Lots of news today, so let’s get started.

Alberto Contador has confirmed that he’ll stay with Astana for 2009. He and Lance Armstrong will each formulate their own calendars for next season and focus on the races that they want to win. (This will only be a problem if Contador wants to repeat at the Giro, [...]

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Busy, not busy, busy, not busy…

Alexandre Vinokourov has received a one year ban for blood doping. His ban would be completed by July 2008, so he could potentially compete at the Beijing Olympics, but he has since announed that he is retiring from racing.

Some other racers are trying to understand how he slipped by with only [...]

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