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Australian rider Cadel Evans of the Silence team has been handed the top bib of number one, traditionally reserved for the winner of previous year’s Tour de France or his team, organisers said Monday. Evans, runner-up in the 2007 Tour […]

Edwige Pitel, who was not selected for France in their Olympic Games cycling team, said she would be contesting the decision to omit her from August’s Beijing event. The French women’s team in the road race, announced on Monday, was […]

French cycling legend Jeannie Longo on Monday clinched a place to compete in her seventh Olympics at the age of 49. The five-time world champion staked her claim with an outstanding win in both the road race and time-trial at […]

The Lampre team, which will support 2004 Tour of Italy champion and team leader Damiano Cunego in the Tour de France next month, was announced on Monday. Cunego can count on compatriots Marco Marzano and Paolo Tiralongo in the mountains […]

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday dismissed US cyclist Floyd Landis’ appeal to overturn a positive doping test that resulted in the stripping of his 2006 Tour de France title. The CAS upheld an earlier decision by […]

Russia’s Yuri Trofimov, who won a stage of the Dauphine Libere earlier this month, has been named in the Bouygues Telecom team to contest the Tour de France which starts on Saturday. He comes in for Anthony Geslin in what […]

Frenchman Hubert Dupont and Christophe Riblon have taken the final two berths in the AG2R team to contest the Tour de France in July. The team will be headed by Cyril Dessel, who finished seventh in the 2006 tour. AG2R […]

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 […]

Newly-crowned French cycling champion Nicolas Vogondy will ride for Agritubel at next weekend’s Tour de France, alongside last-minute inclusions Freddy Bichot and David Le Lay. “It is a homogenous team with guys who can help Christophe (Moreau) in the mountains, […]

 French outfit Francaise des Jeux on Sunday announced that Philippe Gilbert and Sandy Casar would lead its team, which includes three Tour novices, at this weekend’s Tour de France. “The choice was not easy because three-quarters of the guys were […]