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Stomach surgery for Tom Veelers

Team Argos-Shimano rider Tom Veelers (NED) had surgery performed on his stomach at the Medisch Spectrum Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands, today. The surgery went well, and Veelers will now take a period of rest and recovery. “In recent years I’ve often had stabbing pains in my stomach area during […]

Marco Pinotti Makes Return At Trentino

Marco Pinotti will return to action for the first time since a high speed crash knocked him out of the Tour Méditerranéan when the BMC Racing Team begins the Giro del Trentino on Tuesday. Evans Preparing For Giro d’ItaliaPinotti broke two ribs and his left collarbone during the Stage 2 […]

USA Cycling holding off on Enforcing Rule

Last week the UCI announced a crackdown on pros and all licensed UCI racers competing in unsanctioned races. It’s been controversial. USA Cycling said yesterday they are delaying enforcement until 2014 in America.  Last year some riders were fined. It’s been expected to make life difficult for race promoters if […]

Cancellara Win at Paris Roubaix

Cancellara: “Mission Accomplished”

Three cobblestone trophies will now reside at the home of Fabian Cancellara after his stunning win in the velodrome of Paris-Roubaix. Coming onto the track with Sep Vanmarcke, Cancellara positioned himself behind the Team Blanco rider and sprinted for the line, taking the win by a bike length and making […]

Matt Breschel

Fabian Cancellara Won the Exciting Duel

A small group of breakaway of four men had a small hole to the field when they came thundering into the most legendary brostenspavé the Arenberg Forest in today’s 254 km Paris-Roubaix.  At the end of Arenberg, Team Saxo-Tinkoff’s Matti Breschel and Matteo Tosatto, Jonas Aaen and Anders Lund well […]

Paris Roubaix This Sunday

This Sunday is the final cobbled classic of the spring and one of the biggest monuments in cycling, Paris Roubaix.The 111th Paris-Roubaix will be another very tough edition, covering 254.5km, of which 52.6km are on cobbles. At 98.5km into the race the action will heat up, and the route will […]

“Listen Doping” in France

The association receives calls from athletes, most amateurs, facing doping …  Ten digits, 3,000 calls per year and many questions. Since 1998, the line “Listen Doping” is open to all athletes. “The association was created in the wake of the Festina affair and has been up for fifteen years, according […]