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Greg Lemond Says Lance Armstrong ‘Transparency’ Is Not Enough

Greg Lemond Says Lance Armstrong ‘Transparency’ Is Not Enough

PARIS, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - Former three-time yellow jersey champion Greg Lemond has played down the anti-doping efficiency of self-policing by cycling teams - and says Lance Armstrong must do more if he is to prove he is 100 percent clean.
Lemond, the first American to win the Tour [...]

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Team Columba Gunning For Breaks In Paris-Tours

San Luis Obispo, CA, 10 October 2008 - Team Columbia will be aiming to make their mark in the Paris-Tours Classic in France this Sunday by getting their riders in the breakaways.
“That tactic worked out for us well on Thursday, when Bernhard [Eisel] won Paris-Bourges, so I don’t see why it can’t work on Sunday, [...]

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Giro d’Italia Extends 2009 Invite to Lance Armstrong

ROME, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - Giro d’Italia chief Angelo Zomegnan has paved the way for the maiden participation of Lance Armstrong by officially inviting the seven-time Tour de France champion to next year’s race.
Armstrong never raced the Giro d’Italia during his Tour reign, but ahead of the Giro’s [...]

Greg Lemond Says Lance Armstrong ‘Transparency’ Is Not Enough

PARIS, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - Former three-time yellow jersey champion Greg Lemond has played down the anti-doping efficiency of self-policing by cycling teams - and says Lance Armstrong must do more if he is to prove he is 100 percent clean.
Lemond, the first American to win the Tour [...]

UCI Slammed For Lance Armstrong ‘Favors’

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has come in for some harsh criticism after bending its own rules to allow American star Lance Armstrong to return to professional cycling at the Tour Down Under.
Armstrong’s plan to break his three-year hiatus at the Australian race from January 20-25 appeared compromised last [...]

Giro d’Italia Chiefs Will Not Test Retroactively For CERA

ROME, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - Giro d’Italia chief Angelo Zomegnan said he will not retroactively test samples from the 2008 race in a bid to weed out possible users of CERA, the latest generation of the banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin).

According to Gazzetta dello Sport on Friday, Zomegnan [...]

Tour Rider Dmitriy Fofonov Gets Handed A Three-Month Ban

PARIS, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - Credit Agricole rider Dmitriy Fofonov has been handed a three-month ban after testing positive for a banned stimulant at the Tour de France, it was reported by www.cyclismag.com.
Traces of heptaminol - which is found in products aimed at improving blood circulation - were [...]

EISEL HITS TOP SPEED TO TAKE PARIS-BOURGES

San Luis Obispo, CA, 9 October 2008 - Bernhard Eisel has outsprinted four other riders for a hard-fought victory in the Paris-Bourges Classic in France on Thursday.
“The attacks kept coming towards the end” the Columbia pro. said, “because the others knew that I was the fastest rider for the finish.”
“To make it even harder, I [...]

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Ritchey-Sponsored Alessandro Ballan and Damiano Cunego Dominate World Road Championship with First and Second Place Finishes

Recent gold medalist, Nicole Cooke, also snags first place finish
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SAN CARLOS, Calif. - Oct. 7, 2008 - Ritchey Design components shined during the World Road Championships held in Varese, Italy (September 22-28, 2008) when Ritchey-sponsored riders Alessandro Ballan and Damiano Cunego, both of Italy, took first and second place in the elite [...]

Photo’s - First Hand From The World Road Championships

Photo’s by Myles McCorry
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It Is The End Of The Rainbow For A Smiling Paolo Bettini

by Justin Davis
VARESE, Italy, Sept 29, 2008 (AFP) - Handing his coveted world title to
countryman Alessandro Ballan was the second-best send-off Italian great Paolo
Bettini could have wished for, he admitted here Sunday.
The only thing better would have been to keeping the rainbow jersey he won
in 2006 and 2007, thus [...]

Lloyd The Only Aussie Survivor Of The Worlds Slaughter

by Justin Davis
VARESE, Italy, Sept 29, 2008 (AFP) - Matthew Lloyd took the unenviable
honor of being the only rider from Australia’s team here at the world
championships to survive the unforgiving men’s road race on Sunday.
Won in thrilling fashion by Italian Alessandro Ballan ahead of compatriot
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Time To Say Goodbye To Bettini, And Hello To Another Round Of Doping Stories

Written by: Myles McCorry
Feature Writer
On a blistering hot day in north Italy, 206 riders started the massive 260km course, which was to decide the champion of the world: MUCH glory waited!
All eyes were on the little Italian rocket Paolo Betinni, as he announced that today’s race in Varese was to be his last. Superstars lined [...]

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Men Road race (260.2km)
1. Alessandro Ballan (ITA) 6hr 37min 30sec, 2. Damiano Cunego (ITA) at 3sec, 3. Matti Breschel (DEN), 4. Davide Rebellin (ITA), 5. Andriy Grivko (UKR), 6. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP), 7. Fabian Wegmann (GER), 8. Christian Pfannberger (AUT), 9. Nick Nuyens (BEL), 10. Robert [...]

Alessandro Ballan Keeps The Rainbow Jersey in Italy

by Justin Davis
Former Tour of Flanders champion Alessandro Ballan heralded a new era for the Italians at the world championships by upstaging Paolo Bettini to win the coveted rainbow jersey.
In a race tipped to see a duel between two-time defending champion Bettini and three-time [...]

Classy Nicole Cooke Just Too Hot For World Road Rivals (Results)

by Justin Davis
VARESE, Italy, Sept 27, 2008 (AFP) - Welsh cycling star Nicole Cooke overcame years of frustration by adding a maiden world road race title to her Beijing road race gold here at the world championships on Saturday.
Marianne Vos of the Netherlands, the 2006 champion, [...]