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The embattled Astana and Phonak teams are cleared to ride the Vuelta as long as they do not include any staff or rides that are implicated in the Operation Puerto investigation. Previously ther were called by ProTour teams to exclude the controversial teams to avoid further controversy in the Vuelta.
Phonak will be riding its [...]

The news has been everywhere and the writing was on the wall, but earlier this week Andy Rihs made it official, the Phonak Team is no more. The beleagured cycling team will close up shop at the end of the season after their marketing cache evaporated following several doping scandals. iShares did not want to [...]

Legendary, Gutsy, Superb, Awesome, Possessed, Man on a Mission, Crazy, Spiteful, Revenege Seeking, Man on a Mission, Mr. Excitement, choose you moniker, adjective, whatever. This is the gutsiest move by any Tour contender in the modern era. Bernard Hinault was known for similar type moves, but nothing like this. From a complete crack yesterday to [...]

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The news was out yesterday as the “blabber mouth” New York Times released an article about Floyd Landis’ hip. Seems that Floyd Landis has been riding with a degenerative hip since he signed with Phonak. Landis started suffering chronic pain associated with the hip around the time he signed with his new [...]

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Floyd Landis did not dominate the first Time Trial of the Tour de France, but he performed better than any other GC contender which puts him in a great spot. Second place would probably have other guys stomping their fists on the handlebars, but Gonchar was far and above all of the competition [...]

iShares will co-sponsor the Phonak Cycling team for 2006 with an eye to becoming the main sponsor in 2007 when Phonak will bow out. iShares sponsorship shows an extension of Barclays Global Investors moving from main sponsor of the San Francisco Grand Prix to co-sponsoring a major Pro Tour Cycling Team.
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iShares is the [...]