Judith Arndt of HTC-Highroad won the World Time Trial Championship with a commanding gap, though all the world’s contenders were against her at once in Denmark. “Today could not have been better,” said Arndt, “I was feeling very confident after having a lot of time trial success this season, and […]
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Tour of Flanders to eliminate Grammont
The next Tour of Flanders will be run without the legendary Mur de Grammont. It’s been shocking to Belgian cycling fans as it’s their most celebrated climb. The historic Bosberg will also be eliminated in 2012. The head of the race, Wim Van Herreweghe, has had to defend his decision. […]
Alex Rasmussen Suspended
Be careful if your last name is Rasmussen in the sport of cycling! Both team HTC High Road and the Danish cycling federation have suspended Alex Rasmussen for missing three doping controls this year. His license has been suspended and he has been removed from the team for the upcoming […]
Troubles for Jeannie Longo
Troubles are mounting for Jeannie Longo. First she was accused of being unavailable for 3 out of competition doping controls. Now her husband has been accused of obtaining EPO for her in 2007 by L’Equipe. Her husband Patrice Ciprelli has fervently denied the allegations made by an obscure American cyclist, […]
Carlos Sastre retiring
At age 36 and after a 15 year cycling career, Carlos Sastre of Spain is retiring from the sport. He won the Tour de France in 2008 as well as finishing 10 times in the top 10 of the Tour. He said a new stage is opening in his life […]
Leopard Trek & Radio Shack to merge in 2012
On Monday the Schleck brothers announced that in 2012 their Leopard Trek team will merge with the American Radio Shack team. The new name will be RadioShack-Nissan-Trek. Team Leopard will continue to exist. Yohann Bruyneel wants to have a team to dominate cycling. Not surprisingly, Alberto Contador is not happy […]
2011 UPCC Stage 5
Today’s race started in Steamboat Springs with an early break. That didn’t last but the later one with Basso, Andy Schleck, TenDam and Peterson stayed away most of the day until the climb just before Breckenridge. They were caught and it was another sprint win for Viviani.
Tom Danielson
Tom Danielson seems to be the new revelation in cycling this year. I first saw him in a little known race in 2002, the Estes Park Cycling Challenge. There was a time trial that started in Estes Park and went up into Rocky Mountain National Park. Tom was smoking! He […]
Franck Schleck in Colorado
Franck Schleck just finishing a training ride near the team hotel in Colorado Springs. The team has been training in Breckenridge and are now in the Springs. He said the altitude isn’t bothering him but they haven’t been to the really high mountains yet.
2011 Pro Challenge-Spectator Details
COLORADO SPRINGS PROLOGUE First rider starts at 1:15pm near the Garden of the Gods Visitor Center. There will be one minute between riders. The last ten will have 2-minute intervals. You won’t be able to cross the course once the race begins. By car, northbound i25 traffic should take Exit […]
