USADA), and th... → Read More
Tour of Qatar: Course change reconnaissance puts BMC's Adam Blythe into white by Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 5, 2012 Red and black team checked out new stage finish as roadworks forced a move from Doha Golf ClubAs soon as it was announced that roadworks had necessitated the move of the finish of the first stage of the Tour of Qatar, from the Doha Golf Club to the nearby New Atlantic College, BMC Racing Team directeur sportif John Lelangue had his riders che... → Read More
Tom Meeusen completes his double-weekend in the Superprestige Hoogstraten by Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 5, 2012 Two wins in two days for Belgium’s new IcemanTom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) followed his first victory of the season, in the previous day’s Krawatencross Lille, with his second in the Superprestige Hoogstraten. The 23-year-old managed to escape the tactical battle between the two series leaders, S... → Read More
Past winner Charteau heads Europcar team in Tour de Langkawi by VeloNation Press - Sunday, February 5, 2012 Five former winners to take part in Malaysian raceFormer race winner and 2010 Tour de France King of the Mountains Anthony Charteau will lead the Europcar team in this year’s Tour de Langkawi, which begins in just under three week’s time in Putrajaya, near Kuala Lumpur. The Frenchman joins other rac... → Read More
Tom Boonen cruises to sprint victory in opening Qatar stage by Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 5, 2012 Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider takes yet another stage win in windy Middle Eastern raceTom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) rekindled his love affair with the Tour of Qatar with an apparently easy victory in the first stage, between Barzan Towers and a changed finish at the New Atlantic College. The former World champion was delivered ... → Read More
Mark Cavendish passed fit to start Tour of Qatar by Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 5, 2012 World champion “not 100% healthy” but cleared to raceMark Cavendish has been passed fit by Team Sky’s medical team, and has lined up at the start of the Tour of Qatar, his first race of the season. The World champion had been suffering from a fever, apparently picked up on the flight over, and spent m... → Read More
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