Bike World News

In today’s bicycle racing news, Zoncolan returns, Tyler Farrar takes a win, ‘cross seaon ramps up and more.

The Ticino region rapidly adopted this modest and generous rider, without ever imagining that one day he would become World Champion less than three kilometres from his home.

In today’s report, we have more rosters for the World Cup. Also, Shimano announces an anti-doping policy for sponsored teams, Theo Bos leaves Rabobank and more.

We’ve been trying to keep you up to date on all of the transfer news, but Sport.be has put together a good list of the moves. This offers the best look we’ve had yet of Lance Armstrong’s Radio Shack Cycling team as well as the new Sky Cycling team that will be riding next year.

Ryder Hesjedal takes the first win for Canada at the Vuelta. It’s also Garmin’s second Grand Tour win in as many years. David Zabriskie doubles it up for Garmin in Missouri today. More transfers, more doping and other news…

Here’s some of the news and notes from the Vuelta (Tour of Spain) and today’s other cycling news.

Simon Gerrans (Cervelo) took the win from three of his breakaway companions on the final run into Murcia. Alejandro Valverde finished safely with the peloton to hold on to the maillot oro.

On a rain-soaked day that was the first real day of climbing, Andre Greipel (Columbia-HTC) won the 225 km stage from Venlo to Liege that took in parts of the course for the Tour of Flanders and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. The end of the race was contested by a group of six riders that survived a huge crash in the last couple of kilometers.

Seems that the court cases, arrests and suspensions all seem to come at the same time. Boonen will go free if he pays a fine, Vandenbrouke may be in trouble again, Di Luca claims conspiracy and more bicycle racing news.

Here some old and new news from the weekend. We’ll be back later in the day with more news.