Ivan Basso diary
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Tales from the Peloton 2006
Track feature: Dad,
what's an omnium?
Six Day feature: New calendar underway
Pre-Roubaix
vox pop: Looking forward to a Sunday in Hell
The
friends of Roubaix: Preparing hell
Jeff
Jones' Flanders special: Riding the 'real' Ronde
Ben Atkins'
Flanders special: Cobbled suffering - for cyclotourists and mountain
bikers
April racing preview:
The sweet smell of April
February racing preview:
Getting things rolling in February
Six Day revival:
Rotterdam Ahoy!
Ben Kersten's Tassie Carnivals: The
curse of Latrobe; Lippety
Snickets and an early death, A
little luck
Tom Boonen under
less pressure
World Champion Bettini searches
for more
News feature: Amy Gillett
ride
Drapac-Porsche: Growing
with the riders
Eddy Merckx in Melbourne: John
Trevorrow rides with a legend
Ridley Trophy: tackling
Zolder
No way out: Scandals
don't deter rising stars
Celebration of
Excellence: Sarah Hammer looks out for the new stars
USA junior development:
Looking after the kids
Graeme Brown news
feature: Bad luck continues for Brown
AIS in Italy: Helping Aussie
pros in Europe
Shadowing
Zabriskie: Riding shotgun
TIAA-CREF
in 2006: On course for Pro Tour 2009
Team Lardbutt: Even
more special - notes from Sunday's ride
Jittery Joe's team profile:
Leaner and meaner for 2006
Team DFL-CN launch: Building
a driving force
Team Symmetrics
profile: Canada's top guns
Jelly Belly gear
up for another year
AIS survivors tell of crash
and recovery
Fat Cyclist:
Davitamon-Lotto wishes it was dead
Hittin' the dirt: Roadies
racing out on the trail
Victory Brewing trains:
Onward to victory
Sean Kelly Racing Team:
Irish legend backs new continental team
Down to business:
The ladies get busy in Europe
United Pro Cycling
unveils sponsor: Team launch
Cameron
Highlands Fling: A ride in the Navigators' team car in Langkawi
Kenrick Tucker Senior:
Coach of Champions
Fat Cyclist: Pro cycling
teams unveil 2006 hair strategy
South Australia.com-AIS:
Good to go
VMG Racing camp: Bahamas
beaches
To the hills they go: The
Tasmanian Institute of Sport do it their way
Team building:
Inside T-Mobile Men's team
Tour de Romandie: Davitamon
hoping for a lucky Lotto-ry
Tour de Romandie:
Rabo
banking on Ardila
Boonen leads the way: Promoting cycling in Belgium
Cunego wind
tunnel testing with John Cobb
Team CSC's July training camp: Part
I, Part
II
Davitamon-Lotto targets
ProTour at 2006 presentation
Saunier Duval-Prodir team presentation: Penning a new agenda
CSC (t)raining camp: Rained
out, but still looking good
Inside the Phonak training
camp: How the Swiss squad prepare
Discovery Channel
team presentation: Life after Lance
Caisse
d'Epargne-Illes Balears presentation: riding big in 2006
Discovery Channel trains in Solvang - Big Blue back on the road
T-Mobile presentation: T-Mobile 2006 is go
Quick.Step-Innergetic presentation: Let's get physical
Milram team presentation:
Milram's Master Plan
News features
Making a difference: Amy's
Ride 2007
News feature: Team TIAA-CREF's
silent partner
McQuaid appeals to Spaniard
Lissavetzky
Biver disappointed with Astana
ProTour bid
T-Mobile: leading
the charge for cleaner & fairer cycling
The science behind the Landis case: His
campaign, analysed
Landis defense: PR
gambit or skillful legal tactic?
EPO test: A new way to cheat
it
Floyd Landis positive:
Was it the beer?
Tyler Hamilton's
last stand: An in depth analysis of the CAS report
Six years, 11 doping
scandals: The Phonak legacy
News
feature: UCI disappointed at legal limbo, vow to reopen investigations
when possible
News feature: Three
way scrap for final ProTour place
Ivan
Basso arrives in Japan
UCI pres
Pat McQuaid at the JCTDU: ProTour peace talks, expansion & the
kilo
News feature: Tension
builds between ASO and UCI
Testosterone & the doping tests: Steroid
science explained
News feature:
I.B., The Extra Terrestrial?
