It took about 14 months for Nicole Cooke and the British cycling team to concoct a plan that would give her the best possible chance of winning an historic gold medal. But some would argue the 25-year-old Welshwoman has been […]

French cyclist Jimmy Casper has been provisionally suspended from his team, Agritubel, following positive doping tests taken while he was riding in last month’s Tour de France. Casper was in a list of five riders whose tests revealed positive during […]

Spanish cyclist Maribel Moreno, who pulled out of the Beijing Olympics just two days before they got underway, said Saturday she would justify her decision at a press conference in Spain on Monday. In a statement, the cyclist apologized to […]

Defending champion Paolo Bettini of Italy put a brave face on losing his Olympic road race crown to Spaniard Samuel Sanchez here on Saturday. But after the first big endurance test of the Games, the two-time world champion all but […]

Samuel Sanchez’s maiden Olympic victory for Spain in the men’s cycling road race here Saturday has capped another gold-tinged year for his countrymen. And Sanchez, a 30-year-old from Oviedo who has won five stages on the Tour of Spain, was […]

South African Robbie Hunter and Laszlo Bodrogi of Hungary were among the big names to abandon the men’s cycling road race here Saturday, the Olympics’ first major endurance event held in sweltering conditions. Both riders pulled out prior to the […]

Spanish climber Samuel Sanchez claimed his biggest ever career win when he claimed gold in the men’s gruelling Olympic road race, held over 245km here on Saturday. Italian Davide Rebellin finished a close second to take the silver medal with […]

Italian Paolo Bettini’s bid to defend his crown appeared intact at the halfway stage of the gruelling men’s 245km cycling Olympic road race here on Saturday. Bettini, fellow favourite Alejandro Valverde of Spain and a number of other top gold […]

Andreas Kloden, who was twice runner-up in the Tour de France (2004 and 2006), is among riders contesting France’s Tour de l’Ain, starting on Sunday. The German is expected to use the four-day long race in the mountains near the […]

Italy’s reigning champion Paolo Bettini saddled up here Saturday for the men’s road race which is set to be the first big endurance test of the Olympic Games. Bettini, who won gold in Athens four years ago, is also a […]