‘Who?’ tests positive.
Italian cycling took another body blow to its image today, when news that Androni Giocattoli rider Massimo Giunti tested positive for EPO in a targeted out-of-competition test. Giunti, was on the start list for Tirreno-Adriatico, which began this morning (ready to cheat his fellow riders) but was pulled out of the race following news of his [...]
Team Bike Pure Clothing Now Available
Bike Pure Press Release 10th March 2010
The 2010 Bike Pure cycling team clothing will be produced by Onimpex UK/Bio Racer, one of the world’s leading cycling garment manufacturers. Bio Racer have a long history within cyclesport and supply several National Federations, including the USA, Netherlands and Belgium.
Onimpex UK/Bio Racer will initially produce jerseys and bib [...]
Team Sprocket All Set for 2010
Team Sprocket are all set for the 2010 season with some new and exciting rider additions to the pro team outfit. Team Sprocket are fully aligned with Bike Pure and have been strong supporters of our clean racing philosophy since our inception. Here is the team’s current press release:-
Swedish registered Team Sprocket have gone truly [...]
Matthews Skins his Opponents Again…
Team Jayco-Skins rider Michael Matthews has done it again at Langkawi proving his Stage 1 victory was no fluke, sprinting to victory on Stage 3 of the race.
Matthews, still only 20 years of age, raised his arms aloft, proudly displaying his Bike Pure wristband in front of a massive crowd in Mersing and it was [...]
Thomas Dekker Suspended for Two Years
Dutch rider Thomas Dekker has been suspended for two years for using DynEPO following his out of competition test on Christmas Eve 2007. Dekker didn’t initially test positive for EPO at that time yet data collected by the UCI over a period of time under the biological passport scheme highlighted abnormalities in his results with [...]
Jay Thomson Takes Stage 2 Tour de Langkawi
South Africa’s Jay Thomson claimed one of the best victories of his career to date earlier today when he sprinted to win Stage 2 of the Tour de Langkawi from Kuala Terengganu to Chukai. Jay has been part of Bike Pure since we met him at the 2009 Tour of Ireland and is a strong [...]
Marianne Vos Interview
It’s hard to believe that Marianne Vos is just 22 years of age. In 2006 she became the youngest ever World Cyclo cross champion, aged just 18, then added to her rainbow jersey collection a year later with victory in the World Road Race Championships. Add to that the World title she took on the [...]
Le Tour de Langkawi: Bike Pure Role model wins stage 1
Team Jayco-Skins rider Michael Matthews took the honors in stage 1 of the Tour of Langkawi earlier today. The young Aussie rider, who claimed 3rd place in the U23 road race and Time trial events at the Australian Championships used his effective sprint to take the leaders yellow jersey.
It’s an extraordinary moment for Bike Pure, [...]
Passport results
Pat McQuaid revealed today that the UCI is continuing its analysis of riders’ blood values as part of the biological passport programme and has again pinpointed a “small number” of athletes with abnormal readings. The readings are blood results collected over a period to gain a ‘normal value’ of hematocrit for an athlete during rest and racing [...]
Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) 2010
KUALA LUMPUR – THE final list of 20 teams to contest the 15th edition of Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) 2010 from March 1 to 7 has been confirmed with American team Kelly Benefit Services completing the line-up yesterday.
The line-up for LTdL 2010 is led by one ProTour team, Footon-Servetto from Spain, two Professional Continental [...]
