Posted: Sun, Sep 21st
Ekimov: ‘No comeback for me’All the talk about Lance Armstrong’s comeback hasn’t tickled any thoughts of a return by Russian veteran Viatcheslav Ekimov.
Now 42, Ekimov is busy enough these days working as a sport director at Astana and as a coach at the Russian national team.
“I won’t be ...
Posted: Sat, Sep 20th
Leipheimer wins final TT; Contador locks up VueltaHow close was it between Levi Leipheimer and Alberto Contador in Saturday’s nail-biting 17.1km time trial at the Vuelta a España? Very close.
Leipheimer gave his Astana teammate a scare and blasted up the Cat. 1 Puerto de Navacerrada to win his second time trial stage at ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 19th
Lance Armstrong hints at plan to race in AustraliaOff-the-cuff comments last weekend by Lance Armstrong that he wants to take his comeback tour worldwide raised hopes in Australia that the seven-time Tour de France champion’s return to racing might start in January’s Tour Down Under.
Not so fast, matey.
Armstrong, ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18th
Tour winner denies saying that his team manager is hamstringing his Vuelta Spain is an uproar Thursday night over alleged comments from Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre accusing Team CSC-Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis of trying to undermine his efforts to win the Vuelta a España.
Sastre — who is leaving Riis’s team to joining the start-up ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18th
Top-level meeting to discuss cycling's futureCycling’s biggest players will meet Friday in Madrid to try to heal the division and ill will that have split the sport the past few years.
Whether the meeting among members of the UCI, the organizers of the three grand tours and the top professional teams can ease the way ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18th
Evans welcomes Armstrong newsIt might seem odd that the rider who’s finished second in the past two editions of the Tour de France would welcome back the rider who ruled the race with an iron fist for seven years straight.
But that’s Cadel Evans for you, perhaps the most polite rider in the ...
Posted: Wed, Sep 17th
Indurain: ‘Armstrong will have to work hard’Miguel Indurain doesn’t doubt that Lance Armstrong will be able to return to a high level in his comeback in 2009.
But the five-time Tour de France champion wonders if Armstrong will be able to win the Tour again after being away from competition for more than three ...
Posted: Wed, Sep 17th
Quick Step's Wouter Weylandt wins stage 17 of the Vuelta.Tom Boonen and Paolo Bettini have each won two stages in this year’s Vuelta a España and had already planned to pull out after Wednesday’s stage into Valladolid, so the Quick Step superstars decided to sit up in their final sprint and leave it the second-tier sprinters to ...
Posted: Tue, Sep 16th
Tom Boonen wins Vuelta stage 16It was a fast and exciting conclusion Tuesday into Zamora to one of the slowest and most tedious stages any grand tour has endured in years.
Tom Boonen (Quick Step) pipped Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) to win his second stage of this year’s Vuelta a España, but the 186.3km ...
Posted: Mon, Sep 15th
Garcia takes stage 15; Contador retains leadDavid García gave Xacobeo-Galicia the stage victory Monday that the team missed when Ezequiel Mosquera didn’t receive much charity from Astana in Sunday’s summit finish high in the Catabrian mountains.
García charged out of a busted-up 17-man breakaway with 3km to go, ...
Posted: Sat, Sep 13th
Attack on the Angliru: Contador takes controlAlberto Contador (Astana) is king of the hill in Spain.
Spain’s climbing sensation added more fodder to the argument that he’s the best contemporary rider with a thrilling victory atop the most vicious climb in Europe.
Contador attacked with 5km to go in Saturday’s ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 12th
The good lieutenant: A conversation with Levi LeipheimerLevi Leipheimer (Astana) enters Saturday’s showdown in the Angliru in perfect position.
Teammate Alberto Contador has an entire nation – not to mention the whole Vuelta peloton – watching his every move.
Poised in second place at 11 seconds back, the veteran American ...
