Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d'Epargne retained his slim 16-second lead over Cadel Evans after the sixth stage of the Dauphine Libere race here on Friday. Valverde, Evans and 2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador crossed the finish [...]
The organizers for the Vuelta a España have announced the 21 teams that will take part in the last Grand Tour of the season. The list of those that will take the start on August 29th includes 16 ProTour teams [...]
Former double Tour de France champion Laurent Fignon cannot rule out a link between his advanced cancer and doping, according to a French TV interview to be broadcast on Sunday.The retired winner of the Tour in 1983 and 1984, told [...]
Liquigas team leader Ivan Basso pulled out of the Dauphine Libere today with a fever, his team announced.Basso had struggled on Thursday's stage up Mont Ventoux to finish the stage in 35th making him 30th in the overall standings.The Italian's [...]
Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d'Epargne team took control of the Dauphine Libere race on Thursday after leaving Australia's Cadel Evans behind on the gruelling Mont Ventoux climb. The 29-year-old defending champion established a two-minute lead over his Silence-Lotto rival [...]
Disgraced Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl on Wednesday vowed to sue French sport daily L'Equipe after they published an interview with him in which he spoke about doping at the 2008 Tour de France.Kohl, who was stripped of his third-place finish [...]
Germany's world time-trial champion Bert Grabsch of the Columbia team won the fourth stage of the Dauphine Libere race here on Wednesday, a 42.4 kilometre time trial. The 33-year-old German outpaced Australia's two-time Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans by [...]
Belgian star Tom Boonen has been given a chance to compete in next month's Tour de France despite a recent, second positive test for cocaine.Quick Step star Boonen, the winner of major one-day classics and Tour de France stages, sparked [...]
Alejandro Valverde faces a worldwide two-year doping ban if cycling's world ruling body the UCI acts upon vital evidence, which has still be received from the Italian sporting authorities. Spaniard ace Valverde has been effectively ruled out of this year's [...]
The International Cycling Union (UCI) said several riders currently under suspicion of doping will be named publicly next week, and will subsequently face sanctions.UCI chief Pat McQuaid, here Wednesday to announce plans for the fight against doping at next month's [...]
Potential drugs cheats at the 2009 Tour de France will face the biggest anti-doping army ever seen at a major sports event next month, UCI chief Pat McQuaid has warned. McQuaid, the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), was [...]
Milram's Niki Terpstra has taken over the overall lead in the Dauphiné Libéré with his win in the third stage. The Dutchman won the 182 kilometre race from Tournus to St. Etienne beating Ludovich Turpin (AG2r) and Yuri Trofimov (Bbox-Bouygues [...]
Astana team manager Johan Bruyneel has confirmed that the first installments have been paid by the sponsors of the Kazakh backed team. The team has been riding in the Dauphiné Libéré this week with the names of the sponsors faded [...]
In an interview with French sports newspaper L'Equipe retired cyclist Bernhard Kohl gave a quick lesson on how to dope successfully within the pro peloton. Kohl was one of three riders found to have taken CERA, the latest form of [...]
Spanish cyclist Antonio Colom has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned substance EPO, the International Cycling Union (UCI) revealed on Tuesday.Colom had been scheduled to race for the Katusha team in the Tour de France, which begins [...]
It is true, two of the most tenacious competitors in Tour de France history never had the chance to race against each other. But the fact that Bernard Hinault and Lance Armstrong raced at different times was no reason for [...]
Lampre's Angelo Furlan won the 228km stage two of the Dauphine Libere between Nancy and Dijon. Marcus Zberg (BMC) finished second in the sprint, followed by Tom Boonen (Quick-Step) in third. There was no change on general classification meaning Cadel [...]
Three prominent members of the Katusha cycling team are refusing to comply with new anti-doping rules imposed by the Russian-backed outfit, a team official said on Sunday. The trio who are refusing to sign contracts including the new conditions are [...]
