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UCI, Cycling Anti Doping Foundation gives tentative all clear to Tour de France doping samples by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, August 20, 2013 No positive tests from this year’s Tour, retrospective tests may still be carried outThe UCI’s Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation stated on Tuesday that the samples analysed at this year’s Tour de France have shown no signs of the use of banned substances.The news is a provisional all clear for the race, although the CADF director France... → Read More
Hardman Adam Hansen speaks about his aims starting his seventh consecutive Grand Tour by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, August 20, 2013 Australian wants to pick up a stage win somewhere between start in Galicia and finale in MadridAlready a stage winner in the Giro d’Italia this year, Adam Hansen sets out in what is his seventh Grand Tour in a row with a clear aim for the Vuelta a España.
“I’d very much like to win a stage in the Vuelta. I’m definitely going to have a go f... → Read More
Euskaltel Euskadi confirms it has begun ‘an orderly shutdown’ of team by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, August 20, 2013 Management rue ‘sad day’ for team and for cyclingConfirming what was reported today in the Basque media, the Euskaltel Euskadi team has formally announced that it has begun the process of winding up the team, although it commits to finishing out the season before all activity stops.
The sad new... → Read More
USA Pro Challenge: Van Avermaet and Reijnen go close to stage win in Aspen by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, August 20, 2013 BMC Racing Team and UnitedHealthcare podium finishers beaten by Sagan, will keep tryingThey were the riders who were closest to denying Peter Sagan his stage win on day one of the USA Pro Challenge, but who came up short against the Slovakian in the final sprint to the line in Aspen. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) and Kiel Reijnen... → Read More
Report: Euskaltel Euskadi team has run out of time in hunt for new sponsor by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, August 20, 2013 Riders, staff learn that there’s no hope of a turnaround After almost two decades of involvement in the sport, the Basque Euskaltel Euskadi team is set to close its doors at the end of the season, with no solution being found to its loss of sponsors for the 2014 season.
According to the Basque newspaper... → Read More
Philip Deignan Interview: Irishman ready to rumble at the USA Pro Challenge by Shane Stokes - Monday, August 19, 2013 “I feel really good at the moment…I am confident that I am in good shape”Winner of the Tour of the Gila and ninth overall in the subsequent Tour of California, Philip Deignan has said that he believes he could be in even better condition for this week’s USA Pro Challenge in Colorado.
The UnitedHealthcare competitor is... → Read More
Sagan outkicks Van Avermaet in USA Pro Challenge opening stage by Kyle Moore - Monday, August 19, 2013 Slovak tries a small break in final 10km, then takes sprint once it all comes togetherPeter Sagan (Cannondale) got yet another win on American soil to open the USA Pro Cycling challenge, sprinting to the line in Aspen quicker than Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing).When things started to break up with the original break pulled back inside... → Read More
Video highlights: UCI Women's World Cup Vargarda races by VeloNation Press - Monday, August 19, 2013 Victories for world champions Specialized lululemon and Marianne VosSee race reports here:
Team time trial: Specialized-lululemon wins third consecutive Vårgårda team time trial World Cup
Road race: Marianne Vos wins Open de Suéde Vårgårda World Cup → Read More
Pate prolongs with Sky, Brown extends with Belkin by Shane Stokes - Monday, August 19, 2013 Contract extensions for team helpers, both credited with contributing to strong team performancesCurrently into his second season with the squad, Danny Pate has been handed an extension to his contract and will remain part of Team Sky in 2014.
The British outfit has announced the new deal without making clear the length of the agreement. Pat... → Read More
Team Colombia bringing its best climbers to USA Pro Challenge by Kyle Moore - Monday, August 19, 2013 Butler dreaming of top ten for Champion SystemThe busiest racing month of the calendar has been just as hectic for the Colombia professional cycling team, having put up fronts in the Tours of Poland, Burgos, and the Tour de l’Ain. The team has both its victories this month as well, with Leonard... → Read More
Ciolek’s past team-mate Linus Gerdemann to join compatriot on MTN Qhubeka in 2014 by VeloNation Press - Monday, August 19, 2013 Former Tour de France stage winner returns to high level competition with African squadHaving already found success with one former T-Mobile/Highroad rider in Milan Sanremo winner Gerald Ciolek, the MTN Qhubeka team has now signed another who competed with Bob Stapleton’s successful squad in the past.
