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Will Clarke leaves Leopard Trek for Champion System by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, October 22, 2011 Chinese team also adds Kemps and Avery to squadChampion System Pro Cycling Team has added firepower from the southern hemisphere to its roster as it continues to build for 2012. The team is looking to become China’s first UCI Pro Continental team next year and has signed Australia’s Will Clarke a... → Read More
Matxin urges Geox TMC riders to fight on, says it is possible to continue by Shane Stokes - Saturday, October 22, 2011 Requests companies to consider backing the Spanish team The chief sponsor may have withdrawn from the Geox TMC team, but Joxean Fernández Matxin continues to believe that it is possible to resolve the situation with a replacement backer and to obtain a UCI licence for 2012.
The team’s sporting manager... → Read More
Miguel Agreda becomes second rider from Canadian Garneau team to admit doping by Shane Stokes - Saturday, October 22, 2011 Canadian Cycling Association reserves judgement until confirmation is givenDays after the 2010 Candian Under 23 champion Arnaud Papillon admitted doping and was handed a two year ban for EPO use, another rider from the Garneau-Club Chaussures team has also made a public confession of wrongdoing.Peruvian rider Miguel Agreda ... → Read More
Bruyneel finalises chief team staff and lays out initial schedule for RadioShack-Nissan team by VeloNation Press - Saturday, October 22, 2011 Three training camps to take place between now and JanuaryJohan Bruyneel has confirmed the staff who will work alongside him as part of the RadioShack-Nissan team in 2012, as well as giving the initial schedule for those and the riders who will form part of the squad.
He will work alongside the current ... → Read More
Rapha Condor Sharp changes focus to development in 2012, Chris Jennings on board by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, October 22, 2011 Twenty year old South African happy to be part of the set up next yearBritish Continental team Rapha Condor Sharp has announced a major shift in the team’s focus. The team has been around since 2006 and has dominated the UK racing scene along with major success in other parts of the world like Asia and Africa, but will... → Read More
GreenEdge to know its WorldTour destiny soon, Durbridge and Hepburn signed? by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, October 22, 2011 Australian hopefuls rumoured to have maximum-allowed thirty ridersAustralian World Tour hopefuls GreenEdge will find out on the 1st November whether its bid to enter the sport at the top level is successful. On the aforementioned date, the UCI will release the list of the first fifteen teams from the maximum eighte... → Read More
Mark Cavendish to become a father in 2012 by VeloNation Press - Saturday, October 22, 2011 Baby was conceived during the Tour de FranceMark Cavendish took two of his biggest ambitions this season, securing the green jersey in the Tour de France and taking the rainbow jersey in the world championships, and now has an additional reason to celebrate. He and his partner Peta Todd have c... → Read More
Lampre-ISD turns focus to 2012 season after high WorldTour finish by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, October 22, 2011 Italian squad testing riders at the Mapei Sports CentreLampre-ISD has enjoyed one of its more successful seasons in terms of race wins. The Italian outfit has ended the year in seventh place on the UCI WorldTour rankings, six places better than last year. Marquee riders Michele Scarponi, Damiano Cungeo a... → Read More
Geox-TMC crisis: Menchov already in contact with other teams by VeloNation Press - Friday, October 21, 2011 Says he could stay put if replacement backer is foundDenis Menchov, who along with Vuelta a España winner Juan Jose Cobo is the biggest name on the Geox TMC team, appears surprisingly relaxed about yesterday’s news that the chief sponsor was ending its association with the sport some four years earlier... → Read More
Gianni Meersman to Lotto-Ridley rather than RadioShack-Nissan-Trek by Bjorn Haake - Friday, October 21, 2011 But Hayden Roulston ready to move for Luxembourg squadGianni Meersman of the FDJ team is heading to the Lotto-Ridley team for 2012, according to De Krant van West Vlaanderen. The Belgian had signed a contract with the RadioShack team earlier, the paper reported. After the merger of the RadioShack and Le... → Read More
Niels Albert planning to bounce back in Tabor by Kyle Moore - Friday, October 21, 2011 Belgian playing catch-up after Plzen start debacleAfter getting caught behind a rogue camera operator at the start of last week’s cyclo-cross World Cup opener in Plzen, Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) is confident that he can rebound this Sunday in Tabor, Czech Republic. For its second round, the cyc... → Read More
Chris Froome wants to concentrate on Tour and Vuelta in future by Bjorn Haake - Friday, October 21, 2011 British rider still learning about his capabilities Chris Froome finished a strong second in this year's Vuelta a España, behind Juan José Cobo. Initially tasked to help his Sky teammate Bradley Wiggins, it became apparent that Froome was a tad better than Wiggins towards the end of the three-week rac... → Read More
Paul de Geyter Interview: rider agent speaks about the state of the sport by Ed Hood - Friday, October 21, 2011 Belgian gives his opinion on rider contracts, teams and moreThe autumn of 2010 was one of the most frantic ever in terms of the rider transfer market – Leopard brandished the chequebook, Garmin merged with Cervélo, Milram folded and then there there was the Pegasus debacle.
