Spain’s Carlos Sastre received a hero’s welcome Wednesday when he returned to his hometown of El Barraco after becoming the third Spaniard in a row to win the Tour de France over the weekend. Hundreds of ecstatic supporters cheered when […]

World champion cyclist Marta Bastianelli is to face an Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) hearing on August 5 after failing a dope test this month. The 21-year-old has been kicked off the Italian Olympic team but protested her innocence, claiming she […]

Injured Australian cycling star Cadel Evans has pulled out of the time trial event at the Beijing Olympics, Cycling Australia said on Wednesday. The national federation added Evans slipped on a wet floor on Sunday night, in the aftermath of […]

Edwige Pitel, who was not selected for France in their Olympic Games cycling team, has had her protest at the decision rejected by a court here on Wednesday. A judge said there was no serious doubt about the legality of […]

Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco admitted to using banned blood booster EPO when interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday about his positive dope test on the Tour de France. Ricco, who had won two stages, was kicked off […]

Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans pulled out of the one day criterium held in Flanders on Tuesday with a reported injured knee. But mystery surrounded the origin of the injury. According to organiser Denis Bolle the Australian cyclist sustained […]

Carlos Sastre’s triumph in the Tour de France over the weekend has capped a “magical” year for Spanish sports, Spanish media said Monday just two weeks before the Olympic Games get underway. “Sastre’s triumph in the Tour marks the end […]

World champion road cyclist Marta Bastianelli blamed her local chemist after testing positive for a banned stimulant, as reported by Italian news agency Ansa on Monday. Bastianelli tested positive for the stimulant in a control run by the International Cycling […]

Denmark’s cross-country mountain bike champion Peter Riis Andersen, who was to compete in the Beijing Olympics, has failed a drugs test, the Danish sporting federation DIF said on Monday. Andersen, 28, one of 84 Danish athletes selected to take part […]

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has been put under the spotlight by a report which claims the world cycling body was paid to help get track cycling’s keirin event on the Olympic programme in 1996. The BBC reported on its […]