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Simon Gerrans wins cycling's Tour Down Under

Simon Gerrans won the Tour Down Under for the second time on Sunday, giving his newly-formed Australian GreenEDGE victory in its first-ever World Tour event. Gerrans, who won the race in 2006 and has won stages of the Tour de France, Giro [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Tour De France champion Evans adopts Ethopian boy

The wife of Tour de France champion Cadel Evans says the couple are adopting a 12-month-old Ethiopian boy. Chiara Passerini told Australia's Fairfax Media on Tuesday that the couple hope to take the boy to their home in Switzerla [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Tim Gudsell wins Tour of Southland stage

Tim Gudsell has won stage six of the Tour of Southland but Josh Atkins will retain the yellow jersey heading into the final day tomorrow. Gudsell sprinted home solo to claim the 167km stage from Invercargill to Gore. The pressure will now [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Alberto Contador, three-time Tour de France champ, ...

Alberto Contador, a three-time winner of the Tour de France and one of history's greatest climbers, didn't look like a man whose career is in jeopardy during a visit Tuesday to his Bay Area bike maker. The Spanish cycling icon act [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Leopard and Radioshack merge for 2012

Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck`s team will merge with the United States-based Radioshack team, Lance Armstrong`s former outfit, Leopard-Trek said on Monday. "Leopard announces that RadioShack and Nissan are joining the Leop [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Levi Leipheimer wins stage at USA Pro Cycling Challenge

Tour de France veteran Levi Leipheimer won the first stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Tuesday, pulling away with a sudden uphill surge in the final 500 yards. Leipheimer, of Santa Rosa, Calif., finished the mountainous 99.3-mile [...]

Posted On : Aug, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Tour of Utah heads for new heights as it begins Tue...

Once a nice little road race, the 7-year-old Tour of Utah is boldly going where few cycling races in this country have gone before. When the tour begins Tuesday with the Prologue at the Utah Olympic Park, it will include some of the bi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Tired Contador the Tour's X Factor

The outright favourite for the 2011 Tour de France, Alberto Contador has won all six of the last major Tours he has participated in. Contador freely admits, however, that the most recent big race, the Giro d'Italia in May, took a grea [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling tour to raise cervical cancer awareness reaches Laoa...

From Quezon City all the way up North, cycling enthusiasts pedaled their way to this city on Monday morning - the last leg of the five-day tour to raise awareness about cervical cancer. The Tour of Hope cycling tour was a 500-kilometer j [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Ben Swift triumphs in Tour of California opener

The 23-year-old Briton won the shortened 77-mile stage in two hours, 47 minutes with Peter Sagan of Slovakia second and Australia's Matt Goss third. "It was absolutely perfect," said Swift. "The team was awesome."T [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Swiss win makes Evans a Tour threat

The victory by Australian Cadel Evans in the Tour of Romandy underlines his belief he can win the Tour de France in July. ''I haven't given up on winning the Tour,'' Evans, the 2007 and 2008 runner-up, was quoted as te [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Sabir clinches Tour de Pakistan title

The 24-year-old began the race on a high note when he won the first stage from Karachi to Hyderabad on March 8 and went on to win four more stages out of the 11 to get an overall lead in the race with the margin of three minutes. ‘ [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycle tour centre of attraction

On this day, the annual Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour, countless cyclists throng to his shop, the Culemborg Pharmacy, looking for relief from diarrhoea, medication for tired and strained muscles fluids, cycle tubes and the loo. The ph [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Tour de Pakistan started from Karachi

The 16th edition of the Tour de Pakistan cycle race kicked off from Quaid-e-Azam mausoleum at 9:00 am on Tuesday. 16th Tour de Pakistan Cycle Race kicks off A total of 58 riders from 10 countries including Afghanistan are taking part in [...]