France’s Jeannie Longo will write another considerable chapter in cycling’s history books this Sunday when she becomes only the third woman to compete in seven Olympic Games. Longo, the 1996 Olympic champion who has 13 world titles, is set to […]

Germany’s Judith Arndt will go into battle for a prestigious Olympics cycling gold medal on Sunday with more than one race on her mind. The Athens silver medallist and 2004 world road race champion is one of a handful of […]

They are normally fierce competitors in the tough world of elite road cyling. But on Saturday Luxemburgers Andy and Frank Schleck will be expected to put their differences with compatriot Kim Kirchen aside in a bid to claim a rare […]

A peloton containing some of the world’s biggest cycling names will become, weather permitting, the most privileged tourists in Beijing this Saturday. Yet their sightseeing possibilities will be kept to a strict minimum as they buzz past some of the […]

Italy’s Paolo Bettini is facing a formidable test of his impressive bike racing skills when he puts his Olympic title on the line in the men’s cycling road race here on Saturday. Bettini claimed gold in Athens four years ago […]

Catching just a glimpse of the Great Wall of China has so far been the highlight of the peloton’s build-up to the men’s Olympic road race. If only they could see a little bit farther, the scenic 245km course which […]

Italian cyclists Marta Bastianelli and Emanuele Sella, who have both recently failed drug tests, were banned from all competitions by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Thursday. The ban means Bastianelli, 21, the 2007 women’s race race world champion, will […]

Dutch cycling coach Egon Kessel is under no illusions about the course for the men’s Olympic road race course that will crown one of the Games’ first champions on Saturday. “I know the course from last year’s Good Luck Beijing […]

Track cycling star Guo Shuang doesn’t get much rest. But with Olympic gold on her and China’s mind, the punishing hours spent on the track and in the weight room could finally be worth it. Guo is a specialist in […]

Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans arrived in China for the Olympic Games Wednesday putting a positive spin on a knee injury which temporarily sidlined his hopes of cycling time trial glory. The 31-year-old slipped and injured his knee the […]