The judge in charge of the Operacion Puerto doping investigation has refused the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) access to the files.
“The federation want to express their complete disagreement with the decision,†the RFEC said on their website (www.rfec.com) on Friday while instructing legal representatives to continue the fight to be able to see the Puerto evidence.
Charges have not been laid from the probe which …Â Details
Nearly 20 years ago some 350 mountain bikers congregated to race cross-country and dual slalom at the Laguna Seca Challenge. The events of that 1991 weekend eventually grew into the Sea Otter Classic, which this year will host multiple thousands of racers competing in the widest range of disciplines of any event in North America.
Just outside Monterey, California, Sea Otter kicked off Thursday with criteriums on the Laguna Seca racetrack, plus dual slalom and downhill practice and qualifying runs. On tap over the four-day weekend are pro and amateur road races, circuit races, cross-country, short track, downhill, dual slalom, super D and more.
Sea Otter organizers claim last year’s event drew 9,500 race entries and some 50,000 spectators over the four-day weekend. Similar numbers are expected this year… Details
107th Paris – Roubaix – In the Roubaix Velodrome
The day in the life of a spectator winds up in Roubaix. An eventful race and popular winner produce a day full of positive memories. Here is Paris-Roubaix through the eyes of one of the many who witnessed the race first hand today…
Onward to our third and final stop of this wonderful week of racing, Paris-Roubaix. The Hell of the North, as it is endearingly known to some, is one of the most feared races in world cycling. Many have started but not finished it. It has reduced grown men to tears. It was even described as the hardest and most unpleasant race of all by Bernard Hinault, one of the hardest men in the history of cycling who could only bring himself to start (and subsequently win) this classic once in his distinguished career… Details & Pictures