MADRID, Feb 8, 2012 (AFP) – The head of Spain’s Olympic committee stepped up to defend Spanish sport Wednesday in the wake of two-time Tour de France champion cyclist Alberto [...]

BERLIN, Feb 10, 2012 (AFP) – Disgraced German cyclist Jan Ullrich has admitted to having met Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, who was at the center of a blood doping ring, [...]

GRENOBLE, France, Feb 10, 2012 (AFP) – Patrice Ciprelli, husband and coach of French cyclist Jeannie Longo, spent around 15,000 euros on 15 purchases of EPO since 2007, a source [...]

MADRID, Feb 9, 2012 (AFP) – Spain launched a diplomatic protest Thursday over a satirical puppet show on French TV that implied cyclist Alberto Contador and tennis great Rafael Nadal [...]

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 [...]

LAUSANNE, Feb 9, 2012 (AFP) – Germany’s 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich on Thursday received a two-year ban for a blood doping offense, the Court of Arbitration for [...]

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 [...]