News feature:
The UCI speaks on Spanish cycling
News feature: Spanish
cycling speaks out over Saiz
News feature: UCI
consider ProTour globalisation
News feature: Tour de Langkawi
route announced
Cycling's back on the streets
of Sydney
Tour
de Langkawi: Government decision due on organisation
News feature: Langkawi
problems: Debt-ridden Malaysian tour in danger
Tour
Down Under launch: So much more than a race
Tour
de Georgia: Pro Tour teams court American sponsors
Discovery's
Vuelta preparation: Danielson's coming out party
Tour
de France '07: The Tour en Angleterre- making the video
Tourist's
guide to the prologue route
News feature: CSC's
pre-Tour press conference
TdF news feature: CSC
faces the press
News feature: A
mixed mission for Rabobank
Les Woodland's retro
Tales from the peloton: The
rise and fall of a champion
Les Woodland's retro: Cheats
aren't meant to prosper
Les Woodland's retro: Who
got their tyres crossed?
Les Woodland's retro:
Sponsors - who needs them?
Les Woodland's retro:
The most unpopular record breaker of all?
Arthur Zimmerman: The
greatest pedaller of all time
There is power in
a union
Rudi Altig: Clown prince of
cycling
Cheating is nothing new
Les
Woodland's Flanders: Essence of 'de Ronde'
Les Woodland's
Milan-San Remo: When you can't call it a day
Farewell to John 'The
Legend' Sinibaldi
Norbert Peugeot: The
inventor of the training camp
Refusing the Maillot Jaune:
1947 Tour, Louis Bobet
Magni's 1956 Lombardia
Exploit: Before Bettini it was Magni
The
ultimate Roubaix controversy: The year of two winners
One for the money,
two for the show: France's '60s world championship rivalry
Magni's 1956 Lombardia: Before
Bettini
TdF Retro: A
Tour is born
The
real Hell of the North: How Paris-Roubaix got its name
The
first Giro: Bike maker & newspaper rivalry - and no cash
Cyclingnews' recent coverage of 'Operación Puerto'
May 18, 2009 - Valverde to start Catalunya
May 15, 2009 - Valverde not welcome in Denmark
May 14, 2009 - Spanish federation wants proof in Valverde case
May 13, 2009 - Spanish Olympic Committee defends Valverde
May 12, 2009 - Valverde responds to sanction
May 11, 2009 - Italian tribunal delivers Valverde two-year suspension
May 8, 2009 - Valverde case: Italian Olympic Committee defends Torri
May 7, 2009 - Valverde to take legal action against CONI prosecutor
May 5, 2009 - WADA and Spanish federation join CONI and UCI on Valverde
May 1, 2009 - International Cycling Union joins in on Valverde's hearing in Italy
Cyclingnews'
complete coverage of Operación Puerto
Cyclingnews' coverage of the Floyd Landis case
May
29, 2009 - French authorities summon Landis and Baker
September 28, 2008 - Landis
takes case to US federal court
September 10, 2008 - Landis
signing with current Health Net-Maxxis team for 2009
July 1, 2008 - CAS
delivers final blow to Landis legal challenge
June 30, 2008 - Landis
loses final appeal
June 28, 2008 - Landis
decision due Monday
March 12, 2008 - Landis'
judgment day nears
October 21, 2007 - Landis
files appeal with CAS
October 18, 2007 - AFLD
takes another look at Landis case
Thursday, October 11 -
Landis continues fight, appeals to CAS
Saturday, September 22
- UCI officially names Pereiro 2006 Tour champion, Landis case raises issues
Friday, September 21 -
Landis' appeal denied, two year suspension levied
Cyclingnews'
complete coverage of the Floyd Landis case
Cyclingnews' recent coverage of the ProTour-Grand Tours split
October 4, 2008 - New ASO chief to maintain values
September 26, 2008 - UCI declares peace, appoints new VP
August 30, 2008 - UCI re-signs five ProTour races
August 22, 2008 - ProTour: Bouncing back or lame duck?
