World road race champion Cadel Evans said Thursday he was considering racing against Lance Armstrong in Australia’s Tour Down Under in January. The Australian two-time Tour de France runner-up said he was considering changing his strategy for 2010 and riding […]

Spain’s reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador played down the threat of a drugs probe that was launched a day before the presentation of next year’s race. Paris prosecutors on Tuesday revealed they had launched an investigation after the […]

Seven-times champion Lance Armstrong admitted next year’s Tour de France could offer victory opportunities to a bigger field of rivals after the organisers’ unveiled the 2010 route on Wednesday. Beginning in Rotterdam on July 3 and ending in Paris July […]

An autopsy on Belgian cyclist Franck Vandenbroucke, found dead in his hotel room here on Monday, will take place on either Wednesday or Thursday, Senegalese police have announced. “The autopsy will take place tomorrow (Wednesday) or the day after (Thursday) […]

A doping inspector with the International Cycling Union (UCI) has backed the body’s claims that Lance Armstrong’s team were not given special treatment by UCI anti-doping inspectors at the 2009 Tour de France. Doctors from France’s national anti-doping agency (AFLD) […]

Italian cyclist Gabriele Bosisio of the LPR team has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned blood-booster EPO, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced Tuesday. The 29-year-old was caught out by a suprise out-of-competition test conducted by the […]

The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Monday rejected accusations by the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) that they showed the Astana team preferential treatment over drug tests at the Tour de France. French newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro alleged that […]

The Astana team of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and third placed Lance Armstrong were given an easy ride during dope tests at the 2009 event, two leading French newspapers said Monday. They quoted a report by the French […]

Lance Armstrong says he will go into the 2010 Tour de France better prepared to challenge for an eighth yellow jersey, but he believes reigning champion Alberto Contador will be “very hard” to beat. “I think I will be a […]

The Austrian blood transfusion specialist Humanplasma, already at the centre of a huge doping scandal, on Friday admitted tax evasion. Officials for the lab admitted not declaring 300,000 euros earned from taking blood tests from athletes but continued to deny […]