Karsten Kroon of BMC Racing Team bore facial wounds after his crash with Dominik Roels of Team Milram at the Fleche Wallone. The pileup also included Yaroslav Popovych of RadioShack.

They were 75km from the finish line when by the bend, Roels fell bringing down with him several riders. Roels took a hard hit by the rail barrier and seemed to be injured quite seriously. Kroon sat by the side of the road, waiting for the medical team to assist them. He had blood streaming down his face.

Racing team director of BMC John Lelangue described Kroon’s condition, “His face is extremely swollen and his eye is totally closed. We will need a few days for the swelling to go down, then we will see how things will go.”

The Dutchman was able to attend Cadel Evan’s victory dinner last night. BMC Racing management reports that Kroon was in good spirits as the…

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Mattia Gavazzi of Colnago CSF-Inox was provisionally suspended by the International Cycling Union (UCI) for testing positive for cocaine. The son of Pierino Gavazzi, who won Milan-San Remo in 1980 and five Giro d’Italia stages, was found positive when the urine sample collected last March 31, 2010, resulted to an adverse analytical finding of cocaine. The sample was analyzed at a WADA accredited laboratory in Lausanne.

During stage one of the Settimana Lombarda, Gavazzi finished second to Francesco Chicci of Liquigas-Doimo. Two days later, he won first place at stage two, beating Roberto Ferrari of De-Rosa-Stac Plastic and Alberto Loddo of Androni Giocattoli-Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni.

Gavazzi’s temporary suspension from racing will be in place until his case is heard by the Italian Cycling Federation. The federation holds the final verdict as to whether Gavazzi committed an anti-doping rule violation under Article 21 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules.

The 26-year-old Italian was previously suspended…

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Cadel Evans of BMC won the Fleche Wallone, beating Joaquin Rodriguez of Katusha and Alberto Contador of Astana.

Evans sped past Contador and Rodriguez in the last 100 meters of the one-day classic. “”I’ve finished second here (in2008). I’ve finished fourth (in 2009) and I think ninth (in 2005). So it feels great to win here, especially wearing the rainbow stripes of world champion.”

With tactical precision, Evans limited his losses on areas where there are steep climbs and forged ahead when the road leveled out. This allowed him to gain momentum among the rest and this brought him first to the finish line. Contador, on the other hand, accelerated too early and continued to maintain his strides but was overtaken by Rodriguez at the 1.3 km climb.

Contador comments on his performance, “I’m happy with my result. It’s frustrating to be so close and not win, but I am not a Classics…

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Linus Gerdemann is slated to be the leader for Team Milram at Giro d’Italia next month. The 27-year-old German expressed his excitement over the upcoming race, “I’m very much looking forward to it. The Giro is a race with the highest priority for me. I always like to ride in Italian races and feel very comfortable there.”

The team’s roster will include Robert Forster who won three stages at the Giro before, Luke Roberts who won a stage at the Vuelta a Murcia and Thoman Rohregger from Austria.

Fabian Wegmann will lead the team at the Fleche Wallone since Gerdemann will sit the race out due to his recovery from bronchitis. Artur Gajek is Gerdemann’s replacement in the line-up. Gerdemann expects he can compete by Sunday for the Liege-Bastogne-Liege.

The rest of the Milram team for the Fleche Wallone are Johannes Fröhlinger, Christian Knees, Dominik Nerz, Dominik Roels, Paul Voß and Peter Wrolich.

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Liquigas-Doimo has two new cyclists who are already making waves at the Presidential Tour of Turkey. Davide Cimolai came in second to Andre Greipel at stage six at Finike while Elia Viviani won stage seven at Anatalya.

Viviani, 21 was with the U23 Italian national team where he won a stage at the Tour of Cuba. His big break came after three months. “Liquigas is a team that provides space for young riders. Once our sprinter Francesco Chicchi pulled out, Cimolai and I were given total freedom to try and get results,” said Viviani.

Cimolai, despite being only 20 years old, have gained relevant cycling experience at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina, the Tour of Qatar and at the Tour of Oman. “I didn’t expect to get a pro win so early but the team time trial at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi & Bartali,” said the young Italian.

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As per Dutch media dispatch, three athletes, all Dutchmen, are alleged to be into Human Plasma doping. Under investigation by the Austrian National Anti-Doping Agency are about 30 athletes for blood doping violations.

The Dutch National Anti-Doping Agency said that the names of the three Dutch athletes involved are being withheld pending the investigation as announced by Herman Ram of the DNADA saying that, “cyclists play an important role in the dossier.”

Ram confirmed that following the investigation, necessary disciplinary measures and actions will be implemented. Formerly facing inquiry on this case were Michael Boogerd, Thomas Dekker and Michael Rasmussen of Rabobank.

The nature of the violation from 2003 to 2006 was Human Plasma transfusion among athletes. The 2008 Tour de France drug scandal was focused on Bernhard Kohl, a rider for Gerolsteiner. He confessed the involvement of Stefan Matschiner, his former manager, after he tested positive for CERA.

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Now you are preparing hard for your cycling event this weekend. However the weather station claims that temperature might be colder in that day. Would you just give up the supposedly exciting weekend adventure and lazily watch television the whole day? If you are up for physical activities, in most cases this would not be. To solve your dilemma, Adidas designed Adidas CP Wind Road Bootie for your needs!

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This new Adidas CP Wind Road Bootie from Adidas provides protection on those cooler rides. It has open sole design, a full rear hook and loop closure and three large reflective stripes for increased visibility in low light conditions.

The shoe cover is lined with…

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