August 19, 2008 - Stapleton analyses 'world calendar'
August 18, 2008 - Feedback on 'world calendar'
August 18, 2008 - UCI announces 'world calendar'
Cyclingnews' complete coverage of the ProTour-Grand Tours split
Cyclingnews coverage of the L'Equipe allegations
June 27, 2006 - Carmichael
defends Armstrong, Armstrong answers L'Equipe & LeMond
June 26, 2006 - LeMond:
"Armstrong threatened my life"
June 19, 2006 - Armstrong calls for Pound's exit
June 18, 2006
- Lance Armstrong's open letter against Dick Pound
June 4, 2006 - UCI hits back at WADA
June 3, 2006 - WADA slams the Vrijman report
June
2, 2006 - L'Equipe stands by its story, UCI supports Vrijman's findings
June
1, 2006 - UCI, WADA and Armstrong react to Vrijman's report
May 31, 2006 - UCI lawyer
asks for Armstrong's name to be cleared
May
14, 2006 - Two more weeks for Armstrong investigation
Click
here for full coverage of the L'Equipe allegations.
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Interviews and profiles for 2006
December 2006
Petr Dlask: Czech
giant on the way up
Rory Sutherland: Keeping
the fire burning
Philippe Gilbert: Coming
out of Boonen's shadow
Alessandro Petacchi: Ale-Jet
keeps a positive outlook
Geneviève Jeanson: No
turning back
Chris Hoy: Into
thin air
Neil Stephens: New
plan of attack,
Matthew White: Flashing
his pearly Whites
Bjarne Riis: Time
for change in the sport
Erik Zabel: Cycling's
iron man
The future of German Cycling Part 3: Gerald
Ciolek
Tinkoff Credit Systems: Tinkov
and Piscina
Roger Hammond: Time
to shine
Jörg Jaksche: 'There
are no winners'
Jörg Ludewig: Bouncing
back
Katie Compton: Going
for Three
Discovery Channel presents
Ivan Basso
Tyler Hamilton: Back
to racing
The future of German cycling Part 2: Heinrich
Haussler
November 2006
The future of German Cycling: The
Young Guns, Part I with Marcel Sieberg
Stuart O'Grady: A
real fighting year
Olaf Ludwig: more
questions than answers
Jonathan Vaughters: A
change of mentality
Bradley McGee: On
track for Beijing
Tim Johnson: Growing
USA 'cross scene
Oscar Pereiro: Wait and see
David George: A new
plan of attack
Marianne Vos: The
perfect year
October 2006
Sven Nys: Master
of the mud
Matthew Lloyd: King
of the Mountains
Neil Stephens: Aussie
ProTour team possible
Bob Stapleton: T-Mobile's masters
and apprentices
Adam Hansen: Joining the ProTour
with T-Mobile
Track: New Six Day calendar underway
Cyclocross boot camp for
kids
EPO test: A new way to cheat
it?
Women's team pursuit: handle
with care
Samuel Sanchez: On his way up
Team DFL-Cyclingnews: Going
to Pro-Conti in '07
September 2006
Dial MTB for
Maori: bringing culture to the Worlds
Riding with Vanderaeden at the Tour of Britain
Alexandre
Vinokourov interview: Winning the Vuelta
Chris Horner's
Vuelta: Three from three
Heather Irmiger profile: Breaking out again Part
I & Part
II
Gordon Fraser:
Time for a new (maple) leaf
Torsten Hiekmann:
Sooner rather than later
Liam Killeen:
Formula for success
Chris
Baldwin: Bring on the big guns
UCI World Championships
Vuelta a España
August 2006
Steve Peat:
Time for luck to change
Matthias Russ:
The thrill of victory
Nicole Cooke:
A prolific season
Nicky Hayden: Not
your average Sunday
Bernhard Kohl:
To thine own self be true
Serguei Gonchar:
A late bloomer
Xavier
Florencio: Surprising the favourites - and himself!
Saul Raisin interview: Raisin
racing to recover and Legacy
of the crash
Oscar Pereiro: Starring
from the second row
Levi
Leipheimer: Back in the fold
Tour de France
June 2006
Russell
Downing: British champion ready to defend
Robert Forster:
Cracking the big one
Danilo Hondo:
Making the most of things
Alejandro
Valverde: Up for a challenge
Linus
Gerdemann : Germany's next star?
