Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has been banned from competing in the Tour de France following his positive drug test for cocaine, organisers ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) announced on Thursday. The 28-year-old Quick Step rider tested positive for cocaine in […]

  British cycling star Mark Cavendish won his second stage in the Tour of Switzerland here on Thursday, the 178 kilometre sixth stage from Oberriet. The 24-year-old Isle of Man born cyclist – winner of four stages in last year’s […]

Team Rabobank has announced the nine riders that will make up their Tour de France squad. There is no surprise in the fact that Giro d’Italia winner Denis Menchov will lead the team’s overall aspirations. The Russian will aim for […]

Belgian star Tom Boonen seemingly did not ingest cocaine, the substance for which he tested positive six weeks ago for the second time in a year, Belgian media Thursday quoted a panel of independent experts as saying. The panel based […]

The financial problems between the management and sponsors of Team Astana have finally come to an end. It was reported by AFP that the Kazakh team is guaranteed to hold it’s ProTour license through the end of 2009 following an […]

Spaniard Ricardo Serrano was suspended by his Fuji Servetto team after the International Cycling Union (UCI), announced Wednesday that it will open a disciplinary investigation based on suspicious fluctuations in the cyclist’s biological passport. “According to information received, the irregularities […]

Lance Armstrong will continue his preparations for the Tour de France by racing in the Nevada City Classic on Sunday, the seven-time Tour de France champion said on Twitter. Armstrong returned to the United States after finishing 12th in the […]

Italian’s Pietro Caucchioli (Lampre) and Francesco De Bonis (Diquigiovanni) have been suspended by their respective teams. Lampre and Diquigiovanni took action after an announcement earlier in the day by the UCI that they will begin disciplinary procedures on five cyclists […]

Swiss rider Michael Albasini of the Columbia team won the fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland, a 202 km ride from Staefa in Switzerland to Serfaus in Austria. Slovenian Tadej Valjavec of the AG2R team retained the race lead, […]

Carlos Sastre’s preparations to defend his Tour de France are going into high gear this week as the Spaniard travels to Frace to familiarize himself with some of the key mountain stages. His quiet early season had put the Cervelo […]