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Bike Racing News and Opinions
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Mostly news and some commentary on pro cycle racing, bikes, riding and anything else that we feel needs saying. Special feature. Dueling essays: Which is the greater race? August 2010 August 3: Riis finds pot of gold, buys best racer in the world. August 5: Feds and Armstrong, other Postal riders talking. August 27: Cervelo and Garmin joining forces. August 28: Wait, there's more! August 30: Where's Thor? More details July 2010 July 3: Landis tells lots more about team doping. June 6: TDF stage 2 crashes. June 7: Rider reactions after Tour stage 4. July 9: Rider reactions to stage 5. July 10: Feds moving quickly on Landis charges. July 16: Renshaw's TDF ejection, Stage 12 comments. July 19: Thoughts on Stage 15. July 21: Contador moves to Riis? July 27: Tour lessons? More details June 2010 June 1: Valverde gets to see what justice looks like. June 10: Bike stuff getting more expensive? June 18: The big crash stink, No Radio Shack at the Vuelta. More details. May 2010 May 4: Sometimes cheaters prosper, sometimes they don't. May 11: Giro rest day thoughts. May 20: Landis spills his guts. May 21: National Mandy Rice-Davies Day, a Landis update. May 27: Hot diggity! A new Les Woodland book. More on Landis. More details April 2010 April 1: Giro field firms up. British cycling in trouble? April 7: Another police doping raid. April 20: Big races fill the last third of April calender. April 24: Last Classic. April 27: Vino and LBL. April 30: Cavendish sent packing. More details March 2010 March 4: Mea Culpa, Challenge steps up to the plate, forthcoming races. March 7: Bike production moving from China? A day in Tuscany. March 9: Petacchi crashes while training. March 16: Valverde gets smacked by CAS. March 19: Armstrong out of M-SR. March 20: HTC-Columbia still behind Cavendish. March 22: Giro team invites. March 30: TDF team invites. More details February 2010 February 1:Di Luca gets real penalty for doping. February 4: Welcome to Challenge tires. February 7: Franco Ballerini dies. February 9: Ullrich keeps gold, Schleck rests, Falling Sky. February 15: More Landis trouble. February 16: Landis responds to French charges. February 18: Arnie Baker also responds to French charges. More details January 2010 January 4: Armstrong to Amstel, Coppi and Merckx. January 7: ASO takes over Dauphiné. January 9: Saxo Bank splits, Menchov skips Giro, Dr. Thompson to the Graybars Hotel. January 12: Riis finds some shekels. Oh no, Saiz wants back in. January 16: Fignon fights on, Valverde has CAS hearing, Rasmussen finds team. January 26: Schumacher loses appeal, Tour going to the Vendée, Lampre gets to keep racing. January 27: Big guys change their racing schedules. More details December 2009 December 2: WADA unhappy with Valverde; no Kreuziger for Omega Pharm; Pereiro jerked around by Kazakhs? Armstrong to Tour Down Under. December 4: Tax man wants a piece of Bettini. December 7: Wiggins really stays, pro bikes in India, Bruyneel throws rocks at Contador. December 8: Radio Shack Jersey unveiled. December 9: Pereiro confirmed to Astana, Bak to Columbia. What? Wiggins is going to Sky? December 10: Yes, Wiggins to Sky. December 13: Assorted rants. December 15: Evans to contest Giro. December 18: Vuelta jersey doins'. December 20: Some independent internal controls ending. December 24: No Tour de Georgia. More details November 2009 November 1: Evans off to BMC. November 7: News from Saxo and Jef Mallett. November 11: Contador staying? November 16: Contador, Astana and Specialized, BFF? November 18: Rebellin squalificato. November 19: Contador stays put. November 21: Merckx supplies Quick Step, Liquigas-Doimo roster settled. November 22: Maybe Wiggins signs with Sky. Maybe not. November 24: More trouble for Astana while Armstrong builds a fortress. November 25: Astana might be in the clear. November 27: Saxo adjusts roster, Brard retires. November 28: Bye-bye radios. November 29: Gent 6-day over, Vaughters gets sponsor, Lampre gets rider. More details October 2009 October 5: Weird UCI doping accusations, Valverde ends season, get rid of the radios, test and re-test. Oct. 12: Tour and Giro route leaks, AFLD and UCI spat, Vino says nyet. Oct 13: Frank Vandenbrouck dies. Oct 16: It's a go for Radio Shack, More Operacion Puerto delays. October 21: Tour route thoughts. Oct 23: Contador can split? Oct. 24: Yes, Contador can go. Oct 28: Want to buy Mavic? Oct 31: Grand Tour riders in flux. KOM coming back. More details September 2009 September 1: Contador stuck? McEwen ends season. Sept 2: Rider team transfer news and guesses. Sept 2: Electronic shifting, good for the sport? Sept 10: SKY cycling team takes shape. Astarloza pleads innocent. Sept 14: Ukrainians, an Italian and dope. Sept 18: Buncha stuff: Contador, Team Sky, more Iberian doping. Sept. 22: Showtime, Worlds, Contador. Sept. 24: Kill the radios? Sept. 30: UCI team doings More details August 2009 Aug 3: UCI releases rider, team, nations rankings. Aug 5: Vino returns. August 7: Di Luca third dope positive. Aug. 12: Di Luca Sacked, Caisse d'Epargne works on signing Contador, Vino4ever. Aug. 13: Rider team transfer rumors. August 17: UCI rankings after Vattenfall Cyclassics. Aug. 20: Updated rider team transfer rumor mill. Aug. 24: Vino's racing in Spain, Clean Tour?, Petacchi on Pro Tour team. Aug. 25: New UCI rankings for riders, teams and nations. Aug. 31: New UCI rankings. More details July 2009 Alberto Contador turns down Astana offer. Astarloza, Di Luca dope postives. Armstrong's new team is Radio Shack. More details January - May 2009 I've collected all the news bits in the 2009 race results page and moved them here. All of 2008 All the news stories from 2008 are on this page |
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