cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Samuel Sanchez has joined the chorus of riders talking about next year's edition of the Tour de France, the Olympic road race champion saying the French grand tour will be his main goal for the 2010 season. With the likes of countryman and defending Tour champion Alberto Contador, Lance Armstrong, Andy Schleck and Ivan Basso all vying for the title, Sanchez will need to be in stellar form. It's why...
LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Mexico's economy A different kind of recession In some ways the pain is less bad than the statistics suggest. But recovery will be harder than in the past unless complacency gives way to reform THE last time Mexico suffered an economic slump, in 1995, it turned to its northern neighbour for help. The United States organised a $50 billion bail-out. Together with the boost provided by the enactment of...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Samuel Sánchez looks on the bright side of 2009 Armstrong a bigger Tour threat next year, says Evans Now online: The 2009 Cyclingnews reader poll Schumacher among five Beijing athletes sanctioned by IOC Leibovitz signs with RGF Sports Aussie Morton gets Garmin U23 ride Ballerini: 2010 Worlds not so simple Kohl's ex-manager Matschiner to write book about doping
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Italian Davide Rebellin will been stripped of his Olympic silver medal after the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) received a request to do so from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC stated that Rebellin has been disqualified for doping. The CONI announced it would comply with the request, and has scheduled a meeting for tomorrow with its attorneys. Rebellin took second place in the...
VeloNews (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Reigning Olympic champion Samuel Sánchez bet everything in 2009 on being the best at the end of the season. The Spanish attacker came close to pulling off some major victories, with second overall at the Vuelta a España, fourth at the world championships and second at the Giro di Lombardia. By any measure, those are impressive results, but for a rider used to winning, close calls just...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
• Kazakh cycling federation claims Contador will stay • Money issues a result of technicalities says team The Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will remain with the Astana team at least until his contract expires at the end of next year, the Kazakh Cycling Federation's deputy president Nikolai Proskurin has said. The Spaniard's future with Astana has been unclear for months amid persistent...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Attached is a poll to determine the Podium Cafe 2009 Rider of the Year. Barring a catastrophic outcome, the poll results will determine the winner. Poll compiled based on your submissions . Vote ends Friday at noon Pacific. Poll Who is the 2009 Rider of the Year? Cadel Evans Alberto Contador Fabian Cancellara Mark Cavendish Thor Hushovd Edvald Boasson Hagen Philippe Gilbert Heinrich Haussler Andy Schleck...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
So after f'ing this up in the VDS thread (I blame Will because... well... just because) I decided to redo it using Chris' actual final spreadsheet this time, rather than the actual non-official spreadsheet that I pulled out of my ass. So, following the rules as I remember them (must have one 25 point rider, no more than two 20 point riders, 25 riders total with a total cost of no more than 150 points),...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Alberto Contador has spearheaded a dominant season for Spanish cycling after finishing on top of the International Cycling Union's (UCI) world rankings, announced on Monday. The Tour de France champion led a Spanish trio, with compatriots Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) taking second and third in the individual rankings, respectively. Contador's...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) came tantalizingly close to winning the 103rd edition of the Giro di Lombardia on Saturday, but the 31-year-old Spaniard was edged out at the finish line by Belgium's Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) in a two-man sprint for the final Monument of the 2009 calendar. Sánchez, the reigning Olympic road champion, was the only rider to answer Gilbert's powerful...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
MILAN (AP) -- Philippe Gilbert of Belgium has won the Tour of Lombardy one-day cycling race after beating Samuel Sanchez of Spain in a sprint finish.
VeloNews (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Silence-Lotto’s Philippe Gilbert scored his fourth successive victory this month, winning the Giro dede Lombardie, the final classic of the European road season. Gilbert won the 242-kilometer race along Italy’s Lake Como, edging out Euskaltel's Samuel Sanchez. The victory comes on the heels of Gilbert's wins at Paris-Tours, the Coppa Sabatini and victory Thursday at Giro del Piemonte. 1....
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Spain's World Championship team professed themselves generally happy with their performance in Mendrisio, which saw Joaquím 'Purito' Rodríguez claim the bronze medal behind Cadel Evans (Australia) and Alexandr Kolobnev (Russia). However, there was a feeling of 'what might have been', particularly from Samuel Sánchez, who felt he had the legs to add the world title to the Olympic...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
• Former mountain biker is world elite champion • Australian 32-year-old times his break perfectly Amid broken bones, spats with the media and near-misses in major Tours, Australia's former mountain bike champion Cadel Evans has not had the smoothest of rides in recent years but he made history today by becoming the first cyclist from down under to pull on the rainbow jersey of world elite...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
While Alejandro Valverde has received praise from all quarters for his winning performance in this year's Vuelta a España, fellow contender Samuel Sanchez and Caisse d'Epargne manager Eusebio Unzué have explained why the Spaniard managed to make the title his after years of trying. "At the end he was the best of La Vuelta. There were 21 days of competition - what is at a premium...
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