Spanish rider Iban Mayo was banned for two years after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld an appeal by the sport's world governing body the UCI, the Lausanne-based CAS said on Tuesday. The statement said: "The Court of Arbitration [...]
Belgian Greg Van Avermaet of the Silence Lotto team won the second stage of the Tour de l'Ain cycle race on Monday. The 23-year-old edged ahead of Czech Frantisek Rabon and Maxime Bouet of France in a sprint to the [...]
Britain's Nicole Cooke knows that aiming for two gold medals from the women's Olympic cycling events will be a tough ask. Especially with the likes of American Kristin Armstrong and a handful of other time trial gold contenders to deal [...]
When they call Swiss time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara 'Spartacus', it hits the mark. The 27-year-old battled uphill to a well deserved Olympic bronze in the road race on Saturday, and is ready to fight off the specialist climbers to [...]
The International Cycling Union (UCI) expressed disgust Monday after a Spanish rider became the first athlete to fail a drugs test at the Olympics, blasting the country's "lax attitude" to doping. Maria Isobel Moreno produced tested positive for blood-booster EPO [...]
World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has called for more support from the World Anti Doping Agency following comments by WADA president John Fahey which placed doubt on cycling's future at the Olympics. WADA chief Fahey said Monday that cycling was [...]
Anthony Geslin has signed a two-year contract with La Francaise des Jeux team, the French cycling outfit confirmed on Sunday. The 28-year-old Frenchman finished third at the 2005 world championships in Madrid, but was not picked by his current team [...]
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong finished second in his first race since 2005 on Saturday. The 36-year-old American was runner-up in the Leadville Trail 100, behind Dave Wiens, winner of the past six editions of the race. "It's [...]
Dutchwoman Marianne Vos was among the big names left trailing Sunday as Nicole Cooke defied testing conditions on the women's road race to hand Britain their first Olympic gold in Beijing. After three-and-a-half hours of wet and slippery racing, Cooke [...]
It took about 14 months for Nicole Cooke and the British cycling team to concoct a plan that would give her the best possible chance of winning an historic gold medal. But some would argue the 25-year-old Welshwoman has been [...]
Spanish cyclist Maira Isabelle Moreno became the first athlete to fail a doping test here at the Olympic Games, the IOC revealed on Monday. The 27-year-old tested positive for EPO having undergone the test on July 31. She left the [...]
A hilly 23.8km loop which leads to the Great Wall finish line of the women's road race will provide plenty of Olympic cycling action for the second day running here Sunday. But, to the annoyance of some of the 66-strong [...]
Welshwoman Nicole Cooke handed Britain their first gold of the Beijing Olympic Games when she won the women's cycling road race here on Sunday. Sweden's Emma Johansson took the silver medal with Italian Tatiana Guderzo placing third for the bronze. [...]
Italian Paolo Bettini's bid to defend his crown appeared intact at the halfway stage of the gruelling men's 245km cycling Olympic road race here on Saturday. Bettini, fellow favourite Alejandro Valverde of Spain and a number of other top gold [...]
Andreas Kloden, who was twice runner-up in the Tour de France (2004 and 2006), is among riders contesting France's Tour de l'Ain, starting on Sunday. The German is expected to use the four-day long race in the mountains near the [...]
Italy's reigning champion Paolo Bettini saddled up here Saturday for the men's road race which is set to be the first big endurance test of the Olympic Games. Bettini, who won gold in Athens four years ago, is also a [...]
Olympic men's road race results: 1. Samuel Sanchez (ESP) 6h23:49. (Average speed 38.4 km/h) 2. Davide Rebellin (ITA) at 0. 3. Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 0. 4. Alexander Kolobnev (RUS) 0. 5. Andy Schleck [...]
Spanish climber Samuel Sanchez claimed his biggest ever career win when he claimed gold in the men's gruelling Olympic road race, held over 245km here on Saturday. Italian Davide Rebellin finished a close second to take the silver medal with [...]