The Flanders classics have started. Omloop het Nieuwsblad on Saturday, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on Sunday. For the British riders it started well. And what a fantastic finish was that, eh? I have to admit that I was feeling sorry for Ian Stannard on the closing kilometres. I thought “Three Ettix riders, two of them non-other than Boonen and…
Although I have been quite busy lately, I managed to find some time to go the 2015 version of the London Bike Show. So, first impression? It was smaller; it had fewer visitors, too. Observations: There are quite a few British frame-builders. Don’t get me wrong, I like it. When it comes to mass production, the…
The details are still a bit sketchy but the information is that the UCI after looking into some evidence submitted by the Italian authorities, decided to revoke Astana Pro Team’s licence. From what I understand, Astana have been co-operating by giving all information required about procedures etc. The Italian investigation, though, seems to show that, in…
Breaking News: Astana is given a “probationary” licence, Europcar not. Unfortunately, I don’t really have the time for a full article but it turns out that if you have 5 doped riders you are getting your “probationary” WorldTour licence. Funnily enough I don’t think there is such a think as a probationary licence. It seems that…
Last week I posted an article on this blog about the problems that Astana Team was facing. In case you have just arrived from a 3-month long trip to Mars, Astana had 5 riders returning positive tests. Valentin and Maxim Iglinsky, Ilya Davidenok, Victor Okishev and Artur Fedosseyev. Alexandr Vinokourov suspended the Astana Continetnal Team…