Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador will compete in the Criterium International, their first race together since the Tour de France last year. Contador announced Tuesday that he had changed his plans and will compete in the March 27-28 race in Corsica instead of events in Catalonia and the Basque Country.
Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde lost his appeal on Tuesday against a two-year doping ban that prevents him from racing in Italy. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Italy's Olympic committee was allowed to suspend Valverde using evidence seized by Spanish police in 2006 in the Operation Puerto investigation.
Stefano Garzelli won the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race Tuesday, making up two seconds on Michele Scarponi in intermediate sprints. Garzelli and Scarponi finished with identical overall times but Garzelli, an Italian with the Acqua & Sapone team, won courtesy of his better finishing places in the seven stages.
Tour de France champion Alberto
Contador is to take part in this month's Criterium International
two-day race in Corsica, the Spaniard said on Tuesday.
Organizers for the Milan-San Remo have confirmed that seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will take part in Saturday's race. RCS Sport said Monday that Armstrong made the commitment in a phone call with race director Angelo Zomegnan. The Milan-San Remo is the opening single-day classic of the cycling season, and at 185 miles it is one of the longest races of the year.
One year after cracking
in the penultimate stage, Alberto Contador showed how much he
has matured by mastering a treacherous finale in the Paris-Nice
race on Sunday.
Alberto Contador of Spain won the Paris-Nice race for the second time Sunday after successfully defending his narrow lead over Alejandro Valverde in the seventh and final stage. Amael Moinard of France won the 73.8-mile stage around Nice in a sprint finish, finishing less a wheel's length ahead of Frenchman Thomas Voeckler after overtaking him at the line.
Alberto Contador showed
great composure to fend off attacks from all sides in a
nail-biting final stage and clinch the Paris-Nice race for the
second time on Sunday.
Categories: features,road,acqua e sapone,scarponi,stefano garzelli,tirreno-adriatico
Italy’s 2000 Giro d’Italia champion Stefano Garzelli won the Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race after Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen prevailed in the seventh and final stage on Tuesday.
Garzelli, who rides for the Acqua e Sapone team, was placed second in the overall standings going into the final day, two seconds behind his [...]
Yes, it is true. Team Raleigh is back. They are based in the UK, with the Nottingham based bike manufacture committing to an initial three deal sponsorship deal, that can be extended up to five years. the goal of the team is to get a UCI Pro Continental license.
The top race hopes on the schedule [...]
Cadel Evans secured his third-place finish Tuesday at Tirreno-Adriatico, earning the reigning world road champion his second top five placing for the BMC Racing Team at a major stage race.
A Successful Race
“We really came here to function well more than look at results,” Evans said after finishing 12 seconds behind race winner Stefano Garzelli (Acqua [...]
Spaniard Alberto Contador, winner Sunday of Paris-Nice, announced Tuesday he would change his race schedule and compete at the Criterium International. Which will also include American Lance Armstrong. The Criterium International will be held on March 27th and March 28th in Corsica.
The double Tour de France winner has pulled [...]
HTC-Columbia sprinter Mark Cavendish crashed to the pavement in the final stage of Tirreno-Adriatico with approximately 10 kilometers to go in the stage.
The extent of Cavendish injuries is still unknown at this point, but was able to get back onto his bike and continue. After the crash all hope of a stage win was lost.
What [...]
German ProTour team can still look back on a successful spring despite the loss of numerous riders
Dortmund, 16. March 2010. The list of injured and sick riders at Team MILRAM continues to grow. On Tuesday, two MILRAM riders called in sick. Björn Schröder and his Austrian teammate Thomas Rohregger are both suffering [...]
CYCLING: THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT DISMISSES THE APPEAL OF ALEJANDRO VALVERDE AND CONFIRMS THE TWO YEAR BAN IMPOSED BY CONI
This is the exact press release as it appeared from CAS on March 16th, 2010
Lausanne, 16 March 2010 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal filed by the Spanish [...]
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday announced that it has upheld a two-year suspension for doping against Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde.
The CAS “has dismissed the appeal filed by the Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde against the decision of the National Olympic Committee of Italy (CONI) suspending him for [...]
Categories: news,road,lance armstrong,milan san remo
Lance Armstrong has agreed to race in the 2010 Milan-San Remo which is starting this Saturday. It was confirmed by RCS Sport, who is the race organizer.
Armstrong confirmed his intention to the RCS Sport director Angelo Zomegnan on Sunday night, that he would be taking part in the race and accompanying his Team RadioShack. Armstrong [...]
