Danish rider Michael Rasmussen has held a press conference admitting he used performance enhancing drugs for 12 years. 12 years!!?? Wtf? Questions must be asked about how so many top riders can undergo so much drug testing without testing positive, but that’s for another day. Anti Doping Denmark have given Rasmussen a 2 year ban…
Month: January 2013
South Australia Shines On Thursday At Tracknats
South Australia has claimed the honours on the second night of competition, collecting four of the seven gold medals at the 2013 Subaru Cycling Australia Track National Championships at Sydney?s Dunc Gray Velodrome on Thursday. Annette Edmondson won the individual pursuit, while Glenn O?Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison and Miles Scotson were simply superb…
Giorgia Bronzini Sprints Into Third Place In Ladies Tour of Qatar Stage Three
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling?s former World champion Giorgia Bronzini took her first podium place of the season as she sprinted to third place in the third stage of the Ladies? Tour of Qatar between Al Thakhira and Madinat Al Shamal.? At the end of another day dominated by the desert wind, Bronzini used her track…
Orica-AIS Unable To Split Field On Ladies Tour Of Qatar Stage 3
By DS David McPartland Despite their best efforts, ORICA-AIS was unable to split the field on stage three of the Ladies Tour of Qatar. The earlier stages saw the Australian outfit rewarded for their aggressive tactics. Unable to isolate their opponents on stage three, the team came to the line in a group 40 strong…
Bad Luck Relegates Chloe Hosking From Ladies Tour of Qatar Race Lead
Chloe Hosking lost the race lead in the Ladies Tour of Qatar by three seconds to Kirsten Wild (Argos-Shimano) after a puncture in the last kilometers of todays third stage. The race was again ripped apart by Qatar?s signature crosswinds after the first intermediate sprint but soon came back together as the peloton reached the?13…
Team Argos-Shimano Name Men?s Team To Tour of Qatar
After the Ladies Tour of Qatar, it is up to the men to race through the desert wind. Beginning Sunday, February 3, and finishing Friday, February 8, the race will feature six stages and cover a total distance of 732.5 km. Last year Tom Boonen took the overall classification. The race, famous for its magnificent…
Kirsten Wild Unbeatable Again In Stage 3 Of Ladies Tour of Qatar
Kirsten Wild, who won stage 2 of the Ladies Tour of Qatar yesterday, was victorious again today ahead of Ellen van Dijk (Specialized-Lululemon) and Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling) after a strong performance by Team Argos-Shimano. The win takes her to the top of the general classification. Today?s stage was another thrilling race with…
Lauren Kitchen – Wiggle Honda Team Launch & Ladies Tour of Qatar
By Lauren Kitchen?(Twitter @LaurenKitchen1) The launch of the Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling team took place last Friday in London! It was an exciting day, with lots of media attention, lots of photos and interviews and great company hanging out with my new team mates. It was a great opportunity to meet all the sponsors that…
WA Strikes Gold at National Track Championships
Double world junior champion Kelsey Robson (Tapping) and Elissa Wundersitz (Bassendean) tore up the tracks at the Dunc Gray Velodrome in Sydney, winning gold in the U19 Women?s Individual Pursuit and 7.5km Scratch Races respectively. The first night of competition also saw Sam Welsford (Woodlands) narrowly miss out on a podium finish, placing 4th in…
The Cyclists Psyche ? Jayden Copp From The Team Downunder TDU
New for the 2013 National Road Series is our Cyclists Psyche survey. A standard interview about a riders form and target races will get you a standard answer. Only here will you find out what type of dinosaur a rider is, and what they will do to someone who scratches their bike! Up next, Jayden…