Sports / Cycling

Battaglin wins thriller; Wiggins loses ground 08 May 2013 - 01:00 am

Italian cyclist Enrico Battaglin of Bardiani wins the fourth stage of the 96th Giro d’Italia cycling race from Policastro Bussentino to San Serra...

Team Sky choose Froome over Wiggins to lead Tour bid 07 May 2013 - 01:27 am

PARIS: Chris Froome, and not last year’s winner Bradley Wiggins, will be Team Sky’s leader on the Tour de France, the British team’s...

Cycling not sport’s ‘ugly duckling’ - Tour boss 01 May 2013 - 11:58 pm

SYDNEY: Tour de France boss Christian Prudhomme yesterday said the scandal-ridden sport of cycling had changed and is no longer “the little ugly...

Cycling: Doping case doctor sentenced to one year 01 May 2013 - 01:05 am

Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes arriving at a courthouse in Madrid in this file picture of January 28, 2013. MADRID, Spain: A Spanish court...

Wiggins expects last-minute decision on Tour 30 Apr 2013 - 12:25 am

STANDISH, United Kingdom: Bradley Wiggins yesterday claimed Team Sky could wait until the Tour de France is underway before deciding their team leader...

UCI failed to act after Armstrong scandal: USADA boss 26 Apr 2013 - 05:08 am

PARIS: US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) president Travis Tygart accused the International Cycling Union (UCI) yesterday of failing in its promise to deal with...

Doping trial verdict next week 25 Apr 2013 - 01:14 am

MADRID: The verdict from the Operation Puerto trial, in which a medical doctor is accused of endangering public health by performing blood transfusions...

US files formal complaint against Armstrong 25 Apr 2013 - 01:14 am

WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department filed a formal complaint yesterday against Lance Armstrong, saying the doping-disgraced cyclist and team owners defrauded the US...

Armstrong’s samples showed steroids in 1999: UCI 18 Apr 2013 - 12:39 am

PARIS: Lance Armstrong returned four samples with traces of banned corticosteroids in the 1999 Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said...

Contador reluctantly tackling the Ardennes 16 Apr 2013 - 11:51 pm

BRUSSELS: Alberto Contador will be one of the main draws at the Fleche Wallonne classic yesterday but the former Tour de France winner...

Schleck hoping Amstel Gold heralds return to form 14 Apr 2013 - 12:54 am

THE HAGUE: Former Tour de France winner Andy Schleck will be hoping to use the Ardennes classics this month to complete his return...

France’s Longo back in anti-doping spotlight 11 Apr 2013 - 12:10 am

PARIS: Veteran French female cyclist Jeannie Longo is back in the crosshairs of national anti-doping authorities for failing to comply with procedures aimed...

Doping in rugby as bad as cycling, says ex-hooker 07 Apr 2013 - 07:15 am

PARIS: Former France hooker Laurent Benezech has claimed that people are turning a blind eye to doping in rugby in the same way...

Puerto doping trial reaches climax 01 Apr 2013 - 10:58 pm

RadioShack team rider Fabian Cancellara (second right) of Switzerland smiles as he is kissed, as second-placed Cannondale team rider Peter Sagan (left) of...

Boonen out of Paris-Roubaix 01 Apr 2013 - 10:58 pm

PARIS: Tom Boonen will be unable to defend his Paris-Roubaix crown as he has yet to recover fully from a bad fall during...

Doping: The darker side to glamour of global sport 31 Mar 2013 - 12:39 am

LONDON: Unprecedented levels of skill, intensity and endurance have transformed global sport into spectacular mass entertainment and handsomely rewarded its leading exponents. Now...

Evans to race at Giro d’Italia 31 Mar 2013 - 12:33 am

PARIS: Australia’s Cadel Evans has added the Giro d’Italia to his schedule for the season, his team BMC announced yesterday. It will be...

Cycling: ‘I took drugs like pasta,’ admits Schumacher 29 Mar 2013 - 08:55 pm

BERLIN: German rider Stefan Schumacher, who has served a two-year doping ban, has admitted regularly knocking back a cocktail of performance-enhancing drugs, likening...