Former Tour de France stage wi... → Read More
Euskaltel-Euskadi pulling out all the stops in Vuelta a España by Kyle Moore - Monday, August 19, 2013 Sanchez backed by Nieve, Anton, Martinez and Landa in possibly its last grand tourEuskaltel-Euskadi is sending a squad to the Vuelta a España that could contend for stage victories, as well as the overall title, when the race begins on Saturday. Having skipped the Tour de France, Samuel Sanchez is back as the feature rider for th... → Read More
2012 champion Boom describes Eneco points jersey as a consolation prize, Kelderman happy with seventh by VeloNation Press - Monday, August 19, 2013 Belkin team played important role in animating WorldTour raceHe started the race as defending champion and while he was able to take over the leader’s jersey in his hometown of Vlijmen on day four, Lars Boom ultimately had to be satisfied with eleventh overall. The Dutch Belkin rider lost chances on the penult... → Read More
Movistar dedicates team to Valverde in Vuelta a España, believes in his chances of final victory by VeloNation Press - Monday, August 19, 2013 “We don't have any reasons why we shouldn't think about fighting for the overall win with Alejandro”The Movistar team has thrown its full weight behind Alejandro Valverde, last year’s runner-up, believing that he can head to the Vuelta a España confident in his chances of taking a second career victory in the race.
Valverde was one of the stron... → Read More
Wiggins: Just one more year on the road, then all systems go for track gold in the 2016 Olympic Games by VeloNation Press - Monday, August 19, 2013 Briton rules out ever targeting a Grand Tour againSaying that he has already decided on a path back to being a heavier track rider and thus turned away from thoughts of ever winning the Tour de France – or any Grand Tour – again, Bradley Wiggins has indicated that he has one more season as a Team Sk... → Read More
Eneco Tour winner Stybar now aiming for Vuelta a España stage victory by Shane Stokes - Monday, August 19, 2013 Czech rider has greater self-belief after pulling off ‘unexpected’ win in WorldTour raceIncreasingly confident in his own abilities following his Eneco Tour success yesterday, Zdenek Stybar has now set a new target for himself: win the first Grand Tour stage of his career.
“My next race will be the Vuelta. I will try to do my best,”... → Read More
Danielson, Vande Velde head powerful Garmin-Sharp lineup for USA Pro Challenge by Kyle Moore - Sunday, August 18, 2013 Vande Velde the returning champ, Danielson coming off Tour of Utah winTom Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) enters the USA Pro Challenge beginning Monday as perhaps the top favourite, having recently finished off the overall victory in the Tour of Utah.
The American veteran was obviously a step ahead of the other leaders in ... → Read More
Marianne Vos wins Open de Suéde Vårgårda World Cup by Ben Atkins - Sunday, August 18, 2013 World champion secures fifth overall title with one race to goMarianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) sprinted to her second victory in the Open de Suéde Vårgårda World Cup road race in Vårgårda, Sweden, at the head of the four-rider group that had escaped in the closing laps of the 132km race. The 26-year-old World... → Read More
More surgery necessary for BMC Racing Team’s Ballan as further stomach adhesions are diagnosed by Shane Stokes - Sunday, August 18, 2013 Complications of December crash continue for former world champion, no estimate as to when he’ll returnHaving been forced to withdraw from the Tour de Wallonie in July as a result of stomach issues, former world champion Alessandro Ballan will once again go under the knife in order to try to put the problem behind him once and for all.
The Italian... → Read More
Voigt confirms that he’ll be part of the new Trek team setup in 2014, his final year in the pro peloton by Shane Stokes - Sunday, August 18, 2013 Retirement beckons for the oldest rider in the WorldTour…but not quite yetHe’s already hinted it, and now it’s been made official; Jens Voigt will join the new Trek WorldTour team in 2014, riding one final year in the peloton before finally hanging up his wheels and retiring from the sport.
Already the oldest rider in ... → Read More
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