If there is one Olympian the British delegation will look to for gold medal glory in Beijing, it is sure to be Scottish track cycling king Chris Hoy. A total of 10 gold medals will be contested at the brand [...]
French police have taken Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran, of the Liquigas team, away for questioning in the wake of the first doping scandal to emerge at this year's Tour de France.Beltran, best known for helping Lance Armstrong to the last [...]
There's a golden rule in cycling which is usually respected. When the yellow jersey wearer needs a loo stop, the peloton usually slows down considerably to let him catch up.On Friday's second day of climbing, that rule was consigned to [...]
Spanish rider Luis Leon Sanchez of the Caisse d'Epargne team won a dramatic 7th stage of the Tour de France, a 159 kilometres ride from Brioude here on Friday.Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen retained the overall leader's yellow jersey, six seconds ahead [...]
Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran, who rides for the Liquigas team in the Tour de France, has tested positive for the blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), an anti-doping chief told AFP.Pierre Bordry, the chief of the French national anti-doping agency (AFLD), confirmed [...]
Tour de France standings after stage 7 1. Kim Kirchen (LUX/COL) 28h23min 40sec 2. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) at 0:06. 3. Stefan Schumacher (GER/GST) 0:16. 4. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GAR) 0:44. 5. Denis Menchov [...]
The second day of climbing on the Tour de France proved too much for former French champion Christophe Moreau, who abandoned during the seventh stage here on Friday.Moreau pulled over to the side at the feeding station, near the 85th [...]
The agency charged with carrying out anti-doping controls at this year's Tour de France has played down a report that 10 riders are about to be issued warnings for "suspect" blood samples.A report in Le Monde newspaper suggested that the [...]
Australia's top-ranked mountain biker Chris Jongewaard has successfully appealed against his controversial omission from Cycling Australia's list of nominated riders to compete at the Beijing Olympics.The Cycling Australia Appeals Tribunal on Friday upheld Jongewaard's appeal and the nomination decision has [...]
Britain's David Millar has all but given up hope of finally ending his eight-year wait to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey again.However, the Garmin team leader said his encouraging performance on the race's first foray into the hills [...]
Spaniard Carlos Sastre said he is looking ahead to the first Tour de France stage in the Pyrenees this Sunday after losing more ground in his bid to stay close to the yellow jersey.Sastre lost over a minute to Australia's [...]
Cadel Evans kept his powder dry for the Tour de France's first big Pyrenean battle this weekend with a solid sixth stage performance which moved him up to second place on Thursday.Team Columbia's Kim Kirchen created his own piece of [...]
Team Columbia's Kim Kirchen created his own piece of Tour de France history by becoming the first Luxemburger in nearly 50 years to pull on the race's yellow jersey on Thursday.Italian Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval won the sixth stage, [...]
Italian Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval won the Tour de France sixth stage, a 195.5km race from Aigurande to here in the Massif Central on Thursday, with Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg, riding for the Colombia team, taking the race leader's [...]
Tour de France standings after stage 6: 1. Kim Kirchen (LUX/COL) 24h30min 41sec 2. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) at 0:06. 3. Stefan Schumacher (GER/GST) 0:16. 4. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GAR) 0:44. 5. David Millar (GBR/GAR) 0:47. [...]
The Tour de France peloton will edge closer towards the first mountains stages of this year's race on the hilly 159 km between Brioude and Aurillac on Friday.After a week of thrilling racing in which the race for the yellow [...]
Britain's Mark Cavendish labelled himself the best sprinter in the world after claiming his first Tour de France victory on the race's fifth stage over 232km here Wednesday.Germany's Stefan Schumacher of Gerolsteiner finished with the bunch to retain the yellow [...]
Tour de France standings after stage 5: 1. Stefan Schumacher (GER/GST) 19h32min 33sec 2. Kim Kirchen (LUX/COL) at 0:12. 3. David Millar (GBR/GAR) 0:12. 4. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 0:21. 5. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/CSC) 0:33. [...]