Following a lot of problems between Bjarne Riss and Team Saxo-Tinkoff team owner Tinkoff, a surprising announcement came this week. Riis is giving up his company, Riis Cycling, to Oleg Tinkov. The team name was changed to Tinkov-Saxo. The partnership wasn’t expected to last much longer but handing over his […]
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Possible New Doping Detection
An article on Cycling News has interviewed a Spanish doctor who is a famous cancer specialist. He says that the way some cancers are detected could be used to also detect doping. Some doping products disappear quickly, in a few hours, but they leave a genetic footprint which could still […]
Michael Rasmussen Tell All Book
Former Danish cyclist and almost Tour de France winner Michael Rasmussen has written a new book, “Yellow Fever” due to be out next week. In his book he claims that the entire Rabobank team was doping as well as at CSC. He also claims to have shown Ryder Hesjedal […]
2014 USA Pro Challenge Host Cities
Host Cities and Mountaintop Finish Announced for 2014 USA Pro Challenge Professional Cycling RaceFans Can Help Choose the Final Stage of America’s Most Difficult Cycling Race After receiving interest from cities throughout the state, race officials have unveiled eight of the host cities that will serve as starts and finishes […]
Third Crocodile Trophy stage win for Australian Mark Frendo
The Australian Mark Frendo wins his third Crocodile Trophy stage at this year’s event in Laura today. Cory Wallace comes in second in a finish sprint, unable to shake off the race leader who still firmly holds onto an 11 minute lead. Jiri Krivanek is third, completing the podium of […]
Team Saxo Comments on the 2014 Tour route
Tour de France route presented Today, next year’s Tour de France route was presented, and organizers have a very diverse race. After the start in England the race transfers to northern France, where the fifth stage featuring the cobblestones which were part of the route in 2010. In addition, there […]
Claudio Corti attends Tour de France presentation in Paris
Team Colombia’s General Manager Claudio Corti took part on Wednesday, October 23rd to the official presentation in Paris of the 101st Tour de France, starting in Yorkshire (Great Britain) on July 5th, 2014, and finishing in the French capital after three weeks, on Sunday July 27th. The new Tour de […]
Team Argos-Shimano reaction to Tour de France 2014 route
Today was the official unveiling of the 2014 Tour de France and quadruple stage winner in 2013, Marcel Kittel (GER), and Team Argos-Shimano general manager, Iwan Spekenbrink (NED), were there to take it all in. The race gets underway in the UK on July 5, in Yorkshire, where the first […]
TOUR DE FRANCE 2014: THREE MOUNTAIN RANGES!
© A.S.O. In front of more than 4,000 spectators, including some who are pretenders for victory, the route for the Tour de France 2014 was unveiled at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. From the county of Yorkshire to the Champs-Elysées, the 101th edition could be won or lost at […]
Stage 5 – Mount Mulligan-Granite Creek Dam
Benetseder conquers monster stage in solo race Stage win for Austria – in an impressive solo race over 163km Josef Benetseder wins the fifth and longest stage of this year’s Crocodile Trophy at Granite Creek Dam in the mining country of Far North Queensland with a massive 12 minute lead […]