Sports / Cycling

Hesjedal claims stage at Vuelta 06 Sep 2014 - 10:40 pm

(Left to right) Second placed Italian rider Elia Viviani of Cannondale procycling team, winner German rider Andre Greipel of Lotto Belisol procycling team...

Degenkolb wins again as Contador retains lead 06 Sep 2014 - 12:27 am

German cyclist of Giant-Shimano team John Degenkolb celebrates after winning the 12th stage of the Vuelta a Espana cycling race over 166.4km from...

Contador eyes victory at Vuelta 02 Sep 2014 - 10:26 pm

Colombian cyclist Nairo Quintana of Movistar team celebrates on the podium wearing the overall leader’s red jersey after the ninth stage of the...

Impey cleared of doping 29 Aug 2014 - 11:20 pm

PARIS: South African Daryl Impey has been cleared of doping and can return to competition, the ORICA-GreenEDGE rider and his Australian team confirmed...

Froome back to battle Quintana in Spain 23 Aug 2014 - 12:06 am

MADRID: Chris Froome (pictured) will go head-to-head with in-form Colombian rider Nairo Quintana when the final Grand Tour of the season, the Tour...

Tainted Armstrong says the big lie would have continued 20 Aug 2014 - 10:27 pm

LOS ANGELES: Lance Armstrong says he would still be issuing strident denials if he hadn’t been caught and then forced to admit to...

Majka wins Tour of Poland 09 Aug 2014 - 11:18 pm

Polish rider Rafal Majka celebrates as he crosses the finish line after the fifth stage of the Tour de Pologne race from Zakopane...

Italians reopen Pantani case over murder suspicion 03 Aug 2014 - 09:34 pm

ROME: Public prosecutors in Italy have reopened the case into the death of former cycling champion Marco Pantani after new evidence emerged. The...

Nibali’s journey from Sicily ends in yellow in Paris 28 Jul 2014 - 02:38 am

Astana Procycling team’s rider Vincenzo Nibali of Italy celebrates his overall victory on the podium wearing the leader’s yellow jersey following the 21st...

Nibali wins maiden Tour de France title 28 Jul 2014 - 01:40 am

Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali poses with his overall leader yellow jersey on the podium on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, at the end of...

Nibali set to win Tour de France 27 Jul 2014 - 01:38 am

Race leader Astana team rider Vincenzo Nibali of Italy celebrates on the podium after the 54-km individual time trial 20th stage of the...

Navardauskas wins Stage 19 25 Jul 2014 - 10:04 pm

Lithuania’s Ramunas Navardauskas celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 19th stage of the Tour de France race between Maubourguet...

Nibali stage win all but seals Tour 25 Jul 2014 - 12:11 am

Astana team rider Vincenzo Nibali of Italy celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 18th stage of the Tour de...

Mountains jersey tactic helps Majka to second stage win 24 Jul 2014 - 01:51 pm

Rafal Majka of Poland puts on the best climber’s polka-dotted jersey on the podium after winning the 17th stage of the Tour de...

Nibali relieved after nervous stage in Pyrenees 24 Jul 2014 - 01:50 pm

Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali (left) wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey rides during the 17th stage of the Tour de France race between Saint-Gaudens...

Australia’s Rogers wins stage; Bardet and Van Garderen suffer 23 Jul 2014 - 09:46 am

BAGNERES DE LUCHON, France: Frenchman Romain Bardet and American Tejay van Garderen’s Tour de France podium hopes suffered a major blow yesterday when...

Peraud surprising himself as Pyrenean stages loom at Tour 23 Jul 2014 - 09:45 am

France’s Jean-Christophe Peraud rides in a breakaway during the 237.5 km 16th stage of the 101st edition of the Tour de France, yesterday. ...

Upbeat Valverde waits for leader’s ‘bad day’ 22 Jul 2014 - 08:24 am

Movistar procycling team rider Alejandro Valverde of Spain in action during the 13th stage of the 101st Tour de France on Friday. CARCASSONNE,...