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Cycling: Wiggins’s takes Paris-Nice lead

ORLEANS: After cursing the rain when he missed victory by a second in Sunday’s Paris-Nice opener, Bradley Wiggins found the weather on his side in Monday’s 185.5 kms second stage from Mantes la Jolie where the Briton seized co [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

CYCLING: Already one to reckon with

ANOTHER young rider made a name for himself when Marco Canola registered his first victory as a professional in Le Tour de Langkawi’s (LTdL) longest stage from Bentong to Kuantan yesterday. The Italian, who rides for&nb [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Sir Chris Hoy back to his Beijing best

Sir Chris Hoy believes he is in his best form since his Beijing bounty of gold after a supreme showing at the Track World Cup at London’s Olympic Velodrome. Hoy, who won three gold medals in the 2008 Games, completed a stunning p [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Olympic dress rehearsal: Aussie cyclists itching to take on ...

LONDON: Jack Bobridge has heard the whispers about the all-conquering Australian men's pursuit team. That it is all well and good winning track cycling world titles in Copenhagen and Apeldoorn but it is the Olympics that count. And, w [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Sarah Storey wins gold at Para-Cycling Track World Champions...

Storey, from Manchester, who could attempt to win five gold medals at the London Paralympic Games in the summer, made it look almost effortless and posted a new British record and personal best with a time of 37.371 seconds, leaving her h [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Police arrest husband of French cycling champion Jeannie Lon...

The husband of the Olympic cyclist Jeannie Longo has been arrested over the alleged purchase of the banned performance enhancer erythropoietin, known as EPO, according to reports in France. A police official confirmed that Longo's apa [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Australian cyclist Evans says sport leads drug fight

SYDNEY — Reigning Tour de France champion Cadel Evans says the two-year doping ban for Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador shows the sport is at the forefront in the battle against drugs. Contador received the sanction on Monday after [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

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

GreenEDGE cyclist hurt in crash

The Victorian could be sidelined for two months after suffering concussion, a broken cheekbone and an arm fracture in a Friday training crash. Docker was training at Bright, Victoria when he went off the road, apparently to avoid a car. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Clarke triumphs as Kohler takes lead Down Under cycling

Australian Will Clarke was given a hero's reception by thousands of raucous fans after bringing a 140 km breakaway all the way to the finish of the Tour Down Under's second stage Wednesday. Swiss rider Martin Kohler of the BMC tea [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Individual pursuit gold for Kiwi Latham

Waikato rider Peter Latham has won gold on the penultimate night of finals at the UJCI World Cup in Beijing. Latham took out the men's 4000m individual pursuit over Australian Mitchell Mulqueen to highlight the New Zealand performance [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

CYCLING: Sea Keong takes a breather

ONCE a trailblazer on the international scene for Malaysian cycling, Loh Sea Keong is now resigned to switching the jet-set lifestyle of a Europe-based professional cyclist to modest Kuala Krai, Kelantan, his hometown. Having failed [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Valverde happy to return to cycling

Spanish cycling star Alejandro Valverde says his time away from cycling due to a two-year doping suspension has given him a new perspective on the sport. Valverde was banned for two years from January 2010 after being implicated in Operat [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Britain's Cavendish supports return of teammate aft...

British cyclist Mark Cavendish believes David Millar should be free to compete in next year's Olympics, insisting Friday that his compatriot has "redeemed himself" after serving a two-year ban for doping. Millar, who te [...]