Russia’s Sergei Ivanov, riding for the Katusha team, won Wednesday’s Tour of Belgium first stage, with Australian Graeme Brown in second and Slovenia’s Borut Bozic in third. Results of the 185km Tour of Belgium 1st stage held here on Wednesday: […]

Spain’s Alejandro Valverde said Tuesday he has filed a court complaint for “irregular conduct” against the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as part of his fight against an Italian doping ban. Earlier this month CONI’s […]

Disgraced Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl on Monday announced his retirement from competition at the age of 27 following a two-year suspension for doping. “I am announcing my retirement from professional sport,” Kohl told a press conference here. The Austrian last […]

Spain’s Alejandro Valverde vowed to put his doping worries behind him after winning the 89th edition of the Volta a Catalunya on Sunday. The 29-year-old Caisse d’Epargne rider was recently banned from competing in Italy for two years by the […]

Britain’s Mark Cavendish, who has won three of the 13 stages of the ongoing Tour of Italy, has pulled out of the race to focus on the Tour de France. Cavendish, who rides for the Columbia team, claimed his third […]

Quick Step cycling team bosses said Sunday they would not beg Tour de France chiefs to allow Tom Boonen to be included in this year’s race. Boonen, Belgium’s top cyclist, is facing up to what could be a premature end […]

Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde announced on Wednesday that he is bringing a lawsuit against Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri. “Mr Torri acts, in a repeatedly obstinate manner, with total disregard for the Spanish legal authorities, refusing to […]

Mark Cavendish, the only member of Britain’s successful track cycling team to fail to win a medal at the Beijing Olympics, has hit out at the nation’s obsession with the Games. Cavendish went to Beijing as the Madison world champion […]

Lance Armstrong capped his return from injury with a second-place finish behind teammate Levi Leipheimer in the Tour of the Gila Sunday – a solid tuneup for the Giro d’Italia. Leipheimer and Armstrong finished one-two in the five-day race in […]

The positive doping test of 2008 Bejing Olympics road race silver medalist Davide Rebellin has prompted the authorities to dig deeper into the case. Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport has reported that houses of the cyclists relatives as well […]