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• UCI Confirm World’s Top 18 Teams For Beijing Event
  September 3rd, 2011
  

  PARIS, Sept 3, 2011 (AFP) – World cycling chiefs confirmed Saturday the 18 WorldTour leading teams will compete at the inaugural Tour of Beijing in October after a “truce” had [...]

• Qatar Airways To Transport Tour de France Peloton
  June 24th, 2011
  

  PARIS, June 24, 2011 (AFP) – Tour de France organizers on Friday announced an agreement with Qatar Airways to transport the race peloton to Paris for the final stage of [...]

• Tour de France Has Agreement Until 2015 With EBU and ASO
  March 22nd, 2011
  

  The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) and ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) have reached an agreement over the next four years running until 2015, it includes the Tour and other cycling events [...]

• Cavendish Gets Green Jersey Good News
  March 4th, 2011
  

  PARIS, March 4, 2011 – Britain’s Mark Cavendish has been given a potential boost by organizers of the Tour de France after they announcedchanges Friday to the rules concerning the [...]

• No Fleche Wallonne or Liege for Europcar
  March 4th, 2011
  

  PARIS, March 4, 2011 (AFP) – French cycling team Europcar were on Friday snubbed by race organizers ASO (Amaury Sports Organization) for two key spring classics, the Fleche Wallonne and [...]

• ASO and AEG Expand Cycling Partnership Agreement
  January 20th, 2011
  

  Owners of Tour de France and Amgen Tour of California Grow Media Partnership LOS ANGELES (June 20, 2011) – Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and AEG, owners respectively of the Tour [...]

• Tour de France Wild Card Spots Reserved For French Teams
  January 20th, 2011
  

  PARIS – The four wildcard invitations for this year’s Tour de France have been reserved for French teams, race organizers Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) announced on Thursday. French teams Cofidis, [...]

• Armstrong Dismisses Tour Takeover Talk
  January 15th, 2011
  

  ADELAIDE – Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong on Saturday played down reports he had been preparing a takeover of Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO), which owns the Tour de France. Armstrong will [...]

• ASO Responds About Valverde Case
  April 19th, 2010
  

  ASO, organizer of the Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, argued Monday that the compliance procedures that are in place for the Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, who is currently suspended for doping in [...]

• Stronger Partnership Between ASO and Tour of California
  April 8th, 2010
  

  The partnership between the Tour de France organizers (ASO) and the Tour of California (AEG) will be strengthened this year, announced Thursday in a joint statement. The agreement, which addresses [...]

• UNCP Angry Over ASO Decision
  April 2nd, 2010
  

  PARIS, April 1, 2010 (AFP) – The association that represents French riders (UNCP) regretted “bitterly” on Thursday, the choice of the organizers (ASO) of the Tour de France not to [...]

• ASO Set To Take Over Dauphine Libere
  January 7th, 2010
  

  Written by: Jonathan Tessler French cycling stage race the Dauphine Libere is set to be organized by the current owners of the Tour de France this June ahead of the [...]

• Contador, Astana Say They Have Nothing To Hide
  October 14th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Oct 14, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador played down the threat of a drugs probe that was launched a day before the presentation [...]

• Thomas Dekker Tests Positive For EPO And Is Out Of 2009 Tour de France
  July 1st, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, July 1, 2009 (AFP) – Dutch cyclist Thomas Dekker has been ruled out of the Tour de France three days before the start after testing positive for the banned [...]

• Boonen Claims Belgian Road Title
  June 28th, 2009
  

  AYWAILLE, Belgium, June 28, 2009 (AFP) – Quick Step rider Tom Boonen became Belgian road cycling champion here on Sunday after defeating Philippe Gilbert and Kristoff Goddart in a sprint [...]

• Boonen To Ask Judge To Reverse Tour ban
  June 23rd, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 23, 2009 (AFP) – 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 [...]

• Boonen And Team To Take Legal Route Over Tour de France Ban
  June 19th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, June 19, 2009 (AFP) – Ace Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen and his Quick Step team are to contest his ban from the Tour de France by the race organizers [...]

• Boonen Banned From Tour, But UCI Takes No Action
  June 18th, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has been banned from competing in the Tour de France following his positive drug test for cocaine, organizers ASO [...]

