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Operacion Puerto: Push to continue for release of evidence by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, May 1, 2013 Pound: “It’s embarrassing for Spain. Everybody knows if the samples are made available, we will be able to uncover quite a bit more doping.” Although yesterday’s Operacion Puerto ruling appeared to close the door on the handover of 211 blood bags to anti-doping agencies, with the judge Julia Patricia Santamaria refusing WADA’s request, there is pressure for that decision to be reversed.
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Ivan Basso to lead Cannondale with Elia Viviani in the Giro d’Italia by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Two-time winner’s “results and preparation were as expected,” says directeur sportifIvan Basso will lead the Cannondale team in the Giro d’Italia, which starts in the city of Naples on Saturday, May 4th, with the aim of taking a third Corsa Rosa victory. The 35-year-old from Varese has had a quiet season to date, with his standout r... → Read More
Mark Cavendish at the centre of Omega Pharma-Quick Step Giro d’Italia team by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Serge Pauwels and Gianluca Brambilla also targeting mountain stagesThe Omega Pharma-Quick Step team for the Giro d’Italia will be built around the sprint ambitions of Mark Cavendish, who has ten stage victories on his palmares so far. The former World champion took three of the six stages on offer to the sprinters i... → Read More
Katusha’s Giro d’Italia campaign spearheaded by Yuriy Trofimov by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Russian team aiming for top-ten in the absence of its two big Grand Tour ridersWith Joaquim Rodríguez concentrating on the Tour de France, and Denis Menchov having suffered a recurrence of an old knee injury, the Katusha Team is heading to the Giro d’Italia with neither of its tried and trusted Grand tour Contenders. Instead of... → Read More
Cycling Ireland announces EGM date, members will decide mid-June if federation will nominate McQuaid by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Crucial vote for current UCI president will take place on June 15thFour days after its announcement that it would put its nomination of Pat McQuaid as UCI president on hold and would instead call an extraordinary general meeting to debate the subject, Cycling Ireland has made formal that arrangement.
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Fuentes and Labarta found guilty in Operacion Puerto trial, get suspended prison sentences by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Judge denies WADA’s request to hand over blood bags Almost seven full years after the Operacion Puerto raids in Madrid and elsewhere, the ringleader of the doping practice Eufemiano Fuentes plus Ignacio Labarta have been found guilty by the judge ruling on the case.
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Degenkolb gunning for stage victories in Giro d’Italia, Cheng to be first Chinese rider to take part by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Argos Shimano will focus on sprint wins and also breakaways on tougher stages Having clocked up five stage wins in last year’s Vuelta a España, John Degenkolb and his Argos Shimano team are turning their attention to the Giro d’Italia, where they will hope to once again rack up a number of victories.
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Responding to Wiggins, Froome says he has full backing of Sky management to win Tour de France by VeloNation Press - Monday, April 29, 2013 “I have no doubt that the strongest and most willing riders will be there to support me”Commenting in the wake of Bradley Wiggins’ assertion today that he does want to achieve the Giro/Tour double this year, Chris Froome has said that he has been told by his Team Sky bosses that he will remain the leader for this year’s Tour de France. ... → Read More
Movistar to back Cobo in Giro d'Italia, but admits uncertainty about how he will fare by VeloNation Press - Monday, April 29, 2013 Intxausti will also fill a leadership role in raceWinner in 2011 at the Vuelta a España, Juan Jose Cobo will enjoy protected status at the Giro d’Italia, but his Movistar team has conceded that it is not sure how he will fare in the race.“The team's goal is continuing the streak from the last two ye... → Read More
Bradley Wiggins re-confirms that he wants a Giro/Tour double by Ben Atkins - Monday, April 29, 2013 Defending champion may support Froome in July but won’t “won’t swing off and lose 30 minutes”Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) has once again raised the spectre of a Lemond/Hinault battle with teammate Chris Froome in this year’s Tour de France, as he has repeated his intention to defend his title in the race. Although the 33-year-old will start th... → Read More
Vini Fantini-Selle Italia offering Giro d’Italia swan song to Garzelli and Di Luca by Ben Atkins - Monday, April 29, 2013 Two former race winners to support the ambitions of aggressive young teamVini Fantini-Selle Italia has historically been more associated with the performances of its ambitious youngsters at the Giro d’Italia, but the headline for the ‘giallo-fluo’ team at this year’s race is all about the swam song it will give two vetera... → Read More
UCI/CADF and French AFLD agree cooperation for testing at Tour de France and other events by Shane Stokes - Monday, April 29, 2013 An important cooperation for drug testing has been confirmed for major French races this season, with the Cycling Anti Doping Foundation linked to the UCI plus the French agency for the fight against doping (AFLD) agreeing to work together in 2013.
