Tour de France standings after stage 19: 1. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 82h54min 36sec 2. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) at 1:24. 3. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 1:33. 4. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 1:34. 5. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 2:39. [...]
CSC team manager Bjarne Riis did not use words to describe how much wearing the yellow jersey will motivate Carlos Sastre in his battle to keep the race lead on Saturday, Instead, Riis simply held both his arms out as [...]
Australian Scott Sunderland has spent three weeks trying to make sure compatriot Cadel Evans loses the Tour de France. Now Sunderland, a co-team manager with CSC, is preparing for the distinct possibility that Evans will upset his race leader Carlos [...]
Double world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland on Friday extended his contract with the CSC-Saxo Bank cycling team by another three years, until 2011. Cancellara, who will begin as the favourite for the penultimate stage time trial of [...]
Tour de France star Andy Schleck suggested "jealousy" may have been the reason a car driven by his father on the race was subject to a French customs police search on Thursday. A car being driven by Johnny Schleck, the [...]
Cadel Evans has been tipped to overhaul his 1min 34sec deficit to Spanish rival Carlos Sastre ahead of their duel for the Tour de France yellow jersey in the final time trial on Saturday. Sastre, who rides for the CSC [...]
Stuart O'Grady finally came through one of his "toughest" Tour de France campaigns as the peloton headed out of the Alps and steadily towards Paris on Thursday. However, the Australian admitted he almost never made it as far as the [...]
Great Britain's cyclists are planning a gold medal spree at the Beijing Olympics. Defending Olympic champions Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy are the leading contenders among a 25-strong team harbouring realistic gold medal hopes in six disciplines. Britain's cyclists impressed [...]
Two-time world junior cycling champion Taylor Phinney hopes to follow in his parents' footsteps and reach the medal podium at the Beijing Olympics. Phinney will race in the 4km individual pursuit after winning the 3km world junior individual pursuit crown [...]
Spaniard Carlos Sastre of the CSC team retained the Tour de France yellow jersey here Thursday as German Marcus Burghardt handed his Columbia team their fifth victory of the race. Burghardt dominated a short, two-man sprint with Spaniard Carlos Barredo [...]
France's biggest cycling star Sylvain Chavanel of Cofidis has agreed a two-year deal with the Belgian Quick Step team, it was confirmed here Thursday. Cofidis manager Eric Boyer said prior to the 18th stage of the Tour de France that [...]
Spain's Carlos Sastre is to have a street or a public area named after him in his native Leganes after taking the Tour de France leader's yellow jersey after winning the 17th stage at the legendary Alpe d'Huez, the town's [...]
Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas, who was kicked out of the Tour de France after failing a drug test, Thursday denied knowingly taking any banned substance during the race. Duenas was charged last week in France with "use and possession of [...]
Tour de France standings after stage 18: 1. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 79h16min 14sec 2. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) at 1:24. 3. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 1:33. 4. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 1:34. 5. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 2:39. [...]
Coming a day before the all-important yellow jersey decider, Friday's 19th stage of the Tour de France is shaping up to be a hectic free-for-all. But with the finish line of the 165km race between Roanne and Montlucon at the [...]
Italian Damiano Cunego on Thursday pulled out of the Tour de France having earlier battled manfully through the 18th stage after sustaining potentially serious injuries in a crash, team sources said. "It's a miracle I finished this stage," said Cunego, [...]
With names like 'Kamakazi' and 'Real McHoy' competing in the Olympic cycling events, there's no doubt the two-wheeled battle for gold in Beijing will come with colour and entertainment. But once in the saddle, the pleasantries will be put to [...]
The world doping agency said Wednesday Italian rider Riccardo Ricco tested positive at the Tour de France after a secret molecule was planted in the blood booster EPO during its manufacture. Ricco, 24, upset the big names of the sport [...]