Past Olympic road race champion and grand tour podium finisher Samuel Sánchez will immediately join the BMC Racing Team, President/General Manager Jim Ochowicz announced. Brings A Wealth Of ExperienceThe 35-year-old Spaniard won the 2008 Olympic road race champion in Beijing and owns podium finishes at the Vuelta a España (second […]
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Stybar Wins Incredible Duel, Becomes UCI World Cyclocross Champion for third time
02-Feb-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Zdenek Stybar and Belgian rider Sven Nys battled like prize fighters in the UCI World Cyclocross Championship on Sunday, going blow for blow with each passing lap, taking advantage of their strengths in various parts of the course, and refusing to give […]
Florida Doctor/Lance Fan Sentenced After Doping Threats
72 year old retired Florida urologist Gerrit Keats was sentenced to three years probation last week. He threatened to kill Travis Tygart, US ADA head, after he stripped Lance Armstrong of his Tour de France titles. Dr. Keats pleaded guilty and has to serve 540 hours of community service and […]
Team Giant-Shimano partners with province of Limburg
Team Giant-Shimano and the province of Limburg in the Netherlands have agreed to work together on a joint project called the Limburg Cycling Academy. The goals of the Limburg Cycling Academy are to develop Limburg into an international elite sports training area. Investing in this elite sports infrastructure will help […]
Giro del Trentino 38th Edition
A Team Time Trial to open the 38th edition. Once the Trento Province board has been renewed, the organizers are ready to speed up the course’s fine tuning: Riva del Garda–Arco will be the TTT opening stage, same as in 2012. Australian Richie Porte (Team Sky) stands out among the […]
Fuji in the 2014 Tour de France!
Fuji Bikes will line up at the start of one of the biggest sporting events in the world, and Team NetApp-Endura will get their chance at the most coveted jersey in all of cycling, as the ASO officially extended the Fuji-sponsored German pro-continental squad a wildcard invitation to the 2014 […]
Katusha Team officially presented its 2014 line-up
The official presentation of the Russian WorldTour Katusha Team has been held in Koblenz, Germany, at the headquarters of cycling company Canyon. Katusha presented its line-up for the season of 2014. Katusha Team has also celebrated its 5-year anniversary. The presentation was attended by guests of the team, sponsors and […]
European debut for the Escarabajos at GP Costa degli Etruschi
After a nice start of the season at the Tour de San Luis, Team Colombia will make its season debut on the European soil at the GP Costa degli Etruschi (February 2nd), after the event was brought back to its original place in the international cycling calendar. For the second […]
Sixteen local associations to take part in USA Cycling’s RaceClean™ program in 2014
USA Cycling is pleased to announce that 16 local associations have signed up for the USA Cycling RaceClean™ program in 2014, a tremendous increase over 2013. Through the RaceClean™ program, USA Cycling matches funds with local associations for up to $3,500 per association to increase drug testing by the U.S. […]
Savoldelli to see Italian Anti-Doping Officials
Paolo Savoldelli has to appear on February 12 in Rome at the Italian Anti-Doping Procura to answer questions about anti-doping rule violations that are under investigation. He thinks it could be linked to his time on the Discovery team with Armstrong in 2005 and he stayed with the team in […]