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: Thu, Nov 19th
Contador signs deal with AstanaAfter months of wrangling, it looks like Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will stay with Astana for another year.
The two-time Tour winner announced Thursday he will fulfill the final year of his three-year contract with the troubled Kazakh-backed team and ride in ...
Posted: Fri, Nov 13th
2008 Tour champion Carlos Sastre says he'll be back next yearAfter weeks of hinting he might skip the Tour de France, Carlos Sastre has confirmed that he will be at the start line in Rotterdam for the 2010 edition.
Sastre skipped the 2010 Tour presentation last month and was ambiguous in his comments about what his racing calendar ...
Posted: Wed, Nov 11th
Alberto Contador's brother/manager says he's close to re-upping with Astana, but nothing would surprise him.The brother of Alberto Contador says the two-time winner will likely stay with Astana in 2010, but no longer.
Fran Contador, who acts as manager for his younger brother, has told the Spanish media that it appears more likely than ever than Contador will ride in an Astana ...
Posted: Wed, Nov 11th
Pedro Horrillo is on slow road to recovery from his huge fall in the GiroSpanish rider Pedro Horrillo survived one of the most harrowing crashes in cycling history, but he’s still holding out hope that he can return to the professional peloton in 2010.
In May’s Giro d’Italia, Horrillo was tremendously lucky to survive a 180-foot fall into a ...
Posted: Mon, Nov 9th
Contador rumored to have big deal with AstanaThe tug-of-war for the services of Alberto Contador seems to be finally nearing a conclusion.
According to reports in the European media, the two-time Tour de France champion is looking more likely to stay with Astana. Whether that’s for one more season to fulfill his ...
Posted: Mon, Nov 9th
Valverde's CAS hearing postponedThere is a new delay in Alejandro Valverde’s hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
According to a statement released Monday by the world sports court, a scheduled November 16 hearing has been postponed due to requests by all parties involved in the case.
A ...
Posted: Fri, Nov 6th
Voigt vows Tour comebackIt was a crash that could have ended a career for many riders, but not for Jens Voigt.
The popular German suffered one of the season’s worst spills when he landed hard on his face while descending the Petit-Saint-Bernard climb in stage 16 at the Tour de France. Despite the ...
Posted: Thu, Nov 5th
Sánchez wants Tour glory after close-call seasonReigning Olympic champion Samuel Sánchez bet everything in 2009 on being the best at the end of the season.
The Spanish attacker came close to pulling off some major victories, with second overall at the Vuelta a España, fourth at the world championships and second at the ...
Posted: Wed, Nov 4th
An American start for the Giro?Could the Giro d’Italia start in the United States in 2011? That’s what La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting.
Giro director Angelo Zomegnan was quoted in the Italian sports daily that the race has caught the attention of Washington, D.C., New York City and ...
Posted: Tue, Nov 3rd
With Evans leaving Silence-Lotto, Philippe Gilbert says now he leads 'a team for the classics.'Cadel Evans’ surprise departure from Silence-Lotto leaves a huge hole in the Belgian team’s grand tour presence.
The Aussie was a sure bet for the Belgian outfit, a consistent grand tour performer despite his hiccup in this year’s Tour de France when he finished a ...
Posted: Mon, Nov 2nd
Evans says he'll finally have 100 percent team support in the grand tours from BMCCadel Evans hopes he will finally have the full backing of a team that he never had thanks to his move to BMC for the 2010 campaign.
His five-year run at Belgian Silence-Lotto was always full of doubt. Despite proving himself as a legitimate Tour de France contender with ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 30th
Doping scandals in Europe include Giro sample re-tests and intercepted text messages in Spain.Just as cycling enters the off-season, threats of new doping scandals are looming on the horizon in Italy and Spain.
In Italy, the sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that officials are going to re-test samples taken from the 2008 Giro d’Italia for the presence of ...
