Team Saxo Tinkoff rider will be sidelined for immediate futureUS national champion Timmy Duggan is facing several weeks away from racing after a heavy fall on today’s third stage of the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide. The Team Saxo [...]
South African road and MTB riders to be scrutinized In the latest reaction to the positive test for EPO announced for David George last November, the SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) has announced that it is going to retroactively [...]
Tuft wins 19.2 kilometre time trial while yesterday’s winner Diniz slips backBenefiting from a strong performance in today’s time trial, Omega Pharma Quick Step rider Michal Kwiatkowski jumped from third overall to first in the general classification on the Tour [...]
Geraint Thomas holds onto ochre jersey as Dutch prodigy escapes for hilly stage winTom-Jelter Slagter (Blanco Pro Cycling) took his first ever professional victory - and the first for jis new look Dutch team - on the third stage of [...]
Dutchman said to be Clasicomano Luigi in Operaction Puerto documentsIn the wake of recent disclosures of drug use by former members of the Rabobank team, Thomas Dekker has pledged to help the current enquiry being conducted by the Dutch Anti-Doping [...]
“It was intended to be a two-pronged attack on doping: prevention both by dissuasion and repression.”Elaborating on his confirmation Tuesday that Lance Armstrong and other riders were given warnings over suspect test values, former UCI chief and current honorary president [...]
Brazilian out-climbs the WorldTour horses with 19km time trial up nextAlex Diniz (Funvic Brasilinvest), a little-known Brazilian, broke away to victory on the first summit finish of the Tour de San Luis on Wednesday, taking stage three and the overall [...]
World champion delayed by crash, as was Matthew LloydPhilippe Gilbert made no secret of his ambition to ride well in the Santos Tour Down Under, seeking to highlight his rainbow jersey in the first WorldTour race of the season, but [...]
Biggest peloton ever for Tuscan gravel race; Giro del Lazio returns in Italian Classic weekendRace organiser RCS Sport has announced the names of the 17 teams that have been invited to the Strade Bianche race on Saturday March 2nd. The [...]
Briton takes over from dropped Greipel Showing the benefits of weight loss in recent months plus a greater focus on road training, Olympic team pursuit gold medallist Geraint Thomas raced to victory on today’s second stage of the Santos Tour [...]
Race footage from the 116.5 kilometre stage from Mount Barker to Rostrevor(Change quality by clicking on the 'cog' symbol above)Click here for race report, results and photos
Katusha misses out on both of the Tour de France organiser’s other big stage racesHot on the heels of Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport’s announcement of the teams invited to the Strade Bianche and Giro del Lazio, ASO - the [...]
Belgian champion to go home tomorrow but not soon enough for defence of desert raceTom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has been ruled out of defending his title at the Tour of Qatar as he recovers from Monday’s elbow surgery. The [...]
Steve Houanard suspended for two years after September EPO positiveThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has requested that the Belgian Cycling Federation (KBWB/RLVB) open disciplinary procedures against Leif Hoste, due to irregularities in his biological passport data. The 35-year-old Belgian found [...]
Public support nosedives with less than a fifth believing he was completely honest Choosing to admit his doping first to Oprah Winfrey rather than a show like 60 Minutes was interpreted by many as a sign that he was trying [...]
Former UCI President had previously insisted he had no doubts American raced cleanAlthough he defended Lance Armstrong strongly in 2011, telling AD.nl that the American ‘never, never, never doped,’ Hein Verbruggen has now confirmed that the American was given a [...]
Bad luck at team training camp It’s been a frustrating past few weeks for the Katusha team with the Licence Commission’s decision to turn down its WorldTour registration, thus prompting an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The [...]
Howman wants other sports investigated tooWorld Anti Doping Agency David Howman has expressed frustration at the insistence of Spanish authorities that the upcoming Operacion Puerto trial will focus only on cycling, pointing out that many other sports are understood to [...]
