It’s a sunny day here at BWN HQ and in the rest of America, too. Take that however you like. Here’s the news:

Quick Step has been the most winning team over the last five years. CSC and Columbia/T-Mobile were second and third. (Sport.be)
Several outlets are reporting that Leonardo Piepoli has requested that his B-sample from [...]

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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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Time to get out the cold weather gear! Here at BWN Headquarters, the sun came out long enough today to drop below the horizon. Here’s the latest news:

Ivan Basso had his official team presentation with Liquigas yesterday and says that he is ready to race. He’ll compete at the Japan Cup on October 26th, then [...]

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Lance, doping, transfers, hurt feelings and a little more today:

Depeche du Midi groups Lance Armstrong in with cycling’s worst culprits, including Michael Rasmussen, Ibin Mayo, Ivan Basso, Patrick Sinkewitz, Matthias Kessler, Floyd Landis, Ricardo Ricco, Andrei Kashechkin and Alexander Vinokourov. Of course, with the exception of Lance, all of those listed either doped, said that [...]

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Here’s the latest news:

Frank Schleck has confirmed that he made a 7,000 euro payment to a bank account belonging to Operación Puerto doctor Eufemiano Fuentes in 2006, but denies that he was doping. CSC Saxo Bank has [...]

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