South African Robbie Hunter and Laszlo Bodrogi of Hungary were among the big names to abandon the men's cycling road race here Saturday, the Olympics' first major endurance event held in sweltering conditions. Both riders pulled out prior to the [...]
Samuel Sanchez's maiden Olympic victory for Spain in the men's cycling road race here Saturday has capped another gold-tinged year for his countrymen. And Sanchez, a 30-year-old from Oviedo who has won five stages on the Tour of Spain, was [...]
Defending champion Paolo Bettini of Italy put a brave face on losing his Olympic road race crown to Spaniard Samuel Sanchez here on Saturday. But after the first big endurance test of the Games, the two-time world champion all but [...]
Spanish cyclist Maribel Moreno, who pulled out of the Beijing Olympics just two days before they got underway, said Saturday she would justify her decision at a press conference in Spain on Monday. In a statement, the cyclist apologized to [...]
French cyclist Jimmy Casper has been provisionally suspended from his team, Agritubel, following positive doping tests taken while he was riding in last month's Tour de France. Casper was in a list of five riders whose tests revealed positive during [...]
Germany's Judith Arndt will go into battle for a prestigious Olympics cycling gold medal on Sunday with more than one race on her mind. The Athens silver medallist and 2004 world road race champion is one of a handful of [...]
France's Jeannie Longo will write another considerable chapter in cycling's history books this Sunday when she becomes only the third woman to compete in seven Olympic Games. Longo, the 1996 Olympic champion who has 13 world titles, is set to [...]
2008 Giro d'Italia triple stage winner and King of the Mountains champion Emanuele Sella has admitted to taking the performance enhancing drug CERA during the hearing with anti-doping prosecutor Coni. The CSF Group-Navigare rider from Vicenza, Italy has issued a [...]
The Australian women's eight are set to race in the Olympics with a special weapon. They will be piloting a boat that has been named for fallen Australian cyclist Amy Gillett. Gillett was a Junior World Champion rower winning gold [...]
Dutch cycling coach Egon Kessel is under no illusions about the course for the men's Olympic road race course that will crown one of the Games' first champions on Saturday. "I know the course from last year's Good Luck Beijing [...]
Catching just a glimpse of the Great Wall of China has so far been the highlight of the peloton's build-up to the men's Olympic road race. If only they could see a little bit farther, the scenic 245km course which [...]
Italy's Paolo Bettini is facing a formidable test of his impressive bike racing skills when he puts his Olympic title on the line in the men's cycling road race here on Saturday. Bettini claimed gold in Athens four years ago [...]
A peloton containing some of the world's biggest cycling names will become, weather permitting, the most privileged tourists in Beijing this Saturday. Yet their sightseeing possibilities will be kept to a strict minimum as they buzz past some of the [...]
They are normally fierce competitors in the tough world of elite road cyling. But on Saturday Luxemburgers Andy and Frank Schleck will be expected to put their differences with compatriot Kim Kirchen aside in a bid to claim a rare [...]
Italian cyclists Marta Bastianelli and Emanuele Sella, who have both recently failed drug tests, were banned from all competitions by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Thursday. The ban means Bastianelli, 21, the 2007 women's race race world champion, will [...]
British cycling chief Dave Brailsford is confident his Olympic squad will blaze a trail to the podium in Beijing by medalling in 11 of the sport's 18 finals. The Manchester-based Performance Director of British track cycling conceded, however, they could [...]
Four US cyclists who wore masks over their nose and mouths over pollution fears when arriving in Beijing apologized Wednesday to Olympic organizers, US Olympic Committee chief executive Jim Scherr said. Mike Friedman, Bobby Lea, Sarah Hammer and Jennie Reed [...]
Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans arrived in China for the Olympic Games Wednesday putting a positive spin on a knee injury which temporarily sidlined his hopes of cycling time trial glory. The 31-year-old slipped and injured his knee the [...]