On Tuesday, Andy Schlek, who has been runner up in the Tour de France twice, and Stuart O’Grady, his Saxo Bank teammate were both sent home from the Spanish Vuelta for drinking, which is against team rules and regulations. Apparently, when the two teammates enjoyed a drink after they went out for dinner, the rule [...]
Igor Anton is the Vuelta cycling race that has finally seen their first Spanish stage winner. The Belgium overall leader was Philippe Gilbert, while on the fourth leg of the race he took the win. Anton was able to break away and take a one second victory over the Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali, Spain’s Joaquin Rodriguez [...]
Alberto Contador of Spain and Team Estana took the Tour de France lead from Luxemborg’s Andy Schleck under controversial circumstances. Contador then held the lead through the remaining mountain stages and the final time trial to beat Schleck for his third Tour de France title. The controversy occurred during Stage 15 in the Pyrenees Mountains [...]
Of the famous cycling road race, the 2008 Tour de France marked the 95th version. Due to the doping scandals of the 2007 Tour de France, team Astana was not included in this race. To compete took 2007’s champion, race officials’ refusal to allow Team Astana, Alberto Contador, out of the running. The new favorites [...]
In the recent Amgen Tour of California last Thursday early on in the race, cycling legend Lance Armstrong suffered a crash. The Tour de France, Armstrong typically uses that race to prepare for the pinnacle of cycling. With about 4 stages remaining in the race, Lance Armstrong crashed outside of Visalia, California. Including a laceration [...]
