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Oct. 15, 2008Team Kona cyclocrosser Barry Wicks reports on some of his off-the-bike pursuits.
VeloNews.com publishes a diary from Kona pro cyclocross racer Barry Wicks every other Wednesday. Wicks' column alternates with one by Cyclocrossworld.com-Cannondale's Jeremy Powers
Cyclocross season for me brings about a time in my life when I can get off the bike for ...
- Oct. 15, 2008Baja Epic route details; Dahle Flesjå re-ups
With three weeks to go until its November 5 kickoff date, the Baja Epic — a four-day cross-country race in northern Mexico — has finalized its route. The race will cover approximately 250 miles and include 24,000 feet of climbing. The race runs November 5-8.
The opening ...
Oct. 15, 2008Kohl admits doping
Tour de France king of the mountain Bernhard Kohl admitted on Wednesday that he had doped in preparation for this year’s race.
In a Wednesday evening press conference in Vienna, Austria, Kohl took full responsibility for a “bad decision,” driven at least in part by the ...
- Oct. 15, 2008Baden Cooke takes stage 3 in Sun Tour
After playing second fiddle on two occasions in sprint finishes, former Tour de France sprint champion Baden Cooke finally took the honors on stage 3 of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour.
Cooke, riding for Barloworld, had been edged out by early Tour leader Matt Goss (CSC - Saxo ...
Oct. 15, 2008Armstrong casts doubt on Tour return
Lance Armstrong’s comeback might not include the 2009 Tour de France, at least that’s what the seven-time Tour winner is hinting at this week.
Armstrong confirmed Monday that the Giro d’Italia will be part of his 2009 racing schedule and told Italian sports daily La ...
Oct. 15, 2008Bastianelli suspended
Italian cyclist Marta Bastianelli, the 2007 women's road race world champion, has been handed a one-year ban by the anti-doping tribunal of the Italian Olympic Committee for failing a drugs test.
Bastianelli, 21, missed the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for ...
- Oct. 15, 2008Michael Barry's Diary - The final attacks of the season
Alessandria, Italy ─ The peloton, stretched thin into a long single line, stuck to the white line marking the edge of the road with the riders on the front pushing the cool yet fresh autumn air as they rode a hard tempo to control the race and bring back the breakaway. ...
Oct. 15, 2008The Explainer: What about those (suspect) stage 'wins?'
Dear VeloNews,So now that Ricardo Riccò, Stefan Schumacher, Leonardo Piepoli and Bernhard Kohl have all tested positive for CERA, what happens to the results they achieved during the Tour de France? Riccò, Schumacher and Piepoli “won” five stages among them and ...
- Oct. 15, 2008McQuaid: Doping penalties may double
Bans for failing doping tests could be doubled to four years as soon as next year, UCI president Pat McQuaid said on Wednesday.
The news comes after Austrian rider Bernhard Kohl, who placed third at this year's Tour de France, tested positive for a strain of the banned blood ...
- Oct. 14, 2008Fresh Korn: The off-season is an all-too-brief calm before the seasonal storm
“So, what do you guys do in the off-season?”
Most of the time this gets asked by someone wondering about a “job.” From those a bit more knowledgeable about the sport, it’s referring to something we do to fill our time, figuring that the bike goes in the ...
- Oct. 14, 2008Scandal claims German race
The 2009 Tour of Stuttgart was canceled on Tuesday, with organizers of the six-day event saying recent failed doping tests have tarnished the sport's image in Germany.
"We have held intense discussions over the last few days and decided at the conclusion not to organize the ...
- Oct. 14, 2008CSC's Stuart O'Grady wins stage 2 and takes the overall lead at Australia's Sun Tour
Stuart O'Grady continued the CSC-Saxo Bank domination of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, winning the second stage, after his 21-year-old teammate, Matt Goss, of Tasmania, won the prologue and stage 1.
The American teams Toyota-United, ...
