Sports / Cycling

Toure visits Aspetar ahead of World Cup 21 May 2014 - 11:32 pm

Manchester City star Yaya Toure is seen during his visit to Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital in Doha. DOHA: Manchester City star...

Flawless Wiggins seals Tour of California title 20 May 2014 - 12:37 am

LOS ANGELES: Britain’s Bradley Wiggins captured the Tour of California title yesterday, saying he looks forward to backing countryman and team-mate Chris Froome’s...

Sagan claims first win but Wiggins leads in California 18 May 2014 - 10:16 pm

LOS ANGELES: Slovakia’s Peter Sagan claimed his first win of this year’s Tour of California yesterday, winning the seventh stage of the event...

Evans takes overall lead as Ulissi wins stage at Giro d’Italia 18 May 2014 - 01:43 am

Cadel Evans celebrates after taking the overall leader’s pink jersey following the 8th stage of the 97th Giro d’Italia cycling race yesterday. MONTECOPIOLO: ...

Wiggins keeps lead in California 18 May 2014 - 01:41 am

LOS ANGELES: Former Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins retained the Tour of California overall lead yesterday as Colombia’s Esteban Chaves won the...

Cycling: Canada’s Routley wins stage as Wiggins retain lead 16 May 2014 - 08:16 am

Aussie rider Michael Matthews celebrates after winning the sixth stage, 257 km from Atena Lucana to Montecassino, of the 97th Giro d’Italia yeswterday....

Cycling: Wiggins storms time trial to grab California lead 14 May 2014 - 07:50 am

German rider Christoph Pfingsten of team De Rijke is seen in action during the prologue of the 62nd Olympia’s Tour, the oldest Dutch...

Fever sweeps Belfast ahead of Giro d’Italia 10 May 2014 - 12:26 am

Northern Ireland turned pink yesterday to greet the Giro d’Italia. Some 200 of the world’s top cyclists will set off and race for...

Wiggins eyes California tour 10 May 2014 - 12:21 am

LONDON: Former Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins says he’s looking forward to tackling the Tour of California that starts tomorrow, claiming it’s...

Wiggins to lead Sky in Tour of California 07 May 2014 - 10:25 am

LOS ANGELES: Former Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins (pictured) will lead the Sky team in the Tour of California that starts on...

Froome wins final stage to retain title 05 May 2014 - 04:39 am

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland: Tour de France champion Chris Froome retained his Tour of Romandie title by winning yesterday’s final stage time-trial. Froome began the...

Cavendish wins again at 2014 Tour of Turkey 01 May 2014 - 07:19 am

Stage winner Switzerland’s Michael Albasini (centre) of Orica GreenEdge raises his arm in reaction after crossing the finish line ahead of second-placed Spain’s...

Team staff linked to Armstrong doping get long bans 23 Apr 2014 - 09:03 am

NEW YORK: Lance Armstrong’s former cycling team manager Johan Bruyneel, doctor Pedro Celaya and trainer Jose “Pepe” Marti have all been handed long...

Gilbert triumphs at Fleche Brabanconne 17 Apr 2014 - 07:32 am

Brussels: Former world champion Philippe Gilbert of the BMC team won the Fleche Brabanconne one day race on Wednesday after outsprinting Australian Michael...

Wiggins vows to earn Team Sky Tour place 15 Apr 2014 - 12:31 pm

Sky team rider British Bradley Wiggins (right), in action during the 112th Paris Roubaix cycling race, in Roubaix, France, yesterday. ROUBAIX, France: Former...

Cycling: Armstrong probe findings due in a year 11 Apr 2014 - 01:03 am

GENEVA: An inquiry team probing the role of cycling’s leaders in the Lance Armstrong (pictured) doping scandal will deliver its report by next...

Sick Cavendish out of GP de l’Escaut 08 Apr 2014 - 01:10 am

Alberto Contador of Tinkoff-Saxo celebrates after winning the first stage of the Tour of the Basque Country, a 153.4km ride around Ordizia, northern...

Contador wins Tour of Basque country first stage 08 Apr 2014 - 01:02 am

MADRID: Former two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) won the first stage of the Tour of the Basque Country yesterday following...