Czech rider Roman Kreuziger (Team Tinkoff-Saxo) has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect for an anti-doping rule violation based on his biological passport, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced in a statement released on Saturday.

Riis-owned company Riis Cycling A/S, which runs WorldTour Team Saxo-Tinkoff, has been bought by Tinkoff. Tinkoff's bank ended its sponsorship of Team Saxo-Tinkoff at the conclusion of the 2013 season citing conflicts between Tinkoff and team captain Alberto Contador who delivered substandard performances in 2013.

The Saxo-Tinkoff team led by former Tour de France champion Alberto Contador have received a sponsorship boost from Saxo Bank that will keep the team going next year.

Michael Morkov (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) has won Stage 6 of the Vuelta a Espana. The Danish road champion took a bunch sprint after daylong breakaway Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was captured in the last 30 m. Morkov took the rolling, 175-km ride from Guijuelo to Caceres in 3:54:15, with Maximiliano Richeze (Lampre-Merida) outsprinting Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Leopard) for second. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) remains the red jersey.

Danish national champion Michael Mørkøv wins stage 6 of La Vuelta a Espana 2013; Time trial world champion Tony Martin caught on the line; Vincenzo Nibali maintains overall Vuelta a Espana lead.

Nicolas Roche (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) has climbed to victory in Stage 2 of the Vuelta a Espana. The Irishman jumped away from a four-man lead group on the day’s final climb to win the 177.7-km ride from Pontevedra to Alto da Groba in 4:37:09. Daniel Moreno (Katusha) finished second at 0:02, and Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r-La Mondiale) took third. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) took the red jersey from teammate Janez Brajkovic (Astana).

Nicolas Roche climbs to stage 2 victory in Vuelta a Espana 2013; Vincenzo Nibali takes overall Vuelta a Espana lead.

This time of year means two things: Doping accusations and Tour de France predictions.

Alberto Contador will be supported by Michael Rogers, Roman Kreuziger and Nicolas Roche as he bids for a third Tour de France title in a Team Saxo-Tinkoff squad without a Danish rider, the Denmark-based team revealed today.

For the second straight year, a dark horse has won the Amstel Gold Race. Last year, Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) did the trick. Today, Roman Kreuziger (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) took the Netherlands’ biggest classic.