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MILAN, Oct 19, 2012 (AFP) - Investigators probing Lance Armstrong's former sports doctor now have evidence linking former Giro d'Italia winners Michele Scarponi and Denis Menchov to Michele Ferrari, a report said Friday. Ferrari has already been handed a lifetime ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for his role in what it termed as the biggest doping programme in sporting … [Read more...]
LA bola del mundo, Spain, Sept 8, 2012 (AFP) - Spain's Alberto Contador, racing his first Grand Tour since returning from a two-year doping ban last month, has closed in on his second Tour of Spain crown with only a disaster preventing him from winning. Russia's Denis Menchov of the Katusha team won the 20th and penultimate stage here on Saturday, with Saxo-Bank rider Contador retaining … [Read more...]
PARIS, June 19, 2012 - Russian Denis Menchov, who finished second on the 2010 Tour de France, will head the Katusha team for this year's edition of the Grande Boucle. Menchov will be accompanied by former three-time world champion Oscar Freire of Spain, a winner of four Tour stages who claimed the green jersey in 2008. Katusha team Giampaolo Caruso (ITA), Oscar Freire (ESP), … [Read more...]
PARIS, Dec 12, 2011 - Russian Denis Menchov will race for the Katusha team from next season, moving from the soon to be defunct Geox, his new WorldTour team announced Monday. Menchov, 33, has twice made the podium in the Tour de France, posting third-place finishes in 2008 and 2010. He also won the Giro in 2009 and the Vuelta in 2005 and 2007. … [Read more...]
18 October, 2011 - Paris was the location today for the presentation of the 2012 Grande Boucle. Although Juanjo Cobo and Denis Menchov weren't there, soon after they got to take a careful look at the new route for the French stage race. For the two GEOX-TMC point men in fact, the Tour is one of the most important events in the season. "It's still too soon to talk about our plans for next … [Read more...]
16 August, 2011 - GEOX-TMC has announced the squad that will be taking part in the Vuelta España scheduled from August 20th to September 11th. The selected riders are Spain’s own Carlos Sastre, David Blanco, Juan Josè Cobo and David De la Fuente, Russians Denis Menchov and Dimitryy Kozontchuk, Colombians Fabio Duarte and Mauricio Ardila and Austrian Matthias Brandle. Sports Directors Joxean … [Read more...]
01 June, 2011 - After 21 stages and 3524.5 km that covered the entire peninsula, GEOX-TMC’s long, pink adventure came to its conclusion with the final time trial in Milano on Sunday, May 29th. GEOX-TMC closed out the 2011 Giro d’Italia with eighth place in the general classification conquered by Russian Denis Menchov, winner of the 2009 edition of the pink race. The Team GEOX-TMC came to … [Read more...]
Denis Menchov and Carlos Sastre do recon on the major climbs featured in the Giro d’Italia 26 April, 2011 – It was a working Easter for riders on Team GEOX-TMC. After Friday’s wind tunnel tests in Milan to tweak their bikes and dial in seat position for the time-trial parts of the Giro, on Saturday and Sunday Denis Menchov, Carlos Sastre and team mates Fabio Duarte (the Colombian is the … [Read more...]
GENEVA, April 25, 2011 (AFP) - Slovenian Simon Spilak faces a tough challenge to keep his yellow jersey for Tour de Romandie, which starts Tuesday, with Australian Cadel Evans, Italian Ivan Basso and Russian Denis Menchov among contenders. Evans missed this month's Ardennes Classics campaign due to a knee injury, while Tour de Italy champion Basso had pulled out of the Tour of the … [Read more...]
GEOX-TMC riders will be competing in the Vuelta Murcia from Friday the 4th to Sunday the 6th of February. GEOX-TMC will be lining up for the brief Spanish stage race with their two team’s leaders, Denis Menchov and Carlos Sastre, among others. This is Denis Menchov’s return to competitions after his first appearance at the Challenge Mallorca in February, while for Carlos Sastre the Vuelta … [Read more...]