Quintana, Valverde, Unzué react to 103th edition route presented on Tuesday, with plenty of different mountain stages and more TT terrain The 2016 Tour de France features more TT terrain than in the previous year -54km, divided into a hilly, 37-kilometer parcours on stage thirteen and a mountain-like, 17km effort […]
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Tinkoff Team to hold initial 2016 meeting in Poreč, Croatia
The seaside resort of Valamar Diamant in Poreč will play host to the riders, sport directors, doctors, technical staff and management of Tinkoff Team from October 26th to 29th, in order to start planning and preparing for the 2016 season. According to Stefano Feltrin, Managing Director of Tinkoff-Saxo, this meeting […]
More Ochowicz Fallout
The following is an article that appeared in Velo News on Thursday. “Armstrong names Ochowicz in ’93 race fixingBy Caley Fretz Velo NewsPublished Oct. 22, 2015Updated 5 hours ago In sworn testimony from the Floyd Landis-U.S. federal government whistleblower lawsuit against him, Lance Armstrong has not only admitted that his […]
Armstrong-Andreu ControversyAgain!
Lance Armstrong and Frankie Andreu are in a new controversy after Lance said that Frankie had doped during most of career. His September US federal court statements were just made public. 1999 Tour de France Armstrong and Andreu “This is absolutely false” , Andreu said in USA Today Wednesday: “I […]
Ben King has re-signed with Cannondale Garmin
Jonathan Vaughers, CEO of Slipstream Sports and Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling said: “Ben is a very talented rider and he is still developing his skills. In 2015 he showed glimpses of what he will be capable of in the coming years, and a highlight was his performance at World Championships, which […]
Carlos Betancur signs with Movistar Team
October 16th, 2015 Colombian seeking for career relaunch in strengthened telephone squad after winning 2014 Paris-Nice, Young riders’ jersey in 2013 Giro d’ItaliaMovistar Team announces on Friday that Carlos Betancur (Ciudad Bolívar, Antioquia, COL; 1989) will be part of its roster during the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Betancur, a remarkable […]
Colombia-Coldeportes waves goodbye to the peloton
The Escarabajos will not be at the start of the 2016 season. Corti: “Feels bad, but we left a mark” Due to the impossibility of its primary sponsor, Colombia’s Sports Ministry “Coldeportes”, to confirm the necessary funding to continue the cycling activity at the highest level, Team Colombia-Coldeportes and its […]
Kris Boeckmans Update #4
There was a press conference on Friday regarding the crash of Kris Boeckmans, the consequences and the recovery. Kris talked to the press exactly 41 days after his hard crash in the eighth stage of the Vuelta a España. The medical bulletin after this crash was considerably: several facial fractures, […]
Paris-Tours: Trentin Concludes Road Season as a Victor
54th Etixx – Quick-Step Road Win in 2015 11-Oct-2015: France is a good place to race for Etixx – Quick-Step rider Matteo Trentin. The Italian rider won Paris-Tours out of a three-rider breakaway he initiated on Sunday, adding a third victory at a French race to his four total wins […]
Movistar Finishes Glorious Season
Best World Team 2015 · 1st / 3rd UCI World Tour 2015 October 11th, 2015Movistar Team, Alejandro Valverde, Nairo Quintana all receive trophies at Abu Dhabi’s UCI Cycling Gala on Sunday, after successful 2015 for the whole telephone squadTonight’s UCI Cycling Gala took the curtain down for the Movistar Team’s […]
