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Today's Breaking Away Story
Bye Bye: Contador withdraws from worlds
AP
Saturday, 05 September 2009
Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has decided to pull out of the world cycling championships later this month in Switzerland. Contador, who won his second Tour title in July, is out of form and doesn't want to prevent another rider with better chances of winning at the world championships, spokesman Jacinto Vidarte said in an e-mail...

Leading Stories
Several Tour de France riders retested for EPO after traces found
Canadian Press
Thursday, 18 September 2008
PARIS - Several Tour de France riders are having their blood samples retested for traces of the banned blood booster EPO...
CDN Tuft 3rd at Tour of Missouri
Amy Smolens (Canadian Cyclist)
Friday, 12 September 2008
American Christian Vande Velde claimed dominance to the rest of the field, winning the individual time trial in Branson ...


More Wheelin' News
Scientific Error Reignites Debate About Armstrong
NY Times
Friday, 12 September 2008
As Lance Armstrong prepared to announce his return to professional cycling this week, a scientific debate about his past was also rekindled. In a...
Just In: Lance out of retirement
Associated Press
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong is ready to swear off the chips and salsa, climb back on the bike and win an eighth Tour de France. Three years ...
Sastre may take Canadian ride
News Service
Tuesday, 09 September 2008
Reigning Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre could join new Canadian team Cervelo after the Tour of Spain, according to a source close to the CSC te...
Coach set to lose licence over rape charges
Rupert Guinness (smh.com.au)
Monday, 08 September 2008
AUSTRALIAN cycling coach Rick Lee is expected to have his coaching licence suspended pending the outcome of his trial in the United States, where he h...
Just In: Katusha snap up Robbie McEwen
AFP
Monday, 01 September 2008
Tour de France sprint specialist Robbie McEwen is leaving Belgian cycling team Silence Lotto to join new Russian outfit Katusha. McEwen and Russian Vl...
Italy's Pozzato takes first golden jersey of Tour of Spain
AFP
Friday, 29 August 2008
GRANADA, Spain (AFP) — Italian team Liquigas won the first stage of the Tour of Spain on Saturday, a time trial of 7.7 kilometres in the southwe...
Hamilton still on his bike, says doping troubles in the past
Associated Press
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. -- One by one, the competitors in this week's Tour de Georgia were announced at the race's kickoff gala, all to a smattering of appl...
Danilo Di Luca acquitted on doping charge
AFP
Monday, 21 April 2008
The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) court of last instance on Wednesday acquitted cyclist Danilo Di Luca on doping charges which, had he been found g...
Tour of America Postponed Until 2009
Tour of America
Friday, 04 April 2008
LUMBERTON, N.C. — Aqu, Inc., organizers of The Tour of America, a multi-stage coast-to-coast professional bicycle road race, have postponed the ...
 Contador to relinquish Tour title
Ken Trenholm
Saturday, 29 March 2008
Alberto Contador has confirmed he will not leave Astana to defend his Tour de France title with another team. Race organisers chose not to select Asta...
WADA pulls Athlete Passport project from UCI
AFP
Saturday, 29 March 2008
The World Anti-Doping Agency has withdrawn its pilot Athlete's Passport project from the International Cycling Union (UCI) after the UCI launched a la...
UCI and CPA Meet in Geneva to discuss consequences for riders
UCI
Friday, 28 March 2008
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The CPA (Cyclistes Professionnels Associés) met with the UCI in Geneva on Tuesday to discuss the disciplinary consequences for ...
Cyclist Landis' doping hearing before Court of Arbitration for Sport ends
Associate Press
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Floyd Landis' hearing in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport ended Monday after 35 hours of testimony spanning five days that included 14 witn...
Minister calls for more humane doping controls after cycling controversy
Associated Press
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
BRUSSELS, Belgium - A regional sports minister called for changes in the doping system after a pro rider got an unannounced test while taking care of...
Tour of Georgia Teams Announced
Tour of Georgia
Monday, 24 March 2008
With a surge in the number of teams requesting invitations to race in Georgia in April, the management company for the Tour de Georgia presented by AT...
TDF Teams: Slipstream-Chipotle gets a Tour invite
Velo News
Saturday, 22 March 2008
Tour de France organiser ASO on Thursday named the 20 teams it has selected for this year's race. The line-up includes the American team
Over 55,000 people say 'let Astana ride
Ken Trenholm
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Astana have set up a new website to enable fans of bike racing to voice their support for letting the team ride – Astana riders include last y...
Cyclist Sinkewitz's silence could lead to prison term - report
AFP
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
BERLIN — German cyclist Patrik Sinkewitz, suspended for a year after a positive drugs test last June, could face a prison sentence if he persist...