• Boonen “Didn’t Ingest Cocaine” – Experts Say
  June 18th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian star Tom Boonen seemingly did not ingest cocaine, the substance for which he tested positive six weeks ago for the second time in [...]

• BMC Invited By ASO To Criterium International
  February 24th, 2009
  

  Santa Rosa/Paris, 2009-02-20 BMC invited by ASO to race at Critérium International for 2nd year in a row For the second year running, the BMC Racing Team has earned an [...]

• Armstrong Welcome, But Must Play By The Rules – Says Tour Chief Jean-Etienne Amaury
  October 4th, 2008
  

  PARIS, Oct 3, 2008 (AFP) – The new president of the Tour de France’s parent company Amaury Sports Organization (ASO), Jean-Etienne Amaury, has welcomed the news of seven-time winner Lance [...]

• New Tour de France Chief Jean-Etienne Amaury Says Doping Battle Continues
  October 4th, 2008
  

  PARIS, Oct 3, 2008 (AFP) – The battle against doping will remain a priority for the organizers of the Tour de France, according to Jean-Etienne Amaury, the new president of [...]

• Peace Between Tour de France and The UCI
  September 26th, 2008
  

  VARESE, Italy, Sept 26, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme has welcomed an end to a four-year long conflict with cycling’s world ruling body the UCI (International [...]

• UCI Chief Pat McQuaid Announces End To Chaotic Cycling Feud
  August 17th, 2008
  

  BEIJING, Aug 18, 2008 (AFP) – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid said Monday a long-running feud that has “split the cycling family” is nearing its end, as he announced the [...]

• Tour’s Anti-Doping Chief Regrets Lack Of UCI Help
  July 26th, 2008
  

  PARIS, July 26, 2008 (AFP) – The chief of anti-doping operations at this year’s Tour de France has hit out at the International Cycling Union (UCI) over a lack of [...]

• Cadel Evans Takes A Swipe At “Un-Tested” Sports
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans has called on cycling’s detractors to take a long hard look at what is being done in [...]

• Tour Chief Prudhomme, Riders, and Teams Support Snaring Cheats
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme has warned cyclists, their teams and sponsors who pour millions into the sport that [...]

• UCI Chief Pat McQuaid Calls For Spanish To Clean Up Cycling
  July 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has called on the Spanish authorities to increase their efforts in the fight against doping [...]

• Tour de France President Patrice Clerc Calls For Calm After First Doping Case
  July 12th, 2008
  

  TOULOUSE, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France president Patrice Clerc has backed the news of the first positive doping test at this year’s race, and said it [...]

• Tour de France Chief Convinced That The Cheats Are On Their Way Out
  July 2nd, 2008
  

  by Jean Montois BREST, France, July 2, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme is convinced this year’s race can take place without the numerous drug-tainted scandals that [...]

• Tour de France Is Wrong To Break Away From UCI, McQuaid Says
  July 2nd, 2008
  

  by Jean Montois PARIS, July 1, 2008 (AFP) – Top cycling official Pat McQuaid has expressed his wish for a trouble-free Tour de France but says that it was a [...]

• UCI Fumes As Tour de Feance Is Put Under French Cycling Federation Jurisdiction
  June 3rd, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 3, 2008 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) have threatened sanctions against riders and teams competing in this year’s Tour de France after organizers announced Tuesday that [...]

• Teams request changes to Paris-Nice contract
  May 2nd, 2008
  

  PARIS, Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) – Cyclists due to compete in the Paris-Nice stage race have asked organisers to make amendments to a proposed teams’ contract, which in midweek prompted [...]

• UCI boss slams colluding ASO and French sports ministry
  March 7th, 2008
  

  PARIS, March 7, 2008 (AFP) – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid on Friday stoked the feud with race organisers Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO), accusing them of colluding to form a [...]

• Kloeden furious at Astana’s Tour rejection
  February 14th, 2008
  

  Kloeden furious at Astana’s Tour rejection by Ryland James BERLIN, Feb 14, 2008 (AFP) – German cyclist Andreas Kloeden has reacted angrily to the news his Astana team – including [...]

• 2009 Tour de France – stages in Monaco confirmed
  December 16th, 2007
  

  The 2009 Tour de France will kick off from the tiny Mediterranean Principality of Monaco, the race’s organizer officially announced the Grand Tour’s first few stages Friday. The Grand Départ [...]