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Andrey Amador receives hero's welcome from Costa Rican President by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, July 30, 2011 Movistar rider completed Tour de France with a sprained ankleAndrey Amador (Movistar) received a hero’s welcome when he returned to Costa Rica this week, after completing the Tour de France. A large group of supporters received him upon his arrival at the Juan Santamaria Airport in San Jose before he was whisk... → Read More
No Grand Tour for Serge Pauwels as injury strikes again by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, July 30, 2011 Belgian to miss the Vuelta a EspañaSerge Pauwels’ 2011 season continues with adversity as he’s now to miss the Vuelta a España. The Belgian Sky Procycling rider crashed in the Tour de Wallonie this week and hurt his triceps.
“An MRI scan has not yielded good news,” Pauwels told H... → Read More
Hayden Roulston Interview: Frustrating season, but Kiwi champ says 'it’s not over yet' by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, July 30, 2011 Kiwi talks about getting that elusive first win of the season and his futureThe 2011 cycling season started off perfectly for Hayden Roulston (HTC Highroad) when he won the New Zealand national championships in Christchurch. A year after finishing second, the Kiwi returned for the gold medal and the honour of wearing the nat... → Read More
Memorial site of Wouter Weylandt vandalized by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, July 30, 2011 Site to be restored by city of GhentA memorial site built for deceased cyclists Wouter Weylandt, Dmitri De Fauw and Frederiek Nolf was found to be vandalized in the city of Ghent on Thursday evening.
Patrick Cosyn, the man who initiated the effort to make the memorial, told Sporza o... → Read More
HTC-Highroad wins Vårgårda World Cup team time trial at last by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 29, 2011 Finally a victory for the American team after three consecutive second placesThe HTC-Highroad team of Judith Arndt, Charlotte Becker, Amber Neben, Ina Teutenberg, Ellen Van Dijk and Emilia Fahlin has finally won the World Cup team time trial in Vårgårda, Sweden. The American team finished second in the previous three edition... → Read More
Former race winner Ballan to lead BMC Racing Team in Tour de Pologne by VeloNation Press - Friday, July 29, 2011 Santambrogio will also be a protected rider in WorldTour raceThe 2009 race winner Alessandro Ballan is one of several riders who will battle it out for the overall victory in the Tour de Pologne, with the Italian heading the BMC Racing Team when the race begins on Sunday.
Ballan, who took stage five plus t... → Read More
Giro d’Italia stage winner Bart De Clercq back in action for Omega Pharma-Lotto by Kyle Moore - Friday, July 29, 2011 Tour of Poland begins second half of 24 year old’s seasonThe young guns who made a splash for the Belgian team Omega Pharma- Lotto in the spring have re-emerged for the final part of the season. After getting his first professional win on stage seven in the Giro d’Italia, Bart De Clercq has trained specif... → Read More
Cadel Evans to the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, race will feature entire Tour de France podium by Kyle Moore - Friday, July 29, 2011 Superb lineup for inaugural event Shawn Hunter, co-chairman of the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado, has confirmed that Tour de France champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) will be participating in the race. The Pro Challenge, which will be held from August 22-28, wi... → Read More
HTC-Highroad aiming to put Peter Velits on San Sebastian podium by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 29, 2011 Form built in the final week of the Tour de France should see Slovakian well on Jaizkibel climbHTC-Highroad will go into tomorrow’s Clásica San Sebastian with the aim of getting Peter Velits in the podium, even though the team will be starting with six riders instead of eight. Although the Slovakian rider was off the pace in the first mountai... → Read More
Ivan Basso carrying Tour de France form to San Sebastian by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 29, 2011 Liquigas-Cannondale also confident in the condition of Kristjan Koren in the Basque ClásicaIvan Basso will lead the Liquigas-Cannondale team in tomorrow’s Clásica San Sebastian hoping to build on the form he has built up in finishing eighth in the Tour de France. The 33-year-old finished second in the Basque classic in 2003, then sixth in... → Read More
