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Fabian Cancellara (CSC) won the Milan - San Remo race (300 km) yesterday (22 March 2008). Paolo Bettini made an early attempt to take and keep the lead. Oscar Freire seemed to be up to something but Cancellara prevailed in the end. It was a beautiful day to ride from Milan to San Remo, and [...]

De Morgen reports that the parents of Tom Boonen have been questioned in connection with an allegation made by Belgian cyclist, Tom Vannopen who was caught using cocaine, that Tom Boonen was a drug dealer. Tom Boonen was not available for questioning by the authorities because he is in Qatar for a cycling competition. Apart [...]

Say goodbye to the pink and white uniforms of the T-Mobile cycling team because Deutsche Telekom has pulled its sponsorship effective immediately. The move surprised everyone since Deutsche Telekom/T-Mobile has, until now, maintained that it will continue to sponsor cycling, despite the doping scandals that emerged during the 2007 Tour de France. However, the confessions [...]

Alexandre Vinokourov, the Kazakh cyclist who was ejected from the Tour de France 2007 after testing positive for blood doping, is busy with his next venture: a luxury sports facility for top athletes. Vinokourov bought a 44-hectare property near Grasse, France where he and his business partners are developing a luxury sports training center that [...]

Rabobank has just released a report stating that Tour de France rider Michael Rasmussen concealed his whereabouts and tried to get Rabobank to go along with him:
On April 24, a member of the Rabobank team board of directors sent Rasmussen an e-mail concerning airline tickets for a training period in the Pyrenees [...]

Patrik Sinkewitz, the T-Mobile cyclist who was kicked out of the Tour de France 2007 for testing positive, is telling all, at least, his version of events in this interview with the German magazine, Der Spiegel. He says everyone is doing it and denying they’re doing it, hoping they don’t get caught. A very interesting [...]

The Tour de France parcours for 2008 has been posted. For an extensive commentary, go to Pezcycling.