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Team Colombia: “We are going to the Giro to show off and put up a big show” by Ben Atkins - Monday, April 29, 2013 South American team targeting the mountains as it makes its Grand Tour debutThe Colombia team has named its nine-man line up for the Giro d’Italia, which starts on Saturday, May 4th, with the intention of putting on a show in the race’s numerous mountain stages. In what it bills as “a Colombian team’s comeback to the Giro d’... → Read More
Video: Chris Juul Jensen stepping things up in year two in professional ranks, hopes for Vuelta ride by Shane Stokes - Monday, April 29, 2013 Danish rider building experience and strength Chris Juul Jensen has expressed satisfaction with his season thus far, saying that he is encouraged by his second year as a pro with the Team Saxo Tinkoff squad.
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Kittel: Argos Shimano sprint train is improving constantly, Tour de France is major goal for team by Shane Stokes - Monday, April 29, 2013 German rider wants to take on Cavendish in the Tour; says he and Greipel have mutual respectHe missed out on a stage win last year; this time round, he was the best sprinter with three successes in the race. Marcel Kittel has credited a continuously-improving Argos Shimano team plus his own evolution as a rider as helping make the differenc... → Read More
Video: Sayar may consider a bigger team after Presidential Tour of Turkey win by Shane Stokes - Monday, April 29, 2013 Talks about health, buildup to race and says he’s not happy to face questionsHaving picked up a bundle of UCI points for the biggest-ever success of his career, Presidential Tour of Turkey victor Mustafa Sayar said yesterday that he may consider offers to change teams. The points gained in taking the race could make him attra... → Read More
Marianne Vos takes race and overall in final Esly Jacobs stage by Ben Atkins - Sunday, April 28, 2013 World champion turns the tables on Giorgia Bronzini to confirm final victoryMarianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/GIant) won the second and final stage of the Festival Luxembourgeois du Cyclisme Féminin Elsy Jacobs, in Mamer, Luxembourg, as she jumped away from the peloton on the final corner of the race with 500 metres to go. The Worl... → Read More
Tour de Romandie: Chris Froome wraps up overall as Tony Martin takes final time trial by Ben Atkins - Sunday, April 28, 2013 World champion continues dominance of 2013 TTs; Froome follows in teammate Wiggins’ footstepsChris Froome (Team Sky) followed in the footsteps of teammate Bradley Wiggins as he wrapped up overall victory in the 2013 Tour de Romandie in the final time trial in the city of Geneva. The Kenyan-born Briton - who led the race from start to finish ... → Read More
Tour of Turkey: Marcel Kittel takes final Istanbul stage as Mustafa Sayar confirms overall by Ben Atkins - Sunday, April 28, 2013 German sprinter wins third victory of the race; First Turkish winner for a decadeMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) completed the near-total domination of the sprint stages of the 2013 Presidential Tour of Turkey by the Germans, as he powered to his third victory of the race in the eighth and final day in Istanbul. The outspoken 24-y... → Read More
Marcel Kittel press conference video: Looking forward to sprinting against Greipel by Shane Stokes - Sunday, April 28, 2013 Won’t elaborate on his pointed tweet about race leaderThe two haven’t really gone head to head in this year’s Tour of Turkey, with crashes, obstructions in the finale and the tough terrain on some stages ensuring that they were never in contention in the final 100 metres of any stage. However yesterday’... → Read More
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