Andrew Hood
BACKGROUND: Hood cut his journalistic teeth at Colorado dailies before the web boom opened the door to European cycling in the mid-1990s. Hood's covered every Tour since 1996 and has been VeloNews' European correspondent since 2002. He lives in Leon, Spain, when he's not chasing bike races.
BIKES IN THE GARAGE: Specialized Tarmac SL, Jamis Xenith, Jamis Dakar, '85 Basso, Schwinn beach cruiser
Stories by Andrew Hood »
Posted: Tue, Oct 20th
Tiralongo, Davis, Simoni linked to Astana; Arroyo stays with Caisse d’EpargneDespite its ProTour status for 2010 being still up in the air, Astana continues to bolster its squad for the upcoming season.
Italian workhorse Paolo Tiralongo revealed he’s signed a two-year deal to join the Kazakh-backed team while Aussie sprinter Allan Davis confirmed ...
Posted: Sun, Oct 18th
De la Fuente close to Astana dealSpanish head-banger Davide de la Fuente is close to penning a deal that will put him in an Astana jersey in 2010.
According to the Spanish daily MARCA, all that’s missing is the signature to close the deal that will add some needed firepower to the depleted Astana ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 16th
The scandal that just keeps on giving: Puerto investigation faces another delayThe slow wheels of Spanish justice are almost grinding to a halt in the never-ending saga of the Operación Puerto blood doping ring.
According to reports in the Spanish media, oral testimony ordered in January of this year by an appeals court likely won’t happen ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 16th
European road season closes at LombardiaSaturday’s Giro di Lombardia – the “Race of the Falling Leaves” – is Italy’s long good-bye to yet another exciting, daring and controversy-filled season.
In the last major European event of the 2009 campaign, Lombardia always packs an emotional and palpating punch ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 15th
CAS sets November date for ValverdeAlejandro Valverde finally has a date with destiny.
November 16, to be exact, when the Court of Arbitration for Sport will hear testimony in the ongoing appeal on his two-year racing ban in Italy for links to the Operación Puerto blood doping scandal.
The ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 15th
Mr. October: Gilbert gets another winPhilippe Gilbert must be wishing he had this ripping form a few weeks ago at the world championships in Mendrisio.
Just days after taking scalps at Paris-Tours and Coppa Sabatini, the Belgian bomber rounded out his October treble with victory Thursday at Giro del Piemonte in ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 15th
Sastre hints he might skip TourCarlos Sastre, the 2008 Tour de France champion, says he won’t commit to racing the 2010 Tour until he’s studied the routes of all three grand tours.
After getting a glimpse of what’s a harder, more climber-friendly Tour in Wednesday’s roll-out of the 2010 route, ...
Posted: Wed, Oct 14th
2010 Tour de France: By the NumbersRelated: Interactive Google Map of the 2010 Tour route
For the dedicated number-crunchers in the crowd, the annual Tour de France route announcement provides ample opportunity to quantify critical elements ...
Posted: Wed, Oct 14th
2010 Tour route unveiledWhen the lights dimmed in the Congrés de Palais in Paris for the presentation of the 2010 Tour de France, the unexpected was the plat du jour.
Surprises are always part of the Tour presentation, and 2010 certainly didn’t disappoint.
Hard days in the Pyrénées ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 1st
Evans promises to ‘honor’ rainbow jerseyRecently crowned world champion Cadel Evans promises to honor the rainbow jersey with aggressive racing for the remainder of the 2009 season.
The 32-year-old Aussie isn’t wasting any time, and will make his debut in the famed rainbow jersey on October 8 in the Coppa ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 1st
Kolobnev: ‘They call me the sniper’Alexander Kolobnev is quickly earning a reputation as a rider who delivers in major international competition.
With his second world championship silver medal in three years, and a fourth-place that could turn into bronze from last summer’s Beijing Summer Olympic Games, the ...
Posted: Wed, Sep 30th
Evans’ victory reconfirms Vuelta-worlds link A glance down the world championship results sheet reconfirms the notion that the best way to assure a shot at the rainbow jersey is to race the Vuelta a España … and to finish it.
The entire top 10 of the elite men’s road race Sunday in Mendrisio competed in ...