Jonathan Bellis out of Tour of Poland; tough season continues by Kyle Moore - Friday, July 29, 2011 Briton suffering from bronchitisJonathan Bellis (SaxoBank-SunGard) has come down sick just before he was scheduled to start the Tour of Poland and, consequently, the ‘other’ rider from the Isle of Man will be forced to take some time off. Bellis will look to begin racing again soo... → Read More
Omega Pharma officially confirms its intention to continue WorldTour team by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 29, 2011 Belgian team hints at merger with smaller, unnamed outfit to make up shortfall for loss of LottoAlthough it has already been announced in the media that Omega Pharma intended to carry on with its WorldTour team, despite its co-sponsor Lotto deciding to go elsewhere, a joint statement from the team and the sponsor has been released to confirm th... → Read More
Filippo Pozzato returns to racing in Katusha’s Tour of Poland team by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 29, 2011 Russian team fielding all four of its Italians with Danilo Di Luca building up for the VueltaAfter fielding an entirely Russian line up for the Tour de France, Katusha will be sending all four of its Italians to the Tour of Poland, which starts in Pruszkov this Sunday. The race will see the return to competition for Filippo Pozzato, who has... → Read More
No Vuelta a España for José Rujano after transfer rumours denied by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 29, 2011 Savio says Venezuelan climber will remain with Androni Giocattoli in 2012Androni Giocattoli team manager Gianni Savio has categorically denied rumours that his rider Jose Rujano might compete in the Vuelta a España as part of a rival team, saying that the rider will stay put with his current squad.Rujano returned to the t... → Read More
Iglinskiy cleared of cocaine use, reiterates he was alone night of arrest by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 29, 2011 Astana rider says that he will sue over reports of cocaine useFollowing Wednesday’s news that Valentin Iglinskiy was stopped for speeding by French police and found to be over the drink driving limit, the Astana team has announced that blood tests carried out have shown that the rider didn’t consume cocaine.
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Thor Hushovd looking for World Championship repeat by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 29, 2011 Norwegian confident he can defend his rainbow jersey on sprinters’ course in CopenhagenThor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo) is hoping to successfully defend his rainbow jersey at the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark in September. The Norwegian was a surprise winner on last year’s Melbourne/Geelong, Australia course, as prevailing o... → Read More
HTC Highroad women aiming to finally land win in Vargarda World Cup team time trial by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 29, 2011 Squad aiming to step up after three years taking secondAfter three consecutive years as runners-up, six HTC Highroad riders will today aim to finally win the Vargarda World Cup team time trial in Sweden. Judith Arndt, Charlotte Becker, Emilia Fahlin, Amber Neben, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg and Ellen Van Dijk ha... → Read More
GreenEdge CEO McKay talks about disagreements with Gerry Ryan and why he left team by VeloNation Press - Thursday, July 28, 2011 Hopes that Australian WorldTour applicant won’t be adversely affected Just days before Monday’s start date for signing and naming new riders, the GreenEdge team was shaken by the news that chief executive Mike McKay has resigned over differences with team owner Gerry Ryan.
"We're both successful and proud people wi... → Read More
Philippe Gilbert wins Herentals post-Tour criterium by Ben Atkins - Thursday, July 28, 2011 Belgian champion continues his domination of exhibition racesPhilippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) continued his dominance of the Belgian post-Tour races with victory in the Natourctiterium van Herentals. The Belgian champion has been in demand in the traditional exhibition criteriums, having won in Aalst on M... → Read More
Joaquim Rodriguez to lead Katusha in Basque races by Ben Atkins - Thursday, July 28, 2011 2010 World number one hoping to kickstart current WorldTour campaignJoaquim Rodriguez will lead the Katusha team to the Clásica San Sebastian and the Circuito de Getxo this coming weekend. The Catalan rider, who finished at the top of the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Tour in 2010, will look to kickstart h... → Read More
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