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Eric Boyer, former teammate of Greg LeMond on the Z Team in the 1990s has been sacked as Cofidis team manager. He’d been managing the team since 2005. Lack of results was given as the reason for his ouster. He’s been replaced by Yvon Sanquer who has been the director sportif […]
Race Director Christian Prudhomme was interviewed in advance of the start of the Tour de France on Saturday. He noted that some big names will be missing, but once the race starts, the focus will be on who is there. Cadel Evans was last year’s winner, so he’s at the […]
Jeannie Longo didn’t make the cut for the London Olympic cycling team. The Frenchwomen who will be there are Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Rabobank), Aude Biannic (Bretagne) and Audrey Cordon (Vienne Futuroscope). Longo is now 53 years old. She finished in fifth place last week, one minute behind the leader at […]
A passion for cycling, food and an active lifestyle led chefs and and restaurateurs Eric and Bruce Bromberg to sponsor the former Aspen Snowmass Women’s Pro Challenge in Aspen. The newly-renamed “Blue Ribbon Alpine Challenge” will take place Aug. 20-22, at the same time as the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Blue Ribbon Restaurants […]
Laurent Didier is the new Luxembourgish road champion, after beating Ben Gastauer (AG2R-La Mondiale) and team mate Fränk Schleck in Tétange. Didier: “I’m incredibly happy with this result. It’s my first pro victory and pro title, so I’m really happy. It’s an honor to wear the colors of your country.” […]
Catherine Pendrel of Canada took first place in the elite women’s cross country Mountain Bike World Cup in Mont Sainte Anne, Canada with a time of 1:41:40. She overtook Georgia Gould (also of the Fort Collins, CO Luna Pro Team) on the last lap. Gould finished 23 seconds behind. Russell Finsterwald (Colorado […]
Johan Bruyneel will not be at the Tour de France next week so as to not distract from his team in the race. It’s all because of the recent doping allegations. His decision was made in conjunction with the key sponsors and Leopard team principal directors. He has said it’s […]
TX Active-Bianchi‘s Gerhard Kerschbaumer on Bianchi Methanol SL2 placed second at World Cup XCO stage-5 in Mont Sainte-Anne (Canada) on Saturday, June 23rd. Despite of two crashes, 2011 World Cup’s winner crossed the finish line 34 seconds behind Dutch Michiel Van der Heijden, preceding German Markus Schulte-Luenzum. In the general […]
The 2012 Italian National Championship, held in Valsugana-Trentino, turned out to be one of the most spectacular in recent memory. Franco Pellizotti was its clear and well-deserved winner, soloing on the finish line in Borgo Valsugana at the end of an extremely tough race. Danilo Di Luca took second place by […]
After winning the Tour of Luxembourg, Fuglsang has shown he still has good form. In Hammel, he won the Danish TT Championships ahead of André Steensen (Glud & Marstrand) and Michael Mørkøv (Saxo Bank). For Fuglsang it is his second national TT title. “For a Danish course, it was a […]
