Thursday, November 6, 2008
The Swiss Anti-Doping laboratory (LAD) will re-test blood samples from the Tour of Portugal in August for the new generation of the banned blood-booster EPO, LAD supervisor Neil Robinson said on Thursday....
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Two-time world champion Paolo Bettini hit his head during an accident at the Six Days of Milan indoor cycling event Tuesday and was taken to a hospital. The accident, which occurred in the final race of Bettini's career, happened when Ukrainian rider Yaroslav Popovych fell in front of Bettini. The Italian hit him and slammed his head into a protective barrier, breaking his helmet, the Gazzetta......
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Britain took three more gold medals on the final day of a World Cup cycling meet on Sunday, completing a dominating performance in which it won 14 of 17 golds in the first track event since the Olympics. Victoria Pendleton took her third gold with victory in the women's keirin, crossing the line in front of Dina Maria Garcia Orrego of Colombia and Gong Jinjie of China....
Thursday, October 30, 2008
The 2009 Giro d'Italia will start from Venice on May 9, the city's mayor said on Thursday....
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Alberto Contador won't race in the 2009 Giro d'Italia and may also miss the Spanish Vuelta to focus on winning the Tour de France. The Spaniard has claimed a sweep of cycling's three major races, including the 2007 Tour. "Having won the Giro and the Vuelta this year, I'm going to return to the Tour to try and win," Contador said....
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Italy's Damiano Cunego won the Japan Cup cycling road race Sunday, holding off compatriots Giovanni Visconti and Ivan Basso. Cunego, winner here in 2005, won the 94-mile race in 4 hours, 4 minutes and 57 seconds. Visconti and Basso were second and third. Basso, a former Giro d'Italia winner, was making a return to professional cycling after a two-year doping ban....
Thursday, October 23, 2008
The Italian Association of Pro Cyclists wrote a letter to UCI president Pat McQuaid on Thursday suggesting that life bans are required to combat doping. McQuaid said earlier this week that he plans to double doping penalties from the existing two years to four. "As a group with 250 professional cyclists, unfortunately we are convinced that the way to fight doping isn't simply to increase penalties,......
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Italian cyclist Paolo Bossoni was banned for two years for doping by the Italian Olympic Committee on Wednesday. Bossoni tested positive for EPO during the Italian championships in Bergamo on June 29 and was suspended by the Lampre team after the positive test was announced July 31. The 32-year-old rider finished second in the Italian road race championship in 2007 and won a stage in the Spanish......
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tour de France organisers appeared fairly indifferent over the prospect of seven-times winner Lance Armstrong opting out of competing in next year's race....
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tour de France organisers have designed a route for the 96th edition that should suit 2007 winner Alberto Contador, with the gruelling ascent to Mont Ventoux on the penultimate day likely to decide the outcome....