But the 2011 closed season looks... → Read More
Joe Papp banned for eight years over drug distribution by Shane Stokes - Friday, October 21, 2011 Rider awaiting decision on related judicial charges Former US Pro Joe Papp has been handed down an eight year ban from competition as a result of what is the second doping violation of his career. The Philadelphian was originally given a two year sanction in May 2006, and has avoided a potential lifet... → Read More
Roadies go off-road in Crocodile Trophy in Australia by Bjorn Haake - Friday, October 21, 2011 Haselbacher, Hulsman, Benetseder all getting dirty Down UnderRené Haselbacher, Kevin Hulsman, and Josef Benetseder have or have had a great career on the road, but these days they can be spotted on a mountain bike. All three are currently racing the Crocodile Trophy in Australia (October 18 to 27), a very toug... → Read More
Karpets hopes to be flying again with Movistar team in 2012 by VeloNation Press - Friday, October 21, 2011 Russian returns to Spanish team while Bruseghin extendsFormer Tour de Suisse and Volta a Catalunya winner Vladimir Karpets will seek to regain his best form in familiar surroundings next year, hoping that a move back to the Movistar structure will help him get his career back to its best level.
The R... → Read More
Riis rules out signing Cobo and Menchov to Saxo Bank, implies team is full by VeloNation Press - Friday, October 21, 2011 Danish owner says budget isn’t there to bring more high-profile riders on boardAlthough Alberto Contador has said that he wants Bjarne Riis to sign a climber to back him up in 2012, speculation that either Denis Menchov or Juan José Cobo could come on board has been dismissed by the Dane himself.
Both Menchov and Cobo were ... → Read More
GP Samyn winner Dominic Klemme adds strength to 1t4i team lineup by Shane Stokes - Friday, October 21, 2011 Promising competitor leaves Leopard Trek team for Dutch squad German rider Dominic Klemme, who ended Leopard-Trek’s wait for its first win when he took the GP Samyn in Marck, is transferring to the Project 1t4i team in 2012. The squad is continuing to build strength as it pushes for a UCI ProTeam contract, and ... → Read More
US-based Argentinean rider Dotti handed a two year ban by VeloNation Press - Friday, October 21, 2011 Was racing with the Aerocat teamThe United States Anti-Doping Agency has banned the 27 year old rider Juan Pablo Dotti for two years after he tested positive during the 2011 Tulsa Tough on June 12, 2011, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Argentinean rider, who lives in Duluth, Georgia, finis... → Read More
Geox-TMC crisis: CAS confirms that it can rule in some contract cases by Shane Stokes - Friday, October 21, 2011 Court states that Geox and team owners would need to have a prior arrangementFollowing yesterday’s news that the management company running the Geox TMC team is planning on taking an action with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over a dispute with the chief title sponsor, Geox, CAS has commented on the matter.
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