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Cycling: Sagan wins first stage at La Panne 02 Apr 2014 - 12:33 am

ZOTTEGEM, Belgium: Peter Sagan took the overall lead on the first day of the Three Days of La Panne cycling race yesterday after...

Qatar’s women cyclists feature in mountain bike event 24 Mar 2014 - 12:54 pm

DOHA: Qatari cyclists Arafa and Noor featured in a one-day Mountain Bike Championship organised by Qatar Cycling Federation (QCF). Coach Pia Sundstedt, who...

Kristoff wins Milan-SanRemo classic cycling 24 Mar 2014 - 12:48 pm

MILAN: Norwegian Alexander Kristoff outsprinted former champion Fabian Cancellara and Ben Swift to win a rain-lashed 105th edition of the Italian classic Milan-SanRemo...

Cycling team Sky pulls out Henao 20 Mar 2014 - 09:13 am

LONDON: British-based cycling team Sky said yesterday it was withdrawing Colombian rider Sergio Henao from competition after an internal review led to questions...

Cav cruises to Tirreno stage 18 Mar 2014 - 08:47 am

MILAN: Tour de France sprint king Mark Cavendish cruised to victory in the sixth and penultimate stage of Tirreno-Adriatico yesterday, with Spaniard Alberto...

Slagter wins Paris-Nice seventh stage 16 Mar 2014 - 09:12 am

BIOT: Dutch rider Tom-Jelte Slagter of the Garmin team won the seventh stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race yesterday as Colombian Carlos Betancur...

Bouhanni wins stage 1 of Paris-Nice race 10 Mar 2014 - 12:40 am

France’s Nacer Bouhanni celebrates as he crosses the finish line at the end of the first stage of the 72th edition of the...

Champion Porte out of Paris-Nice race 09 Mar 2014 - 03:55 am

PARIS: The Paris-Nice week-long stage race begins today in turmoil following the last-gasp withdrawal of reigning champion Richie Porte. The Tasmanian was shifted...

GCC Cycling: Qatar’s Al Bourdainy grabs silver 06 Mar 2014 - 09:04 am

Riders competing in stage four of the GCC Arab Cycling Championship in Oman. Qatar’s Ahmed Al Bourdainy yesterday grabbed a silver behind UAE’s...

Cycling: Rowsell topples Hammer for pursuit gold 02 Mar 2014 - 10:12 am

CALI: Great Britain’s Joanna Rowsell (pictured) won her first individual world title Friday, beating defending champion Sarah Hammer in the women’s individual pursuit...

Cycling: Wiggins plans on riding at Glasgow Games 26 Feb 2014 - 12:46 am

LONDON: Olympic champion and 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins says he intends to ride at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow later...

Greipel storms to stage win 14 Feb 2014 - 02:27 am

Lotto-Belisol’s Andre Greipel of Germany, winner of stage five at the Tour of Qatar celebrates after receiving his prize from the President of...

Meersman victorious on final day in Mallorca 13 Feb 2014 - 10:26 am

MADRID: Belgian Gianni Meersman claimed the Alcudia Trophy on the final day of the Mallorca challenge yesterday. The Omega Pharma-Quick-Step rider pipped Spaniard...

Brilliant Boonen wins stage four 13 Feb 2014 - 07:08 am

Belgian rider Tom Boonen (right) of Omega-Pharma Quickstep team celebrates on winning stage four of the Tour of Qatar 2014 in Mesaieed yesterday. ...

Offenders urged to help as sport delves into doping past 12 Feb 2014 - 09:34 am

Dick Marty (right), Chairman of the Cycling Independent Reform Commission (CIRC), and the President of the International Cycling Union (UCI), Brian Cookson of...

Hepburn wins time trial in Doha 12 Feb 2014 - 04:53 am

Australian rider Michael Hepburn of Orica GreenEdge team, winner of the individual time trial at the Tour of Qatar, celebrates on the podium...

Boonen wins stage two 11 Feb 2014 - 03:23 am

Tom Boonen of Omega Pharma-Quickstep team celebrates after winning stage two of the Tour of Qatar from Camel Race Track to Al Khor...

OPQ riders draw first blood as Terpstra wins stage one 10 Feb 2014 - 01:36 am

Dutch rider Niki Terpstra of Omega Pharma Quick Step crosses the finish line in Dukhan yesterday. Terpstra won the first stage of Tour...