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No he didn't. He tested positive for hydroxyethyl starch, a possible masking agent for EPO.The team is also careful to put a certain amount of distance between itself and the controversial rider, who tested positive for EPO at the Vuelta a Espana, in which he finished second overall. He has denied the charges.
Thank you, the story has been changed.theyoungest said:From the front page, the Mosquera article:
No he didn't. He tested positive for hydroxyethyl starch, a possible masking agent for EPO.
Or the amount of times he crashes in something. And I still cop **** in the bunch for crashing twice in one week...rxgqgxnyfz said:What is it with Stu and his off-season, off bike traumas.
Given what he cycled home through, last year, he could have joined the circus on a unicycle and they would probably still have felt obliged to hand out the invitation to their cycling troupe. Some rides give you that right.Christian said:Bobbie Traksel's Pegasus team has been invited, despite not yet having an official UCI license. 2 more wildcards yet to be announced.
Interesting to see Rabo omitted from that list.Christian said:Teams invited to Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne 2011:
Omega Pharma-Lotto, Quick Step, BMC, AG2R, Katusha, Garmin Cervelo, Sky, HTC High Road, Luxembourg Cycling Project, Topsport Vlaanderen, Veranda's Willems, Cofidis, Europcar, Landbouwkrediet, Aqua e Sapone, Bretagne Schuler, Française des Jeux, Saur-Sojasun An Post-Sean Kelly, Pegaus, Vacansoleil et Skil-Shimano
Bobbie Traksel's Pegasus team has been invited, despite not yet having an official UCI license. 2 more wildcards yet to be announced
http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-kuurne_bruxelles_kuurne_les_equipes_connues-11085.html
Seven ProTeams to miss out on Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurnetheyoungest said:Interesting to see Rabo omitted from that list.
Rabo will get a spot. Of the seven listed, none of them will be missed. KBK really not their thing.Christian said:
"ProTeam teams Saxo Bank-SunGard, Lampre-ISD, Astana, Liquigas-Cannondale, Team RadioShack, Team Movistar and Euskaltel-Euskadi will all be absent from the 2011 edition of Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne, with the septet not appearing on the teams list released today by the race organisers.TeamSkyFans said:Rabo will get a spot. Of the seven listed, none of them will be missed. KBK really not their thing.
Rabobank is not among those seven teams, though. And Velonation lists them among the invites. Apparently it's just an error on Cyclismactu's part.Christian said:
Let's hope he can wake up from his yearlong hibernation.Christian said:Brice Feillu to start his season at GP La Marseillaise on January 30th.
He says it in this interesting video (French) from the Team camp in Crans Montana. No information yet on what GT(s) he will ride ... it'll be interesting to see! I don't know if there is a spot on the Tour team for him, with Fuglsang and Monfort already certain. But it'd still be fun to see him in Giro or Vuelta.
Well, aren't most top french riders overrated compared to other top riders? He's hardly unique as far as I'm concerned.Dekker_Tifosi said:Hardly thing so. He was overrated to begin with. Then won a Tour stage by accident, and now is even more overrated. That guy is the French Pieter Weening so to speak
Sylvain Chavanel and Jérôme Pineau, Quick StepChristian said:I don't think he has more talent than Fédrigo or Cyril Dessel for example, but he actually seems to have ambition so that's something new. He took a chance with Vacansoleil even though I'm sure any French team would have been more than glad to take him, and it didn't work out ... now he is, if I'm not mistaken, the only Frenchman with a contract on a top team (except maybe Lequatre and Moinard) so it'll be interesting to see how far he can go
Portal is a DS now and not a rider.Libertine Seguros said:Nicolas Portal, Team Sky
Surprised that Portal has stayed at Sky as he wasn't really given much of a go tbh. 54 race days is not much.ingsve said:Portal is a DS now and not a rider.