Boonen Tour decision Friday
Tom Boonen will find out on Friday whether he has been granted a last minute reprieve to compete in the Tour de France which starts in Monaco on Saturday. The former world road race champion from Belgium was barred from […]
Basso tips Armstrong for Tour win
Former Tour of Italy winner Ivan Basso on Thursday tipped his great rival Lance Armstrong to challenge for an eighth Tour de France title. Armstrong won the last of his seven yellow jerseys in a row in 2005 but this […]
Riis says Astana must support Contador
Former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis has thrown the gauntlet down to his team’s rivals for the race’s yellow jersey, declaring that his Saxo Bank outfit will be hard to beat. Riis, the 1996 Tour winner who two years […]
Evans remains positive despite Dekker situation
Yellow jersey contender Cadel Evans remains upbeat despite the unwelcome news that Silence teammate Thomas Dekker has been ruled out of the Tour de France due to a positive doping control. Dekker, a two-time Dutch champion, was set to help […]
Valverde out of Le Tour
Controversial Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde will not take part in this year’s Tour de France, his Caisse d’Epargne team announced on Tuesday. His absence removes a potentially embarrassing stand-off as the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) last month banned Valverde from […]
Boonen heads to court Thursday for Tour spot
Belgium’s former world road race champion Tom Boonen is to appear here at a court on Thursday, in a bid to reverse the ban on him competing in the Tour de France by the race organisers, the rider’s lawyer said […]
Riis is looking for the yellow jersey
The Saxo Bank team run by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis will centre its hopes for victory on next month’s race on Schleck brothers Andy and Frank, and powerful Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara. And Riis believes Saxo Bank, […]
Armstrong gets first win in Nevada City Classic
American cyclist Lance Armstrong Sunday won the Nevada City Classic, a modest one-day race set in the hills of northern California, to continue his build-up to the Tour de France. More than 15,000 fans turned out for the race, run […]
Cancellara wins stage and overall in Tour de Suisse
Swiss Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara won the Tour of Switzerland on Sunday after winning the ninth and final stage of the race here, a 38.5 kilometres time-trial. The 28-year-old beat Germany’s Tony Martin – winner of Saturday’s penultimate stage […]
Boonen won't face criminal charges over cocaine use
Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has escaped the threat of criminal charges from a first positive test for cocaine, in May 2008, despite a second positive test in April, local media claimed Saturday. However the former world champion and winner […]
