Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for CERA, the International Cycling Union has confirmed.
Tour de France organizers have confirmed that 20 teams, 180 riders in total, will compete in this year's race, with the Spanish Fuji team the biggest omission from the starting list.
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor has requested a two-year suspension for Leonardo Piepoli after the 37-year-old Italian tested positive for blood booster EPO during the Tour de France.
Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli twice tested positive for an advanced blood booster during this year's Tour de France, officials said Monday, and German cyclist Stefan Schumacher's team suspended him for suspected use of the same substance
Scott-American Beef, the new sponsors of the Saunier Duval team, have not been invited to compete in the Vuelta Espana, race organizers Unipublic have revealed.
British sprint sensation Mark Cavendish claimed his fourth stage victory at the drug-tainted Tour de France on Friday as he snatched the 13th leg from Narbonne to Nimes.
Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for CERA, the International Cycling Union has confirmed.
Tour de France organizers have confirmed that 20 teams, 180 riders in total, will compete in this year's race, with the Spanish Fuji team the biggest omission from the starting list.
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor has requested a two-year suspension for Leonardo Piepoli after the 37-year-old Italian tested positive for blood booster EPO during the Tour de France.
Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli twice tested positive for an advanced blood booster during this year's Tour de France, officials said Monday, and German cyclist Stefan Schumacher's team suspended him for suspected use of the same substance
Scott-American Beef, the new sponsors of the Saunier Duval team, have not been invited to compete in the Vuelta Espana, race organizers Unipublic have revealed.
British sprint sensation Mark Cavendish claimed his fourth stage victory at the drug-tainted Tour de France on Friday as he snatched the 13th leg from Narbonne to Nimes.
Mark Cavendish is going down in history. Riccardo Ricco is going home. It's been a Good News-Bad News kind of Tour de France, with today's Stage 12 perfectly capturing the Hope vs. Dope dialectic of this grand and haunted race.
Italian climber Riccardo Ricco has become the third cyclist to be kicked out of this year's Tour de France after testing positive for the blood-booster EPO, but by far the most high profile.
Isle of Man sprinter Mark Cavendish made cycling history on Thursday when he became the first-ever Briton to claim three stage wins in a single Tour de France.
Saunier Duval's Leonardo Piepoli won the 10th stage of the Tour de France as Australia's Cadel Evans took over the race leader's yellow jersey in a dramatic finale on the cruel slopes of the Hautacam on Monday.
Italian climber Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval won the 195.5km sixth stage of the Tour de France in the Massif Central on Thursday, with Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg taking the race leader's yellow jersey.
Emanuele Sella recorded his third mountain stage of this year's Giro d'Italia on Saturday, and Alberto Contador held onto his slim overall lead for a sixth day.
Alberto Contador held on to the pink jersey by his fingertips on a dramatic 19th stage of the Giro d'italia as he withstood determined challenges from reigning champion Danilo Di Luca and Riccardo Ricco.
Saunier Duval's Riccardo Ricco timed his burst to perfection to win the eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia and claim a valuable time bonus in the battle for the overall honors.
Gabriele Bosisio won the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia as defending champion Danilo Di Luca established an early psychological advantage over his main rivals for overall honors.
Italian Daniele Bennati won an eventful third stage of the Giro d'Italia on Monday -- recording his first-ever success in the race on a day marked by a series of accidents.
Riccardo Ricco took a dramatic second stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday in a sprint finish as fellow Italian Franco Pellizotti snatched the race leader's pink jersey.
Italy's Leonardo Bertagnolli won the 179-km sixth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico cycle race from San Benedetto del Tronto to Torricella Sicura on Monday.
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