Paolo Savoldelli

By Thomas Valentinsen Astana cycling team General Manager Johan Bruyneel and Sports Director Alain Gallopin earlier today announced the names of the nine ...  

New team: Rejoins former manager Johan Bruyneel with Team Astana in 2008, but is banned from Tour de France because of Astana's previous associations with ...  

Astana Cycling Team - 2009 Squad Adds Zubeldia Johan Bruyneel adds Basque rider Haimar Zubeldia to his already deep talent pool.  

The team’s Vuelta line-up will be announced in the next few weeks, after team manager Johan Bruyneel follows riders’ progress at this week’s Tour of Burgos ...  

"This year was supposed to be a tragedy for me and my cycling team, Astana. It's turned out, instead, to be a farce - for the fans of the Tour de France."  

The Astana team has announced that it has reached contract agreements for the 2009 season with nine of its current riders, including American Chris Horner and German Andreas Klöden. The team’s general manager Johan Bruyneel said that in addition to Horner and Klöden, Astana has re-signed Assan...  

“Vladimir Gusev has been officially notified that he no longer represents Team Astana”, said General Manager Johan Bruyneel. “Though his results do not ...  

General Manager of Team Astana Johan Bruyneel announced today that nine riders have extended their contracts to include the 2009 season.  

Astana has sacked Russian rider Vladimir Gusev for reportedly showing “abnormal values” during the team’s internal doping checks. "Vladimir Gusev has been officially informed that he is no longer part of the team Astana," said general manager Johan Bruyneel in a news release. The three-time...  

By Johan Bruyneel Carlos Sastre enjoys a glass of champagne as he heads towards Paris and the top of the podium of the 2008 Tour de France. ...  

Astana's exclusion from this year's Tour might kind of, sort of make sense at some rigid bureaucratic level. But it's bad for the race. Astana is out of the 2008 Tour de France , but check out behind-the-scenes Tour analysis throughout the race from manager Johan Bruyneel on Bicycling.com...  

Astana's team director Johan Bruyneel breaks down the 2008 Tour de France each day for Bicycling during the Tour. Here's how he sees the race shaking out.  

Johan Bruyneel's predicitons are three for three on the road to Hautacam. Evans early, Valverde done, and Piepoli first.  

... in Friday’s opening round, meaning he’d face second-fastest qualifier Roulston, a former teammate of Lance Armstrong on the Discovery Channel team. ...  

Johan Bruyneel won't be in Brittany when the Tour de France begins Saturday, and he swears he won't miss it. Bruyneel was race director for eight winning teams in the world's most famous cycling event -- seven by Lance Armstrong and one by last year's winner, Alberto Contador.