Matteo Rabottini has been given a two-year ban by the UCI after testing positive for EPO in August 2014 during an out-of-competition test. The Italian, who rode for Neri Sottoli at the time of his ban, will serve a ban until May 6, 2016, with the UCI reducing his ban by three months for
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Fabio Aru has described himself as a “wreck” due the intestinal ailment that ruled him out of the Giro del Trentino but the Astana rider remains hopeful that he will be able to line up at the Tour de Romandie next week in preparation for the Giro d’Italia, which gets underway on May 9. Aru […]
Six-time Olympic gold medal winner Sir Chris Hoy says Sir Bradley Wiggins has “a 99% chance” of breaking the world hour record on June 7. Tour de France winner and four-time Olympic champion Wiggins, 34, will try to beat Rohan Dennis’ mark of 52.4km (32.5m) at London’s Olympic velodrome. “If Bradley really sets his mind […]
Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead has won the Trofeo Alfredo Binda in Italy, the second round of the UCI Road World Cup. The 26-year-old sprinted ahead of French world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot in second and Dutchwoman Anna Van Der Breggen, who finished third. Defending champion Armitstead now leads the 2015 standings after victory in the 123.7km race, […]
World cycling chief Brian Cookson has hit out at drugs cheat Lance Armstrong’s plans to ride in this year’s Tour de France route for charity, branding them ‘completely disrespectful’. Armstrong, stripped of his seven Tour titles for doping offences, has signed up to take part in the event, organised by former England football player Geoff […]