Notícias e Resultados do Ciclismo Internacional

[Caetano.]

Deve ir mesmo para a Argos.

 

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=56784

[Pat Riley]

AG2R-La Mondiale, Astana, BMC Racing Team, Cannondale, Euskaltel-Euskadi, Garmin-Sharp, Lampre-Merida, Katusha Team, Movistar Team, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, Orica-GreenEDGE, Rabobank, RadioShack-Nissan, Sky e Vacansoleil-DCM com licença de WorldTour garantida.

 

Os últimos 3 lugares vão ser disputados entre Argos-Shimano, FDJ-BigMat, Lotto-Belisol e Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, sendo que a FDJ e a Lotto partem com clara vantagem.

 

Depois de tudo, seria curioso ver para onde iria o Bifes se a Saxobank não conseguisse licença WorldTour :mrgreen:

 

:lol:

[santi_07]

 

 

Justíssimo o prémio, apesar de não gostar do Wiggo tenho que admitir que fez uma época excelente.

[SnY]

:prayer: :prayer: :prayer:

[santi_07]

Esqueci-me de dizer, aquele casaco :lol:

[GS34]

Esqueci-me de dizer, aquele casaco :lol:

 

Pensei que era só eu. :medinho:

[GS34]

Vinokourov, acusado de comprar vitória da LBL 2010. (novidades)

[Aiden]

Lol, o Armstrong ao pé deste é um menino.

[City]

Vinokourov, acusado de comprar vitória da LBL 2010. (novidades)

Mas isso já não estava provado? Ou só agora é que foi formalmente acusado?

Editado 3 Novembro 2012 por City

[GS34]

Ou só agora é que foi formalmente acusado?

 

Ao que parece...é isso.

[City]

Nunca gostei nem dele nem da Astana. E ainda passei a gostar menos depois de todo o choradinho e vitimização dele quando acusou positivo no Tour a ameaçar toda a gente que se retirava. E ia resultando...

Editado 3 Novembro 2012 por City

[xhuxhmaxhuxh]

No decorrer da prova não me pareceu nada. Se for mesmo verdade, o Kolobnev é um excelente actor :medinho:

[45roma]

Nunca gostei nem dele nem da Astana. E ainda passei a gostar menos depois de todo o choradinho e vitimização dele quando acusou positivo no Tour a ameaçar toda a gente que se retirava. E ia resultando...

Mas com 2000 anos ganhou os JO. À POIS É!!!

[Baggy_Baghdatis17]

Mas com 2000 anos ganhou os JO. À POIS É!!!

ganho o ouro nos de 2012 e a prata nos de 2000.

[Aiden]

Roma, admira-te que ele comprou os Jo...

[City]

Mas com 2000 anos ganhou os JO. À POIS É!!!

lol bom para ti. Vai na volta e só se tornou DD para conseguir pagar esta vitória...

 

Nem toda a gente é hater, apesar de estar muito na moda

[What]

Scarponi suspended by Lampre-ISD after links to Dr. Ferrari

 

Italian team awaits outcome of Italian investigation

 

The Lampre-ISD team has temporarily suspended Michele Scarponi after he admitted undergoing tests with Dr. Michele Ferrari. The Italian team has stopped Scarponi's reported 700,000 Euro salary.

 

Scarponi surprisingly volunteered to be questioned by the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping investigators in Rome on Tuesday and formally admitted to undergoing a two-part with Dr. Ferrari in 2010 before joining Lampre-ISD in 2011.

 

He first admitted visiting Dr. Ferrari on October 25 after a report by Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport published evidence from the Padua police investigation I to Dr. Ferrari's activities. That confession sparked his suspension by the Italian team.

 

"We've followed our internal medical policy and Michele has been suspended by the team doctor Carlo Guardascione. The suspension began on October 25, when Michele released his statement. We've notified the Italian Cycling Federation of the suspension," Lampre-ISD press officer Andrea Appiani told Cyclingnews.

 

Scarponi is hoping for a quick verdict to limit the damage to his 2013 season. The Italian anti-doping investigators will now study his case and decide if he should face a disciplinary hearing.

 

Scarponi was banned for 18 months for his involvement in Operacion Puerto. Although confusion remains if Dr. Ferrari was ever formally banned from working as a sports doctor in 2002, Scarponi risks a suspension of between three to six months. New Lampre teammate Filippo Pozzato was banned six months for working with Ferrari and missed most of the 2012 season. A sixth-month ban would end on April 25th, allowing Scarponi to return in time for the Giro d'Italia, anything longer and his season would be seriously compromised.

 

Lampre has yet to decide what sanctions the team will take if Scarponi is eventually banned. Last week the team secured a UCI WorldTour licence for 2013 and that golden ticket to cycling's highest echelon seems safe.

 

"Michele has always said he did the test with Dr. Ferrari before joining Lampre. It's not really anything to do with the team. However we have our internal rules and so it's right that Michele is suspended," Appiani told Cyclingnews.

 

"Were pretty sure it won't affect us a team, except that Michele could be out of action for some time. We'll only decide any final sanction when the whole disciplinary process has been completed."

