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May. 7, 2008
CAS suspends Petacchi
The International Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, (CAS) ruled Tuesday that Italian sprint star Alessandro Petacchi will be ineligible to compete until August 31, because of a doping case stemming from last year's Giro d'Italia.
The 34-year-old ...
May. 5, 2008
Pereiro back on track
There are certain topics that Oscar Pereiro is downright sick and tired of talking about. Top among the list is the ongoing legal struggle of Floyd Landis.
Landis is still awaiting the outcome of his final appeal before the International Court of Arbitration for Sport that ...
May. 2, 2008
Sastre, Schleck take a pass on Giro
Last year’s runner-up Andy Schleck and Spanish climber Carlos Sastre will both skip this month’s Giro d’Italia in favor of a run at the Tour de France podium.
The two Team CSC stars have opted to put everything on the Tour and will leave the Giro to other riders on the ...
Apr. 30, 2008
France toughens anti-doping laws
The French government on Wednesday moved to toughen anti-doping legislation ahead of this summer's Tour de France.
Members of Parliament adopted a new law which penalizes the possession and trafficking of doping products in sport with prison sentences and fines. Under the new ...
Apr. 29, 2008
Valverde's Liège-Bastogne-Liège may be a warning shot for Tour rivals
Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde gave his future Tour de France rivals an early reminder of his explosive climbing talents by winning his second
Apr. 21, 2008
Cunego: ‘I can win classics and tours’
Nothing was going to spoil Damiano Cunego’s good mood after winning in Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race. Not even a journalist asking him if he still believes he can be a GC threat in grand tours.
In fact, it’s the question that perhaps Cunego is better suited to the classics ...
Apr. 9, 2008
Rock slide risk prompts Tour changeA heightened threat of rock fall on one mountain pass has forced Tour de France organizers to alter the route of a stage in this year’s edition.
The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) announced Wednesday that the 15th stage of the 2008 Tour would now start from Embrun, ...
Oct. 26, 2007
2008 Tour de France: A classic course with many unknowns
“We want to create a race that is not predictable.”
So said Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme Thursday inannouncing the course for the 95th Tour, which takes place next year fromJuly 5 to 27. Prudhomme should get his wish because the 21-stage, 3554kmroute ...
Aug. 1, 2007
Wednesday's Mailbag:The credibility gap; Who are the real heroes?The Mailbag is a regular department on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have read in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to webletters@insideinc.com. Please include ...
Jul. 31, 2007
Sinkewitz fired after waiving right to B sample testThe T-Mobile cycling team has fired Patrik Sinkewitz, the rider who failed a drugs test in the run up to the Tour de France, after he decided not to have a second urine sample analyzed.
The 26-year-old's decision means he accepts the test's result and concedes that he violated ...
Jul. 31, 2007
Kazakh federation expresses support for Vino'Officials with Kazakhstan’s cycling federation on Tuesday expressed staunch support for Alexander Vinokourov who was excluded from the Tour de France following a positive test for blood doping.
"We are going to support the position that the results of the A and B samples ...
Jul. 30, 2007
Monday's Mailbag: Thoughts on the TourThe Mailbag is a regular department on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have read in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to webletters@insideinc.com. Please include ...
