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Daily News Digest

In today’s edition of the Daily News Digest: Dekker unsuccessful in hour record bid; Dennis continues status as quickest rider; UCI protest leads to E3 Harelbeke dropping sexist poster; Synergy Baku team suspends Alexandr Pliuschin after positive test; Rojas Cubero provisionally suspended after positive A sample for clostebol; Martyn Ashton interview: Despite paralysis, goal is […]

UCI protest leads to E3 Harelbeke dropping sexist poster

Responding to widespread criticism about a controversial poster released by the organisers of the E3 Harelbeke semi-Classic in March, the UCI has forced those organisers to drop their usage of the image in question. Earlier this week the organisers released the image, which showed the rear view of a young woman with a skirt blowing […]

Daily News Digest

In today’s edition of the Daily News Digest: UCI still awaiting receipt of Independent Commission doping report, details to be released in March; Contador: Winning the Giro and Tour would mean my career would be remembered more; Tour de San Luis talents Gaviria and Contreras sign two year contracts with Etixx-QuickStep; Lotto-Soudal doctor calls for […]

UCI still awaiting receipt of Independent Commission doping report, details to be released in March

Although the Cycling Independent Reform Commission (CIRC)’s inquiry into the Lance Armstrong/US Postal Service affair, the UCI’s conduct around that time and doping in general is scheduled to be completed by the end of this month, the UCI has confirmed that the final outcome of that might not be disclosed for a couple more weeks […]

Opening rounds of 2015-2016 cyclocross World Cup confirmed for North America; UCI confirms end of GCP

Meeting in Tábor in the Czech Republic in advance of this weekend’s world cyclocross championships, the UCI’s management committee has rubberstamped the holding of the first two rounds of the 2015-2016 World Cup in North America. The governing body announced the news on Friday, saying that the development was a reflection of the growth of […]

Daily News Digest

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Joe Cooper claims stage 1 victory at the New Zealand Cycle Classic; Astana report expected in early February; Lawson Craddock heads home after TDU crash; Teams announced for the Tour de Langkawi; Doping in sport is a public health issue - WADA chief; What is […]

UCI: update on Astana investigation, CIRC report and more

February appears set to be a busy month for the UCI in terms of ongoing assessments of situations linked to doping, with the outcome of not one but two major reports set to be announced in the coming weeks. Speaking to CyclingTips on Wednesday, UCI spokesman Louis Chenaille said that the first of those two […]

Daily News Digest

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Rohan Dennis wins the Tour Down Under, Wouter Wippert claims final stage; Dani Diaz wins the Tour de San Luis, Mark Cavendish wins final stage; UCI backtracks on ranking and points system for 2015; Roman Kreuziger undergoes polygraph to prove innocence; Samuel Sanchez re-signs with […]

Rocacorba Daily

In today’s edition of the Rocacorba Daily: Rohan Dennis flies to stage 3 win and overall lead in the Tour Down Under; Dani Diaz builds overall lead with stage 4 victory at the Tour de San Luis; Former Rabobank and Team Sky doctor Geert Leinders handed lifetime ban for doping violations; Dowsett forced to postpone […]

How Velon is vying to boost the value and stability of pro cycling

When it was launched on November 25th the Velon company declared that it had three goals, with perhaps the most important of those being a stated desire to create a new and better economic future for the sport. Somewhat inevitably, this was met with calls for clarification of how precisely that might work. How much […]