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Nov. 21, 2009Kazakhs back renewed Astana effort
Alberto Contador won’t lose sleep next season thinking that his paycheck is going to bounce. After a season of turmoil that nearly saw the Astana team fold under financial uncertainty, it appears that Kazakh officials have stepped up and are ...
Nov. 21, 2009Vuelta to return to Covadonga
Details of the 2010 version of the Vuelta a España are slowly leaking out through the Spanish media. The official route won’t be revealed until December 16 in Sevilla, but a newspaper in northern Spain has reported that the Vuelta will return ...
Nov. 21, 2009Pfannberger banned for life
Cyclist Christian Pfannberger has received a lifetime ban from sport for repeated doping offenses, the Austrian national anti-doping agency announced on Saturday. Pfannberger, 30, tested positive in March for the banned blood booster EPO as he ...
Nov. 20, 2009Joaquim Rodriguez hopes for Tour ride with move to Katusha
Joaquim Rodríguez might never get a ticket to the Tour de France riding for a Spanish team. Now the all-rounder is hoping to finally get to race in France next July after his move from Caisse d’Epargne to Katusha. Rodríguez is firming up ...
Nov. 20, 2009Quick Step to ride Merckx bikes for three years
In choosing its bikes for the next three years, Quick Step team will be going back to its Belgian roots, signing a new sponsorship deal with Merckx cycles. By inking a deal with Merckx, the team marks an end to its three-year relationship with ...
Nov. 19, 2009Two more for Sky; Péraud to Lotto
Team Sky continues to bolster its lineup, announcing two new additions for the squad set to debut next season. Dario Cioni (ISD) and Davide Viganò( Fuji-Servetto) are both set to join the upstart British-backed squad. With these two new riders, ...
Nov. 19, 2009Rebellin promises to fight
Davide Rebellin promises to fight to clear his name of charges that he doped to win the silver medal at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games. UCI officials revealed earlier this week it intends to disqualify the 37-year-old Rebellin after he tested ...
Nov. 19, 2009Contador signs deal with Astana
After months of wrangling, it looks like Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will stay with Astana for another year. The two-time Tour winner announced Thursday he will fulfill the final year of his three-year contract with the troubled ...
Nov. 18, 2009Liquigas adds nine for 2010
Liquigas is close to finalizing its line-up for next season, bringing on nine new riders for 2010. The top Italian ProTour team has added some young talent to its roster of established veterans, still anchored by the likes of Ivan Basso, Daniele ...
Nov. 18, 2009From Cat 2 to RadioShack
Team RadioShack’s newest hire, Matthew Busche, doesn’t know what his cycling future holds. No, really. He honestly doesn’t know. The 24-year-old all-rounder appears to have unlimited potential, as evidenced by his brilliant rise in the ...
Nov. 17, 2009Landis to leave OUCH
Floyd Landis and the management company running the OUCH professional cycling team have agreed to end his contract a year early. Landis and the Momentum Sports Group (MSG) announced Tuesday that they have mutually agreed to terminate his contract ...
Nov. 17, 2009UCI pulls Rebellin’s medal
The UCI has announced that veteran Italian classics specialist Davide Rebellin will be stripped of the silver medal he scored in the road race at the 2008 Olympic Games after testing positive for the blood-booster CERA. In a release issued ...

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