http://www.sbs.com.au After debuting in Perth and then surviving the heat in Mt Buller, the Real Insurance All Mountain Cup moves to Mt Stromlo this weekend (Feb 10-12) for Round three. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34756/All-Mountain-Cup-hits-Stromlo http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34756/All-Mountain-Cup-hits-Stromlo Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:24:15 +1100 Prodigious American talent Taylor Phinney is excited about how he fits into the complex BMC equation this season despite being initially apprehensive about the outfit’s superstar recruitment drive. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34754/Phinney-settles-into-support-role-at-BMC http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34754/Phinney-settles-into-support-role-at-BMC Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:52:00 +1100 Britain's Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing), donned the yellow jersey in Meyreuil, after a surprise victory on the first stage of the 39th Tour Mediterraneen. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34752/Tour-Mediterraneen-stage-win-for-Tiernan-Locke http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34752/Tour-Mediterraneen-stage-win-for-Tiernan-Locke Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:23:48 +1100 Patrice Ciprelli, the husband and coach of legendary French cyclist Jeannie Longo, admitted purchasing the banned performance-booster EPO on Thursday, but insisted it was for 'his personal use'. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34750/Longo-s-husband-bought-drugs-for-own-use http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34750/Longo-s-husband-bought-drugs-for-own-use Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:40:02 +1100 Spain launched a diplomatic protest Thursday over a satirical puppet show on French TV that implied cyclist Alberto Contador and tennis great Rafael Nadal are drugs cheats. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34748/Spain-protests-French-TV-s-ridicule-on-sports-drugs http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34748/Spain-protests-French-TV-s-ridicule-on-sports-drugs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +1100 Tom Boonen retained the race leader's gold jersey after Thursday's fifth and penultimate stage of the Tour of Qatar won by World Road Champion Mark Cavendish. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34742/Cavendish-strikes-again http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34742/Cavendish-strikes-again Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +1100 Germany's retired 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich on Thursday received a two-year ban for a blood doping offence, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34746/Ullrich-banned-for-two-years http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34746/Ullrich-banned-for-two-years Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +1100 Emerging British sprinter Adam Blythe suffered a puncture at the most inopportune time during the fourth stage of the Tour of Qatar after a gutsy display against esteemed rivals. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34732/Blythe-can-t-shrug-off-bad-luck http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34732/Blythe-can-t-shrug-off-bad-luck Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:54:58 +1100 Australian sprinter Mark Renshaw has abandoned his Tour of Qatar title defence and will focus on a stage victory for the remainder of the desert race. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34728/Renshaw-abandons-Tour-of-Qatar-defence http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34728/Renshaw-abandons-Tour-of-Qatar-defence Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:22:39 +1100 Australia's Para-cyclists will be keen to impress this week at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles as they vie for medals and qualification for the London Paralympic Games. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34734/Para-cyclists-vie-for-London http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34734/Para-cyclists-vie-for-London Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:50:34 +1100 The head of Spain's Olympic committee has defended Spanish sport in the wake of two-time Tour de France champion cyclist Alberto Contador's two-year ban for doping. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34726/Olympic-official-defends-Spain-after-Contador-ban http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34726/Olympic-official-defends-Spain-after-Contador-ban Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:40:02 +1100 Organisers of the Giro d'Italia have hit out against the time taken to reach a decision on two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's doping charge. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34722/Giro-organisers-hit-out-at-Contador-decision-delay http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34722/Giro-organisers-hit-out-at-Contador-decision-delay Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:40:02 +1100 Fans of Alberto Contador will don masks of their hero on Sunday and hold a symbolic bike ride in his home town to support him over his two-year doping ban, organisers say. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34720/Contador-s-fans-to-ride-in-his-support http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34720/Contador-s-fans-to-ride-in-his-support Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:40:01 +1100 French police have arrested Patrice Ciprelli, the husband and coach of champion cyclist Jeannie Longo, over the alleged purchase of the banned performance-enhancing drug EPO (erythropoietin). http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34716/Longo-s-husband-arrested-in-drugs-probe http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34716/Longo-s-husband-arrested-in-drugs-probe Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:40:02 +1100 Tom Boonen has claimed the fourth stage of the Tour of Qatar to tighten his grip on the race leadership. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34714/Boonen-tightens-grip-on-Qatar http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34714/Boonen-tightens-grip-on-Qatar Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:40:02 +1100 Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, who successfully fought a doping case while a player in Italy, has urged Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador to fight his two-year doping ban "until the end of the world". http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34712/Guardiola-urges-Contador-to-fight-ban http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34712/Guardiola-urges-Contador-to-fight-ban Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:40:02 +1100 The return of Alejandro Valverde to competition this year after a doping sanction could threaten Belgian Philippe Gilbert’s triple Ardennes Classics defence. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34708/Gilbert-ready-but-wary-of-Valverde http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34708/Gilbert-ready-but-wary-of-Valverde Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:30:30 +1100 Team Sky's Lars Petter Nordhaug took a solo victory at the 151km Trofeo Deia, the third race in the Mallorca Challenge series held on the Spanish island. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34706/Nordhaug-wins-for-Sky-in-Mallorca http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34706/Nordhaug-wins-for-Sky-in-Mallorca Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:02:43 +1100 Alberto Contador should be considered a "cheat" now that he has been found guilty of doping and stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title, the president of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Tuesday. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34704/Contador-a-cheat-says-Fahey http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34704/Contador-a-cheat-says-Fahey Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:00 +1100 The World Anti-Doping Agency has urged US authorities to quickly hand over evidence collected in their lengthy probe into seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and doping in American cycling. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34702/WADA-wants-Armstrong-probe-evidence-handed-over http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34702/WADA-wants-Armstrong-probe-evidence-handed-over Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:11:17 +1100