The steady approach of three crucial alpine stages on the Tour de France will be good news Saturday for the majority of riders who have yet to win a stage on this year’s race. Part two in the yellow jersey […]

Disgraced Italian cycling star Ivan Basso deserves a second chance of resurrecting his career, the Italian’s future manager at the Liquigas team said Friday. Basso is nearing the end of a ban handed down after he admitted, without having tested […]

Liquigas manager Stefano Zanatta has admitted the latest doping scandal to hit the Tour de France is also a major blow to Italian cycling. The race was rocked on Thursday by news of Riccardo Ricco’s positive test for banned blood […]

A stash of medical material and a banned substance were among items seized by police from the room of Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas who has been kicked out of the Tour de France after failing a drugs test, a French […]

Australian Baden Cooke became the fifth rider from the Barloworld team to pull out of the Tour de France here Thursday. Cooke got off his bike after just 25km of the race’s 12th stage, according to official race radio. He […]

The Tour de France was rocked by a third positive doping scandal Thursday following the news that Italian Riccardo Ricco tested positive for banned substances. Ricco, who won two climbing stages last week, was taken into custody by French police […]

Italian rider Ricardo Ricco of Saunier Duval has tested positive for blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), the French national anti-doping agency (AFLD) confirmed on Thursday. The 24-year-old Ricco, winner of two mountain stages, provided a urine sample which contained the banned […]

Isle of Man sprinter Mark Cavendish made cycling history on Thursday when he became the first ever Briton to claim three stage wins in a single edition of the Tour de France. Cavendish dominated a bunch sprint at the end […]

Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme left the future of Saunier Duval in the balance after declaring he doubted the integrity of the cycling team’s manager. The Spanish outfit volunteered to quit the race prior to the 12th stage following […]

Britain’s Mark Cavendish was forced to hold back his anger and frustration here at the Tour de France Thursday on a day when celebration should have been his sole priority. The 23-year-old Isle of Man sprinter made cycling history when […]