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Lucy Kennedy landed her first European victory at the Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria on Monday with a solo attack. It was a good day for Mitchelton-Scott as Amanda Spratt finished second to give them the top two places on the podium. Its my first European win with the team so it feels very special. In this team, its an honour just to be given the opportunity so Im glad I could make it count, Kennedy said in a team press release. The 113km race began with five opening laps of a circuit before ...
Local authorities are working against the clock to ensure that the Passo Gavia is open for business for the Giro d’Italia’s queen stage next Tuesday. Having seen heavy snowfall, the Gavia has been a concern for some weeks, and race organisers stated on Tuesday that theres a 60 per cent chance the roads can be cleared ahead of stage 16 from Lovere to Ponte di Legno. With its peak at over 2,600 metres, it is not always possible to go up and over the Gavia in May. Indeed, in 2013 the organisers we...
Juan José Amador has said that he does not accept the adverse analytical finding (AAF) for Boldenone of which he was notified by the UCI on Monday. Meanwhile, the Manzana Postobón team, who immediately fired Wilmar Paredes last month after a positive test for EPO, have suspended Amador but say they will stick by their rider and seek a resolution in the case. The UCI announced on Monday that Amador had tested positive for Boldenone, a steroid, in an out-of-competition doping control taken on Oct...
Juan José Amador of the Colombian Pro Continental team Manzana Postobon has been notified of an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for the steroid Boldenone, according to a press release sent out by cyclings governing body, the UCI, on Monday. It is the teams second suspension in as many months following the announcement of Wilmar Paredes AAF for EPO last month. According to UCI anti-doping regulation 7.12.1, Manzana Postobon will now be suspended for a period of between 15 and 45 days, which wil...
Gianni Bugno, president of the Association of Professional Cyclists (CPA), this week issued an open letter denouncing the excessive proximity of the motorbikes to the athletes during the competitions, which is a problem he says is occurring more frequently in races around the world. Currently attending the Giro dItalia, where Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) leads all comers after dominating the stage 9 time trial, Bugno said the CPA will formally address the issue at the UCI Security Comm...
The 2020 season is already taking shape in Australia, with the dates for next years Tour Down Under mens and womens events announced, along with a change to the opening race of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race weekend also confirmed. Australias summer of cycling will begin again in the new year with the Bay Crits series in Victoria, followed by the national road championships – the dates for which are yet to be announced. The Womens Tour Down Under will then run from January 16-19, based o...