Spain's Oscar Freire, riding for Rabobank, won the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, a 194km ride from Nimes to Dignes Les Bains, while Australian Cadel Evans retained the leader's yellow jersey one second ahead of Luxembourg's [...]
Tour de France standings after stage 14: 1. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 59h01min 55sec 2. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) at 0:01. 3. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GAR) 0:38. 4. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 0:46. 5. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 0:57. [...]
One of three doping affairs on this year's Tour de France has prompted Barloworld to pull out of sponsoring its British-registered team. Barloworld rider Moises Duenas tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO (erythrpoietin) on stage four. Duenas was [...]
The sponsor of Cadel Evans' team on the Tour de France is known for products that allow noisy snorers to doze off and enjoy a good night's sleep. But if there was ever a time the Australian needed his Silence [...]
Spanish rider Moises Duenas, kicked out of the Tour de France, has blamed a Spanish doctor for his positive test for the blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), the daily El Pais reported on Saturday. Duenas, who was charged with "use and [...]
For someone who finished the runner-up by just 23 seconds last year, it is understandable that Cadel Evans is taking this year's Tour de France one day at a time. And after his third day spent in the yellow jersey, [...]
He's known for being a joker among a cosmopolitan team that came to the Tour de France proclaiming their "clean" approach to racing would help smooth their way to success. But when it gets serious in the hectic bunch sprints, [...]
Tour de France standings after stage 13: 1. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 54h48min 47sec 2. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) at 0:01. 3. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GAR) 0:38. 4. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 0:46. 5. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) [...]
Britain's Mark Cavendish claimed his fourth victory on the Tour de France here Friday after dominating another bunch sprint at the end of the 182.5km 13th stage from Narbonne to Nimes. Australian Cadel Evans retained the race leader's yellow jersey [...]
Spanish cycling team Saunier Duval have sacked Italian star Riccardo Ricco following his positive doping control for EPO (erythropoietin) at the Tour de France, it was announced Friday. Team manager Mauro Gianetti said that both Ricco and his Italian teammate [...]
In a press release from Quick Step, rider Stijn Devolder has decided not to participate in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The decision was taken yesterday evening after a meeting with the team’s technical staff. “Giving up the Olympics [...]
The steady approach of three crucial alpine stages on the Tour de France will be good news Saturday for the majority of riders who have yet to win a stage on this year's race. Part two in the yellow jersey [...]
Disgraced Italian cycling star Ivan Basso deserves a second chance of resurrecting his career, the Italian's future manager at the Liquigas team said Friday.Basso is nearing the end of a ban handed down after he admitted, without having tested positive [...]
Liquigas manager Stefano Zanatta has admitted the latest doping scandal to hit the Tour de France is also a major blow to Italian cycling.The race was rocked on Thursday by news of Riccardo Ricco's positive test for banned blood booster [...]
Isle of Man sprinter Mark Cavendish made cycling history on Thursday when he became the first ever Briton to claim three stage wins in a single edition of the Tour de France. Cavendish dominated a bunch sprint at the end [...]
Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme left the future of Saunier Duval in the balance after declaring he doubted the integrity of the cycling team's manager. The Spanish outfit volunteered to quit the race prior to the 12th stage following [...]
Australian Baden Cooke became the fifth rider from the Barloworld team to pull out of the Tour de France here Thursday. Cooke got off his bike after just 25km of the race's 12th stage, according to official race radio. He [...]
The Tour de France was rocked by a third positive doping scandal Thursday following the news that Italian Riccardo Ricco tested positive for banned substances. Ricco, who won two climbing stages last week, was taken into custody by French police [...]