Burghardt, Lang out of German Worlds teamSeptember 10, 2010 (11:08) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team) and Sebastian Lang (Omega Pharma-Lotto) have withdrawn from the German team for the Worlds in Melbourne, due to physical problems. They will be replaced by Dominik Klemme (Saxo Bank) and Paul Martens (Rabobank). Burghardt is suffering from an infection which has kept him out of racing since the Vattenfall Cyclassics. He also had to cancel his appearance in this weekend's races in Canada. Lang has problems with an Achilles tendon which has caused him to end his ... More...
White delighted with McEwen signing, more names to follow?September 10, 2010 (11:08) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Pegasus Sports CEO Chris White was clearly pleased after announcing the signing of sprinter Robbie McEwen for 2011, but the Queenslander isn’t getting too carried away with the news, remaining focused on the application process for a ProTour licence. McEwen is the biggest signing announced to date for White’s ambitious step to take his Continental team, known as Fly V Australia, to the sport’s top ProTour level for next season. “He's someone who I've been chasing, or seeking ... More...
RadioShack goes to court over Lombardy race snub (AP)September 10, 2010 (10:26) [ Indexed from Yahoo! Sports ] Lance Armstrong's RadioShack team is seeking compensation from sport's highest court after being left out of the Tour of Lombardy lineup. RadioShack said in a statement it has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, claiming Italian race organizer RCS Sport broke a contract by not including the American team in its Oct. More...
Wiggins insists he will ride 2012 OlympicsSeptember 10, 2010 (09:16) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Three-time Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins has denied reports that appeared during the Tour de France suggesting that he will not compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in his home city of London. “I don’t know where that’s come from. I am riding in London definitely,” he told Cyclingnews as he prepared to make his return to racing at the Tour of Britain. “I’m going back onto the track programme this winter with a view to riding the World Cup in Manchester in ... More...
Matthews signs for RabobankSeptember 10, 2010 (07:16) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] The ProTour gained one more Australian after the Rabobank squad signed Canberra native Michael Matthews. Just weeks shy of his 20th birthday, Matthews will ride with the Dutch team's top tier squad for the next two seasons. Matthews, currently riding for the Jayco Skins continental team, attracted attention from the Rabobank directors while competing against the team in the U23 Tour of Flanders, where he took second, the Ringerike GP where he won two stages, and the Thüringen Rundfahrt where ... More...
Buchanan to leave mountain biking for two yearsSeptember 10, 2010 (07:16) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Caroline Buchanan (Australia) raced to her second consecutive elite women's four cross world championship title last weekend at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada. Winning the second time was just as sweet for the young Australian. "It feels just as good," she said. "I think I'm someone who thrives under pressure. I used it last year with 10,500 screaming fans." In 2009, she won her title in front of a home audience in Canberra, Australia. "Last year I had more home crowd ... More...
Reactions from the Vuelta's 12th stageSeptember 10, 2010 (03:46) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Matt Goss (HTC-Columbia) - third on stage, 160th overall @ 2:06:15: "To have Lars [Bak] in the breakaway saved us a lot of work but it was pretty hectic the whole race. And it was dangerous as well just before the end. "The wind at the finish made it tricky too. We knew we had to be first in the last corner and we took it very fast. It's nice to win again; we hadn't done it since the team time trial on day one. Everyone in the HTC-Columbia team is happy." Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi) ... More...
Australia's Wurf joins Liquigas-DoimoSeptember 10, 2010 (01:41) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Australia's Cameron Wurf will leave Androni Giocattoli-Diquigiovanni for the Liquigas-Doimo team in 2011, Cyclingnews learned today. The 27-year-old signed a one-year contract with the ProTour squad today. At the Vuelta a España, team director Mario Scirea confirmed the signing of Wurf, a former rower who represented Australia at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and switched to cycling in 2006. "A team like ours need great workers like him," said Scirea, who suggested that Wurf ... More...
USADA sanctions Crater for marijuana doping violationSeptember 10, 2010 (00:41) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Andrew Crater of Asheville, North Carolina, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a suspension for his doping offense, as announced today by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Crater, 32, tested positive for Carboxy THC, a metabolite of marijuana in the class of Cannabinoids, in a sample collected on August 1, 2010, at the Tour of Elk Grove, in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Cannabinoids are listed as Specified Substances and are prohibited under the USADA Protocol for Olympic ... More...
Hesjedal hopes for strong performances in Quebec ProTour racesSeptember 10, 2010 (00:41) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Transitions) is the biggest name in Canadian road cycling since the nation's iconic Steve Bauer placed fourth in the Tour de France 22 years ago. After capturing seventh place overall at this year's French Grand Tour, the British Columbia native is pumped to put on a show in North America's inaugural ProTour races, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec City on Friday and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal on Sunday. "These race are not that important pressure-wise because ... More...
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