Fassa Bortolo News

Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi is confident Lampre's manager Giuseppe Saronni will resolve the team's ProTour licence problem.

The the team will more likely be remembered more for their a aggressiveness and presence in breaks as in the 14th stage pf the tour where Nicholas Roche escaped with a group of twelve and won the sprint for second only 18 seconds after Serguei Ivanov escaped in the final kilometers for the win over 5 minutes ahead of the peloton.

Cyclist Fabian Cancellara tells swissinfo.ch a decision to award him an Olympic silver medal instead of a bronze does more for the record books than his pride.

Tom Boonen is a cross between a sprinter and a strong cobbled classics rider. He's a multiple winner of both major cobbled classics, Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders.

You might remember that Rebellin also won Paris-Nice in 2008. Did he have a little help from his friends there, too? Dear Explainer, I recently read about the UCI's decision to strip Davide Rebellin of the silver medal he "won" at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing because he tested positive for CERA.

Veteran riders David Rebellin of Italy and Stefan Schumacher of Germany have been disqualified from the Beijing Olympics, via an announcement from the International Olympic Committee Rebellin, who's won numerous Classics as well as a Tour of Italy stage, has been stripped of his road race silver medal.

" who tested positive for the banned blood booster CERA - " may lose his Olympic medal after all.

Italian veteran Dario Cioni will ride for Team Sky in 2010, according to La Gazzetta Dello Sport .

Spaniard Patxi Vila has started to prepare for a return to professional cycling and has confirmed that he has spoken to a number of teams, including Astana and his former team, Lampre.

The moment happened in late March, in Santa Croce on the Arno River, near Pisa. At the end of a moderate day in the saddle, the Cervelo Test Team, feeling confident and on form, put five guys on the front of a large pack of sprinters, hopeful that Thor Hushovd could finish off the stage and send a message heading into Milano-Sanremo. Their move ...

Teams, riders, results, oh my! Here is the second part of the monster Chris created last week, an overview of the teams after the transfer season is all-but closed.

Rob Hayles upstaged Great Britain's Olympic cycling heroes at the opening Tour of Britain stage in London yesterday.

Flandrien Honorees: Mark Cavendish, Martijn Degreve, Kevin De Jonghe, Grace Verbeke, Martijn Degreve and a representative for Philippe Gilbert.

After taking part in the criterium of Oviedo in the Asturias on Saturday evening and the criterium of Alcobendas on Sunday morning, Alberto Contador flew to Paris to receive the Vlo d'Or. The presentation was broadcast live on France Tlvisions for the first time since the inception of the trophy, awarded by French monthly Vlo Magazine since 1992.

Lampre /NGC 2010 - Blue and Fucsia Team Adds Talent The team of Mario Galbusera and Giuseppe Saronni add three new riders to their program and resign Francesco Gavazzi to join Damiano Cunego and Alessandro Petacchi et.

Italian team Lampre-NGC signed Alessandro Spezialetti and Lorenzo Bernucci today, according to Tuttobiciweb .

MARK Cavendish was not able to attend the Isle of Man Cycling Association function on Saturday evening as he was collecting awards in Belgium and Italy in recognition of his amazing 2009 season.

Mark Cavendish has been celebrating yet another career milestone after the British cyclist was awarded the International Flandrian Of the Year prize in Belgium.

Former American professional Davis Phinney, who in 1986 became the first American to win a Tour de France road stage as part of the groundbreaking 7-Eleven squad, appreciates the challenge Tour director Christian Prudhomme faces in creating a balanced and fresh Tour de France route.

The 2010 Tour de France will skip many of the climbs in the southern Alps and instead spend more time in the northern Alps, including the towns of Morzine-Avoriaz, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Chambry.