Andrew Hood
BACKGROUND: Hood cut his journalistic teeth at Colorado dailies before the web boom opened the door to European cycling in the mid-1990s. Hood's covered every Tour since 1996 and has been VeloNews' European correspondent since 2002. He lives in Leon, Spain, when he's not chasing bike races.
BIKES IN THE GARAGE: Specialized Tarmac SL, Jamis Xenith, Jamis Dakar, '85 Basso, Schwinn beach cruiser
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Posted: Fri, Oct 30th
Andrew Hood: Euskaltel-Euskadi reshapes following doping scandalsBasque-backed Euskaltel-Euskadi is trying to turn the page on a season of potentially fatal doping scandals that plagued the team during 2009.
High-profile doping positives involving Iñigo Landaluze and Tour de France stage-winner Markel Astarloza nearly scuttled the team, ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 29th
Kazakhs claiming ContadorWill he stay or will he go?
If you ask the Kazakhs, Tour de France winner Alberto Contador is staying in an Astana jersey in 2010.
The ongoing saga of the future of Contador took another turn this week when officials said the two-time Tour champion isn’t going anywhere ...
Posted: Tue, Oct 27th
The former Saunier Duval team organization rejoins the ProTour as 'Footon-Servetto.'The former team of disgraced cheaters Riccardo Riccò and Leonardo Piepoli rolls on in 2010, surviving a difficult struggle to try to erase the doping stigma from its name.
The former Saunier Duval squad will continue in 2010 thanks to the arrival of the new title sponsor ...
Posted: Tue, Oct 27th
The Chicken finds a new roost: Rasmussen says he's found a European teamMichael Rasmussen is heading back to a European-based team.
That’s according to Rasmussen, 35, who confirmed to the Danish newspaper Politiken that he’s poised to announce his return to a European team.
“I won’t say which team it is until everything is ...
Posted: Mon, Oct 26th
Carlos Sastre likes the look of the '10 GiroCarlos Sastre likes what he sees for next year’s Giro d’Italia.
With a climber’s course laden with monster ascents, including the Mortirolo, the Gavia, Zoncolan and Plan de Corones, the punishing Giro course could well tempt Sastre back to ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 23rd
2010 Giro route could be a classicThe route for the 2010 Giro d’Italia won’t be revealed until Saturday, but hints of what’s in store are already being leaked in Italy.
Several media outlets, including rival daily Tutto Sport, have scooped the newspaper owned by Giro organizers, La Gazzetta ...
Posted: Tue, Oct 20th
Tiralongo, Davis, Simoni linked to Astana; Arroyo stays with Caisse d’EpargneDespite its ProTour status for 2010 being still up in the air, Astana continues to bolster its squad for the upcoming season.
Italian workhorse Paolo Tiralongo revealed he’s signed a two-year deal to join the Kazakh-backed team while Aussie sprinter Allan Davis confirmed ...
Posted: Sun, Oct 18th
De la Fuente close to Astana dealSpanish head-banger Davide de la Fuente is close to penning a deal that will put him in an Astana jersey in 2010.
According to the Spanish daily MARCA, all that’s missing is the signature to close the deal that will add some needed firepower to the depleted Astana ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 16th
The scandal that just keeps on giving: Puerto investigation faces another delayThe slow wheels of Spanish justice are almost grinding to a halt in the never-ending saga of the Operación Puerto blood doping ring.
According to reports in the Spanish media, oral testimony ordered in January of this year by an appeals court likely won’t happen ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 16th
European road season closes at LombardiaSaturday’s Giro di Lombardia – the “Race of the Falling Leaves” – is Italy’s long good-bye to yet another exciting, daring and controversy-filled season.
In the last major European event of the 2009 campaign, Lombardia always packs an emotional and palpating punch ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 15th
CAS sets November date for ValverdeAlejandro Valverde finally has a date with destiny.
November 16, to be exact, when the Court of Arbitration for Sport will hear testimony in the ongoing appeal on his two-year racing ban in Italy for links to the Operación Puerto blood doping scandal.
The ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 15th
Mr. October: Gilbert gets another winPhilippe Gilbert must be wishing he had this ripping form a few weeks ago at the world championships in Mendrisio.
Just days after taking scalps at Paris-Tours and Coppa Sabatini, the Belgian bomber rounded out his October treble with victory Thursday at Giro del Piemonte in ...
