American veteran Bobby Julich, a former podium finisher at the Tour de France, has announced the end to his 15-year professional career. Julich relaunched his career with the CSC team of former 1996 Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis in […]

Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl, third in this year’s Tour de France, announced on Monday he has signed a three-year deal with the Silence-Lotto team. His Gerolsteiner team announced at the end of last month they were dissolving after their German […]

Disgraced American cyclist Tyler Hamilton, the first rider to be found guilty of blood doping in 2004, has capped his comeback by winning the US national road race championship at Greenville on Sunday. The 37-year-old, of the Rock Racing team, […]

Italy’s Daniele Bennati, of the Liquigas team, sprinted to victory in the third stage of the Tour of Benelux on Saturday, taking the leader’s jersey from Spain’s Jose Ivan Gutierrez. Bennati crossed the line ahead of Belgians Tom Boonen and […]

Victoria Pendleton of Britain boosted her bid for a first Olympic gold by easing into the semi-finals of the women’s sprint tournament on Monday. Pendleton dominated Simona Krupeckaite of Lithania over two legs of their quarter-final to book a semi-final […]

Australia’s defence of their coveted Olympic team pursuit crown from Athens has been hit by Brett Lancaster’s failed bid to leave the Tour de France a week before the race finished. Lancaster was a key member of the team that […]

Bradley McGee is hoping to put a silver lining around yet another injury-hit season when he saddles up with Olympic medals – not history – on his mind at the Laoshan velodrome on Friday. But as he aims to qualify […]

Double Olympic champion Ryan Bayley has picked the “unbelievable French” to draw first blood in the five-day track competition which gets underway with the men’s team sprint on Friday. Bayley, who added two golds from the men’s sprint and keirin […]

While riders marvelled at the backdrop of the Great Wall for Olympic cycling events here, spectators said the structure built to keep out invaders also prevented them from watching races. Road races on the weekend and Wednesday’s time trials were […]

The Olympic track cycling competition is held at the Laoshan Velodrome from August 15-19. Here are some of the stars to look out for over the 10 gold medal events. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) The Englishman won a medal of every […]