Australian Scott Sunderland has spent three weeks trying to make sure compatriot Cadel Evans loses the Tour de France. Now Sunderland, a co-team manager with CSC, is preparing for the distinct possibility that Evans will upset his race leader Carlos […]

Double world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland on Friday extended his contract with the CSC-Saxo Bank cycling team by another three years, until 2011. Cancellara, who will begin as the favourite for the penultimate stage time trial of […]

Great Britain’s cyclists are planning a gold medal spree at the Beijing Olympics. Defending Olympic champions Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy are the leading contenders among a 25-strong team harbouring realistic gold medal hopes in six disciplines. Britain’s cyclists impressed […]

Cadel Evans has been tipped to overhaul his 1min 34sec deficit to Spanish rival Carlos Sastre ahead of their duel for the Tour de France yellow jersey in the final time trial on Saturday. Sastre, who rides for the CSC […]

Stuart O’Grady finally came through one of his “toughest” Tour de France campaigns as the peloton headed out of the Alps and steadily towards Paris on Thursday. However, the Australian admitted he almost never made it as far as the […]

Italian Damiano Cunego on Thursday pulled out of the Tour de France having earlier battled manfully through the 18th stage after sustaining potentially serious injuries in a crash, team sources said. “It’s a miracle I finished this stage,” said Cunego, […]

Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas, who was kicked out of the Tour de France after failing a drug test, Thursday denied knowingly taking any banned substance during the race. Duenas was charged last week in France with “use and possession of […]

Spaniard Carlos Sastre of the CSC team retained the Tour de France yellow jersey here Thursday as German Marcus Burghardt handed his Columbia team their fifth victory of the race. Burghardt dominated a short, two-man sprint with Spaniard Carlos Barredo […]

Tour de France standings after stage 18:      1. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC)                   79h16min 14sec      2. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC)                    at      1:24.      3. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST)                            1:33.      4. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL)                              1:34.      5. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB)                            2:39.      […]

Tour de France star Andy Schleck suggested “jealousy” may have been the reason a car driven by his father on the race was subject to a French customs police search on Thursday. A car being driven by Johnny Schleck, the […]