Sports / Cycling

Froome, Contador target yellow jersey in epic 100th edition of Tour 26 Jun 2013 - 01:26 am

PARIS: Chris Froome is overwhelming favourite for the Tour de France but the return of former winner Alberto Contador after a one-year hiatus...

Jalabert quits as Tour pundit after drug claims 26 Jun 2013 - 01:23 am

PARIS: Former cyclist Laurent Jalabert (pictured) said yesterday that he was stepping down as a television and radio pundit for the forthcoming Tour...

Ullrich could lose Olympic medals: Bach 25 Jun 2013 - 01:14 am

BERLIN: Germany’s only Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich could yet lose his Olympic medals from the 2000 Sydney Games after confessing to...

Denmark’s Simonsen dies at Le Mans: Organisers 23 Jun 2013 - 01:17 am

Denmark’s Allan Simonsen (left) is seen during a parade with his team-mate Kristian Poulsen (right) and Christoffer Nygaard (centre) the day before the...

Ullrich admits to doping for the first time 23 Jun 2013 - 01:16 am

BERLIN: Jan Ullrich, Germany’s only winner of the Tour de France, has for the first time admitted to doping with the help of...

Wiggins hints his Tour de France days are over 22 Jun 2013 - 03:19 am

LONDON: Bradley Wiggins hinted yesterday that he may not ride the Tour de France again after injury and illness left him unable to...

Froome boosts Tour hopes with Dauphine victory 10 Jun 2013 - 12:14 am

Overall leader’s yellow jersey Britain’s Christopher Froome (right) and Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen ride in a breakaway during the 155.5 km eighth and...

Froome lays down Tour marker at Dauphine 07 Jun 2013 - 12:56 am

VALMOREL, France: Chris Froome laid down a Tour de France warning to his rivals as he climbed to victory and claimed the leader’s...

Cookson launches plan to unseat world cycling chief 06 Jun 2013 - 01:06 am

MILAN: Dragging cycling from the “mire” of the Lance Armstrong affair will be Brian Cookson’s objective if the British Cycling chief succeeds in...

Boasson Hagen takes Dauphine 3rd stage 05 Jun 2013 - 01:48 am

TARARE, France: Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen yesterday saluted his team-mates for helping him secure victory in the Tour de France warm-up the Criterium...

Britain’s Cookson bids for top job in cycling 05 Jun 2013 - 01:47 am

LONDON: Briton Brian Cookson is challenging Irishman Pat McQuaid for the presidency of the International Cycling Union (UCI), pledging to restore credibility to...

No action against Van der Vorst, says IPC 04 Jun 2013 - 11:27 pm

PARIS: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said yesterday that it would take no action against Dutch hand-cyclist Monique van der Vorst for misrepresenting...

Wiggins should use Evans as example, says former coach 02 Jun 2013 - 11:48 pm

LONDON, United Kingdom: Britain’s Olympic time-trial champion and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins should use Australian cyclist Cadel Evans as an example...

Dettori hopes to carry on till he’s 50 02 Jun 2013 - 11:43 pm

LONDON: Riding great Frankie Dettori told the BBC after returning from his six month ban for taking cocaine that he hopes to carry...

Wiggins absence will boost Froome’s Tour bid 02 Jun 2013 - 12:52 am

LONDON: British Cycling head coach Shane Sutton claims Bradley Wiggins’ absence from the Tour de France will prove a major boost to Chris...

Wiggins out of Tour de France race 01 Jun 2013 - 01:24 am

LONDON: Defending champion Bradley Wiggins has been ruled out of the Tour de France due to a knee injury. Team Sky boss Dave...

We made no mistakes in Armstrong affair, says UCI chief 30 May 2013 - 12:32 am

ST PETERSBURG, Russia: The International Cycling Union (UCI) was fault free in their handling of the Lance Armstrong doping affair that severely tarnished...

Nibali tightens grip on overall lead 24 May 2013 - 03:19 am

The overall leader, Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali of the Astania team celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 18th stage...