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: Wed, Nov 4th
An American start for the Giro?Could the Giro d’Italia start in the United States in 2011? That’s what La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting.
Giro director Angelo Zomegnan was quoted in the Italian sports daily that the race has caught the attention of Washington, D.C., New York City and ...
Posted: Tue, Nov 3rd
With Evans leaving Silence-Lotto, Philippe Gilbert says now he leads 'a team for the classics.'Cadel Evans’ surprise departure from Silence-Lotto leaves a huge hole in the Belgian team’s grand tour presence.
The Aussie was a sure bet for the Belgian outfit, a consistent grand tour performer despite his hiccup in this year’s Tour de France when he finished a ...
Posted: Mon, Nov 2nd
Evans says he'll finally have 100 percent team support in the grand tours from BMCCadel Evans hopes he will finally have the full backing of a team that he never had thanks to his move to BMC for the 2010 campaign.
His five-year run at Belgian Silence-Lotto was always full of doubt. Despite proving himself as a legitimate Tour de France contender with ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 30th
Doping scandals in Europe include Giro sample re-tests and intercepted text messages in Spain.Just as cycling enters the off-season, threats of new doping scandals are looming on the horizon in Italy and Spain.
In Italy, the sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that officials are going to re-test samples taken from the 2008 Giro d’Italia for the presence of ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 30th
Andrew Hood: Euskaltel-Euskadi reshapes following doping scandalsBasque-backed Euskaltel-Euskadi is trying to turn the page on a season of potentially fatal doping scandals that plagued the team during 2009.
High-profile doping positives involving Iñigo Landaluze and Tour de France stage-winner Markel Astarloza nearly scuttled the team, ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 29th
Kazakhs claiming ContadorWill he stay or will he go?
If you ask the Kazakhs, Tour de France winner Alberto Contador is staying in an Astana jersey in 2010.
The ongoing saga of the future of Contador took another turn this week when officials said the two-time Tour champion isn’t going anywhere ...
Posted: Tue, Oct 27th
The former Saunier Duval team organization rejoins the ProTour as 'Footon-Servetto.'The former team of disgraced cheaters Riccardo Riccò and Leonardo Piepoli rolls on in 2010, surviving a difficult struggle to try to erase the doping stigma from its name.
The former Saunier Duval squad will continue in 2010 thanks to the arrival of the new title sponsor ...
Posted: Tue, Oct 27th
The Chicken finds a new roost: Rasmussen says he's found a European teamMichael Rasmussen is heading back to a European-based team.
That’s according to Rasmussen, 35, who confirmed to the Danish newspaper Politiken that he’s poised to announce his return to a European team.
“I won’t say which team it is until everything is ...
Posted: Mon, Oct 26th
Carlos Sastre likes the look of the '10 GiroCarlos Sastre likes what he sees for next year’s Giro d’Italia.
With a climber’s course laden with monster ascents, including the Mortirolo, the Gavia, Zoncolan and Plan de Corones, the punishing Giro course could well tempt Sastre back to ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 23rd
2010 Giro route could be a classicThe route for the 2010 Giro d’Italia won’t be revealed until Saturday, but hints of what’s in store are already being leaked in Italy.
Several media outlets, including rival daily Tutto Sport, have scooped the newspaper owned by Giro organizers, La Gazzetta ...
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 ...
