Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela’s Emanuele Sella on Bianchi Oltre took an amazing win at the 66th Coppa Ugo Agostoni in Lombardy, Northern Italy, at the end of a 106 km escape. The strong Italian climber, 31 years old, outsprinted fellow escapee Fortunato Baliani (Team Nippo) to the finishing line in […]
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BMC Team Ready for Assault on Rockies
The BMC Racing Team roster for the USA Pro Challenge in the Colorado Rockies includes 2011 top 10 finishers Tejay van Garderen, George Hincapie and Cadel Evans, as well as Tour of Utah winner Johann Tschopp. Solid Week Of Training Assistant Director Michael Sayers said the BMC Racing Team is […]
Radio Shack Pro Challenge Roster Without Schlecks
No Schlecks this year at the Pro Challenge. Andy had wanted to race here but is still nursing his injured pelvis. Frank was suspended by the team during the Tour de France for a positive doping result. The Radio Shack roster will include: Riders: George Bennett, Matthew Busche, Jakob […]
Pro Challenge 2012 Toughest Days
It’s expected that the two last stages of the Pro Challenge, which include a finish on Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder and the final day time trial in Denver will make the race more competitive and will be where it’s won. Theses last two days should be really exciting. The race […]
Vaughters Wants Doping Rules Enforced
Jonathan Vaughters admits to having doped during his cycling career (he’s admitted this previously). Now he has written an opinion article in the New York Times asking for stronger anti-doping rules. He wants athletes to have a level playing field and wants athletes to not have to make the decision […]
Chaves Tops Sprint in Camaiore
It took just a handful of months for Esteban Chaves to taste his first pro victory after being addressed as one of the most intriguing Colombian prospects in 2011 with his great win at the Tour de l’Avenir. But El Chavo seems to have liked it, as he didn’t wait […]
BMC’s Tschopp Winner of 2012 Tour of Utah
Johann Tschopp held on during the most difficult stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Sunday to earn the overall victory and help the BMC Racing Team win two races in one day for the first time in its six-year history. A Double Victory Day Just hours after […]
BMC Ballan won Muur de Geraardsbergen
BMC Racing Teams Alessandro Ballan won the final stage of Eneco Tour with a late attack before the conclusion of the 207.7-kilometer race. After a decisive attack during the last climb of Muur van Geraardsbergen, with 5 km to go, Alessandro Ballan scored his second victory on roads for the […]
Armstrong vs USADA Delayed a Week
Austin Federal Court Judge Sam Sparks met with Armstrong’s lawyers and the USADA on Friday. Lance’s lawyers claim the USADA has overstepped its authority when they charged him as running a conspiracy of doping. The USADA wants the judge to dismiss Armstrong’s suit because he was supposed to have accepted […]
Gould Takes Bronze in Olympic Cross Country
Georgia Gould, on a warm, but windy Saturday finished third to earn the bronze medal in the Olympic mountain bike cross-country race at Hadleigh Farm in Essex, United Kingdom. Gould finished third, 1:08 behind gold medalist Julie Bresset (FRA) and six seconds behind Sabine Spitz (GER), who earned the silver […]