Organizers of the Tour of Italy hit out Wednesday against the time taken to reach a decision on two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador’s doping charge. Contador has been [...]

MADRID, Feb 8, 2012 (AFP) – Fans of Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador will don masks of their hero on Sunday and hold a symbolic bike ride in his home town [...]

AL KHOR, Qatar, Feb 9, 2012 (AFP) – Belgium’s Tom Boonen, riding for Omega Pharma-Quick Step, retained the race leader’s gold jersey after Thursday’s fifth and penultimate stage of the [...]

MADRID, Feb 8, 2012 (AFP) – Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, who successfully fought a doping case while a player in Italy, has urged Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador to fight his [...]

Today the long awaited wind smiled on the Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team. In the desert of Qatar Tom Boonen clinched a second success after his victory in the [...]

Beverly Hills Announced as Official Start City for Stage 8 of the Race 2012 Route to Feature New Mountain Climbs, a Challenging Time Trial Course and a Return to the [...]

GRENOBLE, France, Feb 8, 2012 (AFP) – French police on Wednesday arrested Patrice Ciprelli, the husband and coach of champion cyclist Jeannie Longo, over the alleged purchase of the banned [...]

MADRID, Feb 7, 2012 (AFP) – Spain’s press Tuesday slammed a two-year doping ban on Spanish cycling hero Alberto Contador as a legal muddle that left Spain looking as if [...]

DOHA, Feb 7, 2012 (AFP) – World champion Mark Cavendish is facing a tough juggling act thus summer as he targets the Tour de France and the Olympic road-race gold [...]

French rider PARIS, Feb 7, 2012 (AFP) – French rider Cyril Lemoine was rushed to hospital after a bad fall during the Mallorca Challenge cycling race in Spain, his Saur-Sojasun [...]