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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 crash causes Tour chaos

German star Andre Greipel was critical of the course and rival cyclist Alessandro Petacchi after a chaotic end to the Tour Down Under's opening stage. Three riders, including Greipel's key Lotto-Belisol team-mate Jurgen Roelandts, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 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

Contador eyeing Olympics as well as Tour

The 28-year-old Contador, whose hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport ended last week, was in the Danish capital for Team Saxo Bank's presentation of 29 riders for next season before heading to a training camp in Israel. As [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 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

Ray shines bright on Tour of Southland

Auckland's Alexander Ray has won stage three of the Tour of Southland from Riverton to Tuatapere. The H&Js Outdoor World-Avanti Plus rider won the sprint into New Zealand's sausage capital ahead of Subway Pro Cycling's Nick Lo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Haas on the move after tour success

BIDDING for Australia's latest cycling talent, Nathan Haas, is under way, with three of world cycling's elite road teams eager to sign the 22-year-old former mountain biker after his breakthrough victory in the Herald Sun Tour. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 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

Rasmussen out of Tour of Britain after being sacked by HTC f...

"Mr Rasmussen missed a test and additionally did not inform the team," said HTC's Team Manager Rolf Aldag in a press release. "These are clear violations of the team's code of conduct."It was the third missed c [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Basque Police Prepare as Tour of Spain Cycling Race Returns ...

Police are stepping up security as Spain’s biggest cycling race returns to the Basque region today for the first time since protesters seeking independence blocked the route in 1978. The Vuelta a Espana, or Tour of Spain, is schedul [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling-Fans hail Evans as Tour champ rides home

Yellow-clad fans in their thousands thronged Melbourne's city centre on Friday to hail Cadel Evans as Australia's first Tour de France champion took a ceremonial ride into town after returning from Europe. Thre [...]

Posted On : Aug, 12 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

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 [...]