Team Argos-Shimano has finalized their selections for the upcoming season. The men’s team has a total of 28 riders, while the women’s team will in 2013 consist out of ten riders. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg is the most notable newcomer. The 23-year-old South African is a good sprinter and time […]
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Colombia Coldeportes Excited About 2013
Chaves says the double ascent of Alpe d’Huez is a dream for climbers. There will be six high mountain stages which include four uphill finishes. Esteban Chaves attended the presentation of the 2013 Tour de France with team manager Claudio Corti in Paris. “The route is great – General Manager […]
Contador Talks About Armstrong
At the presentation for the 2013 Tour de France, Alberto Contador commented on the Armstrong debacle. “From my point of view, he was humiliated and lynched. They are destroying him. If cycling is popular in the United States, it is thanks to him. It’s also thanks to him that Americans […]
Schlecks” Dad Wants Them to Quit
The father of Andy and Frank Schleck wants both his sons to quit cycling. Andy was elevated to the 2010 Tour champion after Contador was stripped of his title. And then he broke his pelvis and has been trying to recover from that. Then Frank has been depressed following his […]
Armstrong Loses More Sponsors
Nike, Radio Shack, Anheuser Busch, Giro and Trek have now cut ties with Lance Armstrong following the USADA drug report. Here are some quotes from the sponsors: “Trek is disappointed by the findings and conclusions in the USADA report regarding Lance Armstrong,” the company said in a statement issued on […]
2014 Spanish Worlds Guaranteed Against Austerty
The 2014 World Cycling Championships are set to take place in Ponferrada, Spain. But because of austerity measures, there has been concern. Millions of euros are due to the UCI by October 31. Ponferrada mayor Carlos Lopez Riesco has said that it won’t be a problem. There will also be […]
Nike Ends Armstrong Contract
Nike, Radio Shack, Anheuser Busch, Giro and Trek have now cut ties with Lance Armstrong following the USADA drug report. Here are some quotes from the sponsors: Nike issued a statement: “Due to the seemingly insurmountable evidence that Lance Armstrong participated in doping and misled Nike for more than a […]
Sparta Cycling’s Cyclosportif Series
New York – Sparta Cycling’s Cyclosportif Series is expanding to three events and its newest one – the Putnam Cycling Classic in New York – is bidding to become the only American stop on the UCI World Cycling Tour (UWCT). The Putnam Cycling Classic will take place Sunday, Oct. 14, […]
Gallopin Hand Fracture and Upcoming RSNT Races
RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK’s Tony Gallopin suffers from a hand fracture (4th metacarpal) after a crash in yesterday’s Road World Championships in Valkenburg. Gallopin was involved in the massive crash, with some 30 riders, four laps from the end of the race. Gallopin will be unable to start in the Tour […]
What Authority Does USADA Actually Have?
Rumors are flying that the USADA is going to strip Lance of his 7 Tour de France titles. How can they do that? Only the Tour de France can make that decision. Armstrong’s argument is Armstrong commented on the memories he and his teammates made. “I know who won those […]
