Saturday, October 18, 2008
Alberto Contador has confirmed he will ride for Astana in 2009. The Spaniard's future had been unclear after Lance Armstrong joined the team. Contador met with Astana boss Johan Bruyneel to relieve tensions following weeks of uncertainty. Contador won the 2007 Tour de France. Contador says he's confident the team is going in the right direction....
Friday, October 17, 2008
Former Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is ready to welcome disgraced cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov back to the Astana team but remains guarded about Lance Armstrong's return from retirement. Contador, speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, said he wouldn't block Vinokourov from rejoining Astana even if the Kazhak rider's positive doping test at the 2007 Tour may have cost the......
Friday, October 17, 2008
Former Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso said he has paid his penalty after serving a two-year doping suspension and is ready to challenge the world's top riders -- including Lance Armstrong. The 2006 Giro champion will make his return to professional cycling Oct. 26 in the Japan Cup. His main objective for next season will be the Giro, the second most prestigious stage race after the Tour de France....
Friday, October 17, 2008
Italian Ivan Basso said he is convinced he can make a successful comeback when his two-year ban for doping ends next week....
Thursday, October 16, 2008
The latest positive doping test from the Tour de France shows that efforts to rid the sport of drug cheats are working, former Tour champion Alberto Contador said Thursday. Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, the Spaniard said he was surprised to hear that Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl had tested positive for the new blood booster CERA after finishing third at the Tour last......
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Cycling's doping-battered image was dealt two setbacks in Germany on Thursday when organizers canceled the country's main multistage race and the two main national public broadcasters decided to drop live coverage of the Tour de France. The decisions follow a string of new Tour doping that further discredited the sport and threaten to turn cycling into a fringe sport in one of Europe's biggest......
Thursday, October 16, 2008
(recasts after Tour of Germany decision)...
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Organizers have canceled next year's Tour of Germany cycling race following the latest doping cases. Marketing chiefs said Thursday they were unable to finance the nine-day race due to a lack of interested sponsors after the latest revelations of cyclists testing positive for the blood-booster CERA. Cycling in Germany has lost a lot of credibility with the spate of doping cases in the past two......
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Germany's two national public broadcasters are dropping live coverage of the Tour de France after recent doping cases. The ARD radio and television network and the ZDF network, which are financed in part by monthly fees paid by viewers, both said they would limit the coverage of the tour to reports on their sports news programs....
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
A cycling race in January was canceled because of the doping problems surround the sport. The Six-Day Race in Stuttgart, scheduled for Jan. 15-20, was scrapped late Tuesday. Organizers said they called off the event in consultation with their main sponsor and city authorities. They cited German rider Stefan Schumacher, who tested positive for the newly discovered blood booster CERA in retesting of......
