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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

Merckx, Sercu for Tour Down Under cycling

Five time Tour de France winner Eddy Merckx and his Belgian compatriot Patrick Sercu will be in Adelaide next year for the Tour Down Under, as the race is confirmed for another four years. Their presence as special guests of the race is e [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling: How will Sky stop Olympics wrecking 2012 Tour campa...

One of the big appeals of an annual sporting event like the Tour is that even as they were clearing away the barriers from the finish on the Champs-Elysées here in Paris yesterday, speculation was already rising as to the route and [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Tour de France 2011: Katusha rider Alexandr Kolobnev may fac...

Kolobnev, the reigning Olympic bronze medallist and twice a runner-up in the World Championships, tested positive on the fifth stage of the Tour de France last week and is anxiously awaiting the result of his B sample later this week. [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 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

Cliffhanger: will Contador's Tour fall away in the Alps afte...

AS defending champion Alberto Contador prepares for the Tour de France start next Saturday, everything suggests he is ready for an explosive assault on the title during the third and torturous last week. The final week is always the harde [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Contador set for Tour as hearing postponed

The doping case concerning Contador was due to be heard before CAS over three days in Lausanne from June 6-8 in order to have the decision before the start of the Tour de France on July 2. But CAS announced last week it had "accepted [...]

Posted On : Jun, 01 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

Leipheimer seeks fourth Tour of California title

Three-time champion Levi Leipheimer of the United States will lead a field of more than 140 riders from 18 teams in the sixth Tour of California cycling stage race that begins Sunday. Leipheimer won the eight-day trek over nearly 1300km f [...]

Posted On : May, 12 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

Cycling's Tour of Britain to return to Mid Wales

MID Wales is set for another multi-million pound boost after it was confirmed the Tour of Britain cycle race will come back to the county in September. The exciting event brought more than £5 million to Powys last year when a stage [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling-China signs four-year deal to host WorldTour stop in...

China's capital will host cycling's elite peloton for the next four years with the inaugural Tour of Beijing in October set to become Asia's first stop on the WorldTour calendar. International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pa [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 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. ‘ [...]