Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran, who rides for the Liquigas team in the Tour de France, has tested positive for the blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), an anti-doping chief told AFP. Pierre Bordry, the chief of the French national anti-doping agency (AFLD), […]

  Tour de France standings after stage 7          1. Kim Kirchen (LUX/COL)                     28h23min 40sec      2. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL)                      at      0:06.      3. Stefan Schumacher (GER/GST)                        0:16.      4. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GAR)                    0:44.      5. Denis Menchov […]

The second day of climbing on the Tour de France proved too much for former French champion Christophe Moreau, who abandoned during the seventh stage here on Friday. Moreau pulled over to the side at the feeding station, near the […]

The agency charged with carrying out anti-doping controls at this year’s Tour de France has played down a report that 10 riders are about to be issued warnings for “suspect” blood samples. A report in Le Monde newspaper suggested that […]

Australia’s top-ranked mountain biker Chris Jongewaard has successfully appealed against his controversial omission from Cycling Australia’s list of nominated riders to compete at the Beijing Olympics. The Cycling Australia Appeals Tribunal on Friday upheld Jongewaard’s appeal and the nomination decision […]

Britain’s David Millar has all but given up hope of finally ending his eight-year wait to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey again. However, the Garmin team leader said his encouraging performance on the race’s first foray into the […]

Spaniard Carlos Sastre said he is looking ahead to the first Tour de France stage in the Pyrenees this Sunday after losing more ground in his bid to stay close to the yellow jersey. Sastre lost over a minute to […]

Cadel Evans kept his powder dry for the Tour de France’s first big Pyrenean battle this weekend with a solid sixth stage performance which moved him up to second place on Thursday. Team Columbia’s Kim Kirchen created his own piece […]

Team Columbia’s Kim Kirchen created his own piece of Tour de France history by becoming the first Luxemburger in nearly 50 years to pull on the race’s yellow jersey on Thursday. Italian Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval won the sixth […]

Italian Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval won the Tour de France sixth stage, a 195.5km race from Aigurande to here in the Massif Central on Thursday, with Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg, riding for the Colombia team, taking the race leader’s […]