Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans has won his battle against injury and will take his place at the Olympics, Australian Olympic officials said Monday. The 31-year-old Australian star slipped on a wet floor last week in the aftermath of […]

The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Saturday confirmed it has granted Australia a second starting place in the men’s Olympic road time trial with Cycling Australia saying it had gratefully accepted following discussions with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC). Cadel […]

Italy’s Damiano Cunego, still feeling the effects of a fall in the Tour de France, on Saturday pulled out of the Olympic road race event in Beijing, his Lampre team announced. He finished 36th in Saturday’s San Sebastian classic, more […]

Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, riding for Caisse d’Epargne, won the San Sebastian classic race in Spain’s northern Basque region here on Saturday in a pre-Olympic tune-up. Valverde, 28, is one of the favourites for the men’s road race honours at the […]

French rider Sandy Casar confirmed Saturday he has extended his Francaise des Jeux team contract by two years. The 29-year-old, who turned professional in 2000, was the top French finisher in this year’s Tour de France where he placed 14th. […]

A combination of tactical nous and sheer leg power on a climb that will be raced seven times during the men’s Olympic road race is a must for any cyclist aiming for gold in Beijing. But the climbers in the […]

Norwegian cyclist Thor Hushovd, a stage winner on last month’s Tour de France, on Friday pulled out of the Beijing Olympics citing health problems. “It’s stupid and very bitter but I have to think of my health. I struggled on […]

Real Madrid’s Portuguese defender Pepe said Thursday that he has been inspired by reading seven-time tour de France winner Lance Armstrong’s best-selling book on his struggles with cancer. “My wife gave me Lance Armstrong’s biography, which tells what he went […]

Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli said he had “denied everything” following his doping hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Thursday. Piepoli was heard just a day after his former Saunier-Duval team-mate Ricardo Ricco, who admitted to using EPO. Ricco […]

Japanese Olympic cyclist Tomohiro Nagatsuka plans to wear Speedo’s record-breaking LZR Racer swimwear beneath his track racing suit in his quest for a medal at the Beijing Games. Knee-length LZR shorts helped him slash his personal 250-metre record by about […]