Here’s the latest from around the web:

France has stiffened their anti-doping laws. The news laws state a one year sentence for being in possession of doping products and stiffer penalties (5 to 7 years) for trafficking. When will one of their own be found guilty?
The UCI delivered the Cyclocross World Cup trophies to Sven Nys and Daphny […]

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Tour of Georgia Wrap-Up:�
By the time I finally got back to posting, the Tour of Georgia (I refuse to call it the Tour de Georgia) was mostly over. Cycling News and VeloNews both had good coverage of all of the action. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sivtsov? I’ve seen both) of Team High Road took the overall win, with Trent […]

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Here’s some of the news from the past two weeks: 

Not that it’s news to anyone at this point, but Tom Boonen won the Paris-Roubaix on April 13th.  He is now targeting another green jersey at the Tour de France.
Saunier-Duval drops out, so Rock Racing will be at the Tour of Georgia
Danilo Di Luca has been […]

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German rider Jorg Jaksche’s one -year doping suspension ends on June 30th.
He is giving himself until the end of July to find a new team.

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Race day started with unexpected sunshine, but the rain and snow returned later in the day to make this a true classics race over slippery cobblestones.
Starting out, the riders set a quick pace as nearly 97 km were covered in the first two hours. When the nasty weather started, several took advantage of the slowdown in the […]

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Rain, mud and cobbles, oh my!
The Ronde is back. The weather is expected to be very Belgian (cold, wet and nasty), but the fans will be out in full force, clutching their beer and fries with mayonaisse (yum!).
All eyes will be on Tom Boonen (Quick Step) this year. After winning in 2005 and 2007, he […]

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Oh, where does the time go? My days have been filled with new projects (I am a project manager, after all), and the nights have been occupied with finishing the SRAM build on my road bike (it’s done, just in time for my new frame to be delivered ;-~).
Let’s see what’s happened lately…
Racing News:

Floyd Landis’ […]

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Latest News: 

The big news for today is the announcement of the teams that have been invited to the Tour de France. As expected, Astana has been excluded and defending champ Alberto Contador will be blocked out. Rabobank, who kicked out Michael Rasmussen during the race over lying about his whereabouts will be back.

The ASO says that Astana […]

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It’s been a busy Palm Sunday weekend for me with family commitments and all, but here is the latest from Paris-Nice.
Stage 5:
The big news of the day was the riders who either did not start or abandoned early in the race. David Millar (Slipstream), William Bonnet (Crédit Agricole) and Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) did not start. […]

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Aussie Cadel Evans conquers both Mont Ventoux and the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice as the race finally sees some of the promised sunshine.
The day started with an early breakaway at the 11km mark. Four riders went off: Jens Voigt (CSC), Niki Tersptra (Milram), Aleksandr Kuchinsky (Liquigas) and Bernhard Eisel (High Road). The peloton was […]

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