Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre will be going head-to-head with Lance Armstrong at the Giro d'Italia next year. With Armstrong still undecided on competing in the Tour, the Giro guarantees at least one major race featuring both the reigning Tour champion and the seven-time winner. Sastre had previously been uncommitted on the Giro....
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Astana professional cycling team, which now includes Lance Armstrong, will stage its United States training camp in California after spending last year in New Mexico. Astana spokesman Philippe Maertens said Tuesday that as it did last year, the squad is planning two camps -- in December and February....
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Lance Armstrong fears he could be attacked by spectators if he returns to the Tour de France next year. The seven-time Tour champion, who is making a comeback after three years in retirement, said in an interview in The Guardian on Tuesday that he is concerned about his safety. "I don't want to enter an unsafe situation but you see this stuff coming out of France," said the American rider, who has......
Monday, November 17, 2008
Cyclist Riccardo Ricco appealed his two-year ban to the top court in international sports after he was caught doping during the Tour de France. The Italian won two stages during this year's Tour but tested positive for CERA, an advanced version of the blood booster EPO. He admitted taking the substance and is seeking a reduced suspension....
Friday, November 14, 2008
The Tour of Georgia has been cancelled for next season because of economic reasons, organisers said on Friday....
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Cyclist Yaroslav Popovych rejoined Lance Armstrong on the Astana team Thursday, hoping to create a winning combination at the Giro d' Italia. Popovych was a support rider who helped Armstrong win his record seventh straight Tour de France in 2005. He will work again with Johan Bruyneel, the Astana team director who guided Armstrong during his Tour victories....
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen's appeal against a two-year doping ban was heard Thursday at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Rasmussen did not attend the five-hour hearing that challenged the Monaco Cycling Federation's decision in July to suspend his racing license for two years. It applied from the day he was removed from the Tour de France while leading in July 2007....
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich won a court ruling to get back unpaid salary after testifying Wednesday that he never took performance-enhancing drugs while he rode the Coast team at the start of 2003. Ullrich testified in a court hearing of his lawsuit against the then-manager of the Coast team, Guenther Dahms, who has refused to pay Ullrich's salary because he believes the German......
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping prosecutor recommended banning Emanuele Sella for one year instead of two on Tuesday after the cyclist admitted to doping during the Giro d'Italia. Sella, the top climber in this year's Giro, tested positive in July for the blood booster EPO following an out-of-competion test ordered by the International Cycling Union....
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Blood samples from Tour of Portugal cyclists will be retested for CERA, a new version of the endurance-enhancing hormone EPO. The Swiss Anti-Doping Laboratory said Thursday it will handle the testing from the Aug. 13-24 race. The lab is accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency and has developed a more accurate test for CERA, which can escape detection in urine samples....