Featured Sections
PEI News
Bicycle Bus Coming to Summerside
Friday, 04 September 2009
Summerside will have a new school bus this year that is environmentally friendly: human-propelled by tiny feet of various ages and sizes. Ken Trenholm...
Local PEI cyclist fears PEI may have shouldered rumble strips
Sunday, 14 September 2008
Heinz Mayr recently sent Atlantic Pedaler a concerning email with respect to rumble strips on paved shoulders in Newfoundland & Labrador. He made me...
NS News
Invitation to Panel Discussion on Active Transportation
Saturday, 13 September 2008
Recreation Nova Scotia Board of Directors will be in Sydney September 19 and 20 for meetings. The Board would like to invite RNS members and all ...
One Hell of a NS Weekend
Thursday, 11 September 2008
The Summerside Cycling Club will be on tour with members of the Halifax area to participate in a stellar Nova Scotia bicycle tour the weekend of Septe...
NB News
The Thrill of BMX
Wednesday, 09 September 2009
You've probably seen the kids around town on their smaller than average sized BMX bikes, doing bunny hops, wheel spins and wheelies.And while you migh...
2 Letters to the Editor: Cycling in Moncton Dangers
Saturday, 05 September 2009
Cycling dangerous in MonctonTo The Editor:This is my second summer cycling, mainly in the downtown Moncton area, and this year there seems to be a lot...
NL News
Rotarians support Cycle to Walk efforts to fight polio
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Rotary Clubs in Grand Falls and Perth-Andover have joined the fight of a young Whitehorse, Yukon resident to make the world polio free. Rotarians prov...
Friday, 04 July 2008
The following is the information obtained from the BNL web site regarding Canada Games qualifying.ELIGIBILITYTo be part of the 2009 Canada Games Progr...
Out of the Cage
Setting the Stage – the Prologue
Thursday, 15 November 2007
I expect to "hit the road running on February 16th, 2008, after 35 years and a few days in the paid work force. All I can tell you at this point is th...
National News
The Battle Continues: Pedals vs. Motor
Sunday, 06 September 2009
This unfortunate incident underscores a belief that I have held for some time now that on major thoroughfares, motor vehicles should not be required s...
International News
Sunday, 06 September 2009
GREEN VALLEY -- Cycling has grown tremendously in this area over the last few years. A big part of that growth can be attributed to the efforts of Gre...
Communter Cycling
City gets wheels turning on bike initiative
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
OHIO -- Andrew Davis has a vision of Akron as a more bicycle-friendly community, a place where pedal power is used for day-to-day transportation. ...
Sponsorship
Bikes Belong Awards $33,000 in Grants
Sunday, 07 September 2008
Bikes Belong is thrilled to award four grants to great projects in the summer funding cycle. These grant awards will help construct community paths ...
Editorials & Opinions
Evolution of the road
Friday, 04 September 2009
Toronto, like many urban centres in Canada, has not found the answer to a safe coexistence between bicycles and motor vehicles. The death Monday nigh...
Nutrition
Riding in the Heat - Dehydration vs. Hyponatremia
Monday, 15 September 2008
Struggling through a long ride as the temperature topped out at 100 this weekend, I had to keep reminding myself to do something that woefully few hea...
Training
Alcohol could compromise ability to train
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
I don't think I've ever seen a marathon or triathlon where beer wasn't offered to the tired, thirsty folks running, cycling or stumbling across the fi...

 

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