Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Sprinters are never the biggest stars of the Tour de France, but sometimes it's pretty close. Mario Cipollini was a human media vacuum unto himself, and his four consecutive stage wins in the 1999 Tour were as memorable as his Julius Caesar outfit. Alessandro Petacchi's nine stage wins at the 2004 Giro look more monumental, in retrospect, than Damiano Cunego's overall title. Erik Zabel's six consecutive...
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Italy's Alessandro Petacchi will miss this year's Tour de France after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) banned him until Aug. 31 for testing positive for excess salbutamol in the Giro d'Italia
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Italy's Alessandro Petacchi will miss this year's Tour de France after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) banned him until Aug. 31 for testing positive for excess salbutamol in the Giro d'Italia last year.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's Alessandro Petacchi will miss this year's Tour de France after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) banned him until August 31 for testing positive for excess salbutamol in the Giro d'Italia last year.
CNN (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Sprint specialist Alessandro Petacchi has been ruled out of his home Tour of Italy, which starts this month, due to illness.
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
With about 1,000 kilometers of the route completed and two stages left, the Tour of Turkey is nearing the finish line. So far, six stages have been completed in the Tour of Turkey (the
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008
Fabian Cancellara won the Milan-San Remo one-day classic Saturday after breaking away late from a group of riders.
Iban Mayo Blog (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008
Euskaltel put on a good showing in the Milano-San Remo today. The duo of Egoi and Iñigo were very lively in the final part of the race. Egoi was the first of the two to try his luck on the Cipressa. He brought with him Rebellin, Barredo, Axelsson and some other strong-men, but sadly got his front-wheel into Barredo's rear, resulting in them both hitting the deck hard. It was a shame, as he looked strong...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Linus Gerdemann broke his left femur in his Tirreno-Adriatica crash. The crash happened a little over a kilometer from the finish of the time trial, and Gerdemann got on his backup bike and finished with an eighth-place time. For sheer guts, this is right up there with Petacchi finishing the Giro stage a couple of years ago with his kneecap in four pieces. Gerdemann will have surgery tomorrow in Innsbruck,...
IOL (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
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Iban Mayo Blog (Free subscription) | 02/29/2008
Gorka was once again Euskaltel's best man in the Vuelta a Valenciana today. By claiming 11th on the stage he is now 5th overall, which is a great performance from the super domestique. Amazingly, he beat Petacchi in the sprint! He was the only Euskaltel rider among that first 20-man strong lead group. Rubén, Haimar and Markel came in with the next group, 14 seconds back. Also worth mentioning was Juanjo's...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 02/16/2008
SCOTLAND'S David Millar will be back in the saddle and looking for a win tomorrow when the Amgen Tour of California gets under way with a 3.4 kilometre prologue over a fla
Lausanne (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Cycling News - The hearing date in Lausanne, Switzerland, is the same date as the start of Tirreno-Adriatico, March 12 to 18. The stage race ...
IOL (Free subscription) | 01/24/2008
Belgian rider Tom Boonen is determined to claim top honours at the Tour of Qatar, which kicks off this weekend.
