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Sky Team wins team trial at Tour of Qatar (AP)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:00:30 PST

Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen defied strong winds to take the yellow jersey on the opening day of the Tour of Qatar as his Sky Team won Sunday's 5.1-mile team time trial. American team Garmin-Transitions, which initially finished third, moved up to second after a rider with the Cervelo Test Team was found guilty of an illegal maneuver, the UCI said.

Italian cycling coach Franco Ballerini dies (AP)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:42:52 PST

The Italian Cycling Federation says national team coach Franco Ballerini has died following a crash during an amateur rally race. The federation said on its Web site that the 45-year-old Ballerini was taking part as a navigator in a rally early Sunday when his car swerved off the road and crashed. Medical staff at the track spent 45 minutes trying to revive him before he was taken to a hospital and...

Italy coach dies in rallying accident (Reuters)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:34:52 PST

Italy cycling coach Franco Ballerini died on Sunday after an accident in a rally car, a hospital spokesperson said.

Lance Armstrong to race in Criterium International (AP)

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:05:30 PST

Lance Armstrong will take on world road cycling champion Cadel Evans and Olympic gold medalist Samuel Sanchez in next month's Criterium International in Corsica. Armstrong's Team Radioshack, Evans' BMC Racing Team and Sanchez's Euskaltel-Euskadi are among the top Pro Tour teams scheduled to line up at the start in Porto Vecchio on March 27, race director Christian Prudhomme said...

Cyclist Di Luca banned 2 years for doping (AP)

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:22:01 PST

Cyclist Danilo Di Luca was hit with the second doping suspension of his career Monday, a two-year ban for using a blood-boosting drug at last year's Giro d'Italia. The Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping court imposed the ban after Di Luca tested positive for CERA following two stages of the 2009 race.

Italian Di Luca banned two years for doping (Reuters)

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:03:34 PST

Italian Danilo Di Luca has been banned for two years for testing positive for illegal blood booster CERA during last May's Giro d'Italia, the Italian Olympic Committee's (CONI) anti-doping tribunal ruled on Monday.

Cyclist LeMond plans bid for Yellowstone Club land (AP)

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:32:00 PST

An attorney for Greg LeMond says the three-time Tour de France winner and his in-laws plan to bid on a large parcel of land at Montana's exclusive Yellowstone Club. The owner of the 160-acre tract near Yellowstone National Park, club co-founder Edra Blixseth, filed for bankruptcy protection and must sell the so-called "Family Compound." The trustee overseeing Blixseth's estate...

UCI awards 2013 cyclocross worlds to Louisville (AP)

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:54:56 PST

The International Cycling Union has awarded hosting rights for the cyclocross world championships to the United States for the first time. The 2013 event will be held in Louisville, Ky., which is also scheduled to stage two world championships at masters level in 2012-13. The UCI's ruling board made the decision Friday, on the eve of this year's championship in the off-road racing...

Cyclist Vania Rossi tests positive for CERA (AP)

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:28:55 PST

Cyclist Vania Rossi has tested positive for doping. The Italian Olympic Committee says the blood-booster CERA was found in Rossi's system after she finished second in the Italian cyclecross championships on Jan. 10 in Segrate, near Milan. She is the partner of Riccardo Ricco, who was caught using the same substance at the 2008 Tour de France after winning two mountain stages.

Spanish court backs out-of-race doping controls (AP)

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:15:27 PST

A Spanish court has rejected a rider's claim that cycling's out-of-competition doping controls are unconstitutional and a breach of individual rights. Carlos Roman Golbano's appeal of a case initially presented in September 2007 was denied by a provincial court in Almeria. Cycling's governing body (UCI), which launched the case jointly with the Spanish cycling federation, called it...