Tom
Boonen: Winning is easy when you are having fun
Jesus Manzano:
"Everyone clean
George
Hincapie: King of the GC jungle
Chris
Wherry: Wherry's extended lease - Part I
Chris
Wherry: Wherry's extended lease - Part II
Oleg Tinkov: Minding
his own business
Lyne Bessette:
Cooking up a life afer cycling
Fränk Schleck:
The hopeful helper
Giro d'Italia
Ivan
Basso: Domani sera in Pontedera
Jose
Rujano: The Rujano show
Brad
McGee: Untying the knots
Robbie
McEwen: Where he wants to be
Victor Hugo Pena: Pena for president
Bobby
Julich: Giro Target - A maglia rosa for two
May 2006
Udo Bölts: Tour
pick - Ullrich
Stuart O'Grady:
Targeting the Tour
Baden Cooke:
Finding top gear again
Bart Brentjens:
That winning feeling
Cadel Evans:
Looking good for July
Ernie Marenchin:
MTB endurance contender
April 2006
Manolo Saiz:
Family ties
Chris
Horner: Suisse c'est bon
Mary
McConneloug & Mike Broderick: Peaceful warriors
Steve Johnson:
USA Cycling's acting CEO
Alejandro
Valverde: Victoria doble
Alexandre
Vinokourov: One hunderd percent for the Tour
Chris
Horner: Speeding in Belgium
Ivan Basso
press conference: "A question of mentality"
Alejandro
Valverde at Fleche Wallonne: Combining Classics and tours
Phil
Liggett at TdG: View from the box
Frank
Schleck at Amstel Gold: Not too bad
Kristin Danielson:
Returning to earth
Hans Rey: The father
of freeride
Trent Wilson:
Learning a lot about 'Willo'
Tom
Boonen talks post-Scheldeprijs: Keep the pressure down
Ryan Cox: Where I
want to be
Fabian
Cancellara: Henri Suter's successor
Bradley
Wiggins: "It's all about the Arenberg"
Tom
Boonen: My main goal is to win the next race
Tom
Boonen: Why not Gent-Wevelgem?
Oscar Freire:
Spain's man for the spring,
Tom
Boonen: How the Ronde was won
March 2006
Stuart O'Grady:
Seeing a silver lining
Nat Ross: Going the
distance
Filippo Pozzato:
A star is born
Nic
Formosa: It's never too late
Andy Flickinger:
Not so quick...
Katie Compton:
Against the odds
Axel Merckx: Nearing
an end, but motivation high
Heinrich Haussler:
"I can do even better"
Chris
Hoy: Solid foundation
Rory Sutherland:
Rory's Story
Alberto
Contador: No mathematics
Floyd
Landis: Paris-Nice glory
Joerg Jaksche:
Past, present and future
Allan Davis: Leaving
Nice, off to San Remo
David Bernabeu:
Another Bernabeu in the spotlight
Iban Mayo: Rediscovering
the glory
Bobby Julich:
Bobby's guide to staying strong
David George:
Signing on again
Adam Hansen: The
Croc Trophy man cometh
Kristin Armstrong:
Time for a tea break
Tour of California
Frankie
Andreu: Getting rolling with the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team
Scott
Moninger: Turning the big 4-0
Dave
Zabriskie: Back for more
Tom
Danielson: The whispers get louder
Floyd
Landis: Settling into team leadership role
The
first Tour of California, from the saddle
UCI
head Pat McQuaid: visits Tour of California
February 2006
Saul Raisin:
Credit Agricole's Young American
Baden
Cooke: The Bullet's back
Lyn Nixon: Heading down a
different track
Olivia Gollan:
The times, they are a changin'
Michael Rogers:
New beginning
Mark
McCormack: Uncorking another season
Gene
Bates: Preparing for San Remo
George Hincapie:
Opening new doors in 2006
Carlos Barredo:
One number at a time
Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under
William
Walker: Walking on water
Luis
Leon Sanchez: Back for more
January 2006
Andreas Klöden:
The man who would be king
Johan Bruyneel:
The challenge is greater than ever
Tina Pic: Pic-ing
her way to the front of the field
Christophe Moreau:
Changing perspective
Francisco Mancebo:
One step at a time
Jonathan Devich: Secrets of
a cycling photographer
Aaron Olson: Speaking
more than 'Spanglish'
Joel Leonard: Looking
good for the Games
Chris Sutton: The rookie
Francis
van Londersele: A watershed of sorts
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