Saunier Duval has pulled out of cycling blaming the drug scandal that engulfed its team at the Tour de France. Saunier Duval acted after its Italian rider Riccardo Ricco failed a dope test on stage four, prompting the elite team […]

Leaving the Alps behind for another year will be a pleasure for most of the Tour de France peloton, but some will still be looking hungrily towards the race’s 18th stage on Thursday. The 196km ride from Le Bourg d’Oisans […]

With names like ‘Kamakazi’ and ‘Real McHoy’ competing in the Olympic cycling events, there’s no doubt the two-wheeled battle for gold in Beijing will come with colour and entertainment. But once in the saddle, the pleasantries will be put to […]

Bike manufacturers Scott, the second sponsor of the Saunier Duval team, announced on Wednesday they would step in and rescue the Spanish outfit. Saunier Duval announced earlier on Wednesday they had pulled out of cycling immediately in the wake of […]

Australian Stuart O’Grady’s joy on what was another thrilling stage of the Tour de France here on Wednesday could, if you’re a Cadel Evans fan, appear misplaced. But as the final day in the Alps witnessed two Aussies playing separate […]

It couldn’t have been a better day on the Tour de France for the Danish CSC team. All they need now to finish this year’s race in seventh heaven is for Australia’s Cadel Evans to have an off-day on the […]

Australia’s Cadel Evans succumbed to the dominance of CSC on a thrilling 17th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday when Spaniard Carlos Sastre took possession of the yellow jersey. However Evans, last year’s runner-up, could cause some last-gasp […]

Disgraced Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco is to be interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) at the end of the month, Italian news agency Ansa said on Wednesday. The 24-year-old became one of the major attractions of this year’s Tour […]

The Saunier Duval cycling team look set to be excluded from the Tour of Germany because of doping, race organisers revealed on Tuesday. The elite team withdrew from the Tour de France last week after Italian rider Riccardo Ricco failed […]

The reputation of Australia’s Cadel Evans is going in two directions at the Tour de France. After the second of two days in the Alps on Tuesday, Evans boosted his bid to win the race’s yellow jersey after surviving the […]