 

 

Posthuma retires after failing to secure 2013 team

 

Dutch rider blames UCI points system

 

RadioShack-Nissan rider Joost Posthuma has decided to retire after failing to secure a contract for the 2013 season, he stated on his personal website today.

 

After spending his entire professional career with the Rabobank teams, the 31-year-old signed with Leopard Trek for 2011-2012, and remained with the team through its merger with RadioShack.

 

Posthuma was part of the Leopard Trek Tour de France team which put both Andy and Fränk Schleck on the final podium behind Cadel Evans in 2011. However, his important role as a domestique was of little value in a system which puts UCI points as the most critical factor in any team's bid for the WorldTour.

 

"I have been negotiating with different teams such Vacansoleil, but they had no room. Additionally, there are many teams that need ProTour points and, to be honest, I have none. Teams need points in order to remain in the top tier," Posthuma said.

 

He said that the Leopard Trek team ended badly when the merger happened and it meant the exit of many of the team's younger riders. While he survived the cut, Posthuma said the move pushed him down from the 'A-team' to a C and then "an F-rider". "Of course I was sick at some key moments, but there were clearly other factors. Eventually it became demotivating to train so hard on the road, behind the scooter, for the big races and then the big races never come."

 

Posthuma admitted that his lack of motivation and two young children at home led him to simply give up his search for a new team, and find a new career rather than take a step back to a smaller team.

 

"I'm ready for a new challenge," he said. "I have a lot of positive energy for the future. Last week I signed up for the half-marathon in Enschede.

 

"For nearly a decade I've lived for cycling alone. It may sound silly but there is a whole new world opening up for me."

 

Posthuma listed his neo-pro stage victory in Paris-Nice and his first time riding the Alpe d'Huez and Paris stages of the Tour de France as some of his best memories from his career. But it was his recovery from a serious leg injury from being hit by a car while training in early 2007 and subsequent victory in the Sachsen Tour that was his most satisfying time.

 

After being told he might never ride again, Posthuma said, "Eventually I won the Sachsen Tour, which was quite a relief. Normally I'm not so emotional, but at that moment I shed some tears. It is a sport that gives you so much, but it also demands a lot in return."

 

Posthuma went on to win the overall Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde and Tour of Luxembourg in 2008, Ruta del Sol in 2009, and a stage in the 2010 Tour of Austria.

 

 

Former Armstrong teammate, George fails EPO test

 

Updated: Rider admits to doping

 

Former US Postal rider and teammate of Lance Armstrong, David George has been provisionally suspended after returning an adverse analytical finding for EPO in an out-of-competition test conducted by the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport.

 

The test was taken on August 29 of this year and the rider has been immediately removed from competition by Cycling South Africa and the African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS).

 

George did not contest the result.

 

"On 29th August 2012, I returned an out of competition positive test for Erythropoietin (EPO). I will not be asking for a B sample to be tested as I know the result will ultimately be the same. This decision will be communicated to Cycling South Africa (CSA) and Drug Free Sport shortly and according to protocol.

 

"I fully understand the consequences of my admission and will bear the results of this. Cycling, as you know, has been a confusing space and although it has given me incredible moments it has also given me experiences that no person or young athlete should have to go through."

 

George, 36, rode for US Postal in 1999 and 2000. He was released after two years and moved from team to team in Europe, including Tacconi Sport, Barloworld and Relax GAM, for whom he rode the Vuelta in 2006. George rode for a domestic mountain bike team in 2012.

[GS34]

"Michele has always said he did the test with Dr. Ferrari before joining Lampre. It's not really anything to do with the team. However we have our internal rules and so it's right that Michele is suspended," Appiani told Cyclingnews.

 

 

Ops!

[City]

http://img.skysports.com/12/03/640/Michael-Rogers-Cadel-Evans-Criterium-Internat_2739553.jpg

 

Ops!

wtf o que é que uma coisa tem a ver com a outra? :lol:

 

Ou melhor, já a adivinhar a tua resposta, o que é que as políticas da Lampre têm a ver com as políticas da Sky? Já para não falar que este escandalo entre o Ferrari e o Scarponi só apareceu à pouco tempo...

[GS34]

wtf o que é que uma coisa tem a ver com a outra? :lol:

 

Ou melhor, já a adivinhar a tua resposta, o que é que as políticas da Lampre têm a ver com as políticas da Sky? Já para não falar que este escandalo entre o Ferrari e o Scarponi só apareceu à pouco tempo...

 

Lá está. Tudo mal. Eu nem ia falar da Sky. :lol:

[GS34]

Tão passaram o patilhas a ferro?

[Tio Hans]

Parece que sim. Está hospitalizado com fracturas nas costelas, pelo menos.

[GS34]

Parece que os pulsos também foram...

[Black Hawk]

A Sky lançou um comunicado a dizer que não é tão grave como se temia.

 

Aquela gente não é de se confiar, isto de conduzir pela esquerda é perigoso :mrgreen:

[Aiden]

Sutton, de 55 anos, sofreu várias escoriações e uma hemorragia cerebral. Segundo fontes hospitalares citadas pela imprensa britânica será ainda submetido a mais testes, sendo certo que permanecerá internado durante alguns dias. É o selecionador britânico, foi de bicla.

Deve haver alguma conspiração. :mrgreen: