» Sky Team wins team trial at Tour of Qatar (AP)
07/02/10 11:00 from Yahoo! Sports - Cycling News
Norway\'s Edvald Boasson Hagen defied strong winds to take the yellow jersey on the opening day of the Tour of Qatar as his Sky Team won Sunday\'s 5.1-mile team time trial. American team Garmin-Transitions, which initially finished third, mov..
» Italian cycling coach Franco Ballerini dies (AP)
07/02/10 08:42 from Yahoo! Sports - Cycling News
The Italian Cycling Federation says national team coach Franco Ballerini has died following a crash during an amateur rally race. The federation said on its Web site that the 45-year-old Ballerini was taking part as a navigator in a rally e..
» Italy coach dies in rallying accident (Reuters)
07/02/10 04:34 from Yahoo! Sports - Cycling News
Italy cycling coach Franco Ballerini died on Sunday after an accident in a rally car, a hospital spokesperson said.
» Lance Armstrong to race in Criterium International (AP)
02/02/10 05:05 from Yahoo! Sports - Cycling News
Lance Armstrong will take on world road cycling champion Cadel Evans and Olympic gold medalist Samuel Sanchez in next month\'s Criterium International in Corsica. Armstrong\'s Team Radioshack, Evans\' BMC Racing Team and Sanchez\'s Euskaltel-Eu..
» Cyclist Di Luca banned 2 years for doping (AP)
01/02/10 10:22 from Yahoo! Sports - Cycling News
Cyclist Danilo Di Luca was hit with the second doping suspension of his career Monday, a two-year ban for using a blood-boosting drug at last year\'s Giro d\'Italia. The Italian Olympic Committee\'s anti-doping court imposed the ban after Di ..
» Italian Di Luca banned two years for doping (Reuters)
01/02/10 09:03 from Yahoo! Sports - Cycling News
Italian Danilo Di Luca has been banned for two years for testing positive for illegal blood booster CERA during last May\'s Giro d\'Italia, the Italian Olympic Committee\'s (CONI) anti-doping tribunal ruled on Monday.
» Cyclist LeMond plans bid for Yellowstone Club land (AP)
29/01/10 16:32 from Yahoo! Sports - Cycling News
An attorney for Greg LeMond says the three-time Tour de France winner and his in-laws plan to bid on a large parcel of land at Montana\'s exclusive Yellowstone Club. The owner of the 160-acre tract near Yellowstone National Park, club co-fou..
» UCI awards 2013 cyclocross worlds to Louisville (AP)
29/01/10 11:54 from Yahoo! Sports - Cycling News
The International Cycling Union has awarded hosting rights for the cyclocross world championships to the United States for the first time. The 2013 event will be held in Louisville, Ky., which is also scheduled to stage two world championsh..
» Cyclist Vania Rossi tests positive for CERA (AP)
29/01/10 10:28 from Yahoo! Sports - Cycling News
Cyclist Vania Rossi has tested positive for doping. The Italian Olympic Committee says the blood-booster CERA was found in Rossi\'s system after she finished second in the Italian cyclecross championships on Jan. 10 in Segrate, near Milan. S..
» Spanish court backs out-of-race doping controls (AP)
27/01/10 13:15 from Yahoo! Sports - Cycling News
A Spanish court has rejected a rider\'s claim that cycling\'s out-of-competition doping controls are unconstitutional and a breach of individual rights. Carlos Roman Golbano\'s appeal of a case initially presented in September 2007 was denied ..
» Best of the Aughts... Smackdown!!
28/12/09 14:34 from Podium Cafe
Welcome to the First Ever And Possibly Last Podium Cafe Smackdown! Yes, it\'s time to put a wrap on the Best of the Aughts series that trickled out over the last weeks, where we celebrated the best riders, a few curious moments, and contemp..
» Zirbel A Sample Positive for DHEA
27/12/09 20:31 from Podium Cafe
According to a story over at Podium In Sight , Tom Zirbel\'s A sample at the U.S. Pro time trial championship tested positive. The Team Bissell rider placed second in the championship event behind David Zabriskie of Garmin-Slipstream. Zirbe..
» Your 2010 Cycling New-Year\'s Resolution?
27/12/09 10:11 from Podium Cafe
As the cold rain falls on eastern Massachusetts, it\'s time to reset my odomoter for next year. This year netted me a whopping 2,453 miles. A personal low since about 2001. I bought an unused racing license as well, and se..
» VDS Team Themes!
27/12/09 02:21 from Podium Cafe
Just in time for New Year\'s! An insomnia cure! What\'s that? You are saying you don\'t know where to start in building your VDS dream team? Well stop that dreaming and check out these VDS teams, each with their very own theme! Let\'s ge..
» Caisse d\'Epargne Loaded for TdU
26/12/09 15:57 from Podium Cafe
Eusebio Unzue will be loaded for victory when the Black and Reds show up in Australia at the Tour Down Under next month. The Caisse d\'Epargne squad will feature World #1 Alejandro Valverde, Tour-dude-in-waiting Luis Leon Sanchez, and all-r..
» \"Dregs\" at Astana?
25/12/09 05:10 from Podium Cafe
MERRY CHRISTMAS PdC Given the usual over-abundance of doping related stories this time of year, I figured I\'d post on a subject a bit more positive, though-provoking, and suitable to constructive analysis and hopefully, debate. &..