
Cavendish wins Giro stage for 100th career victory
Sprinter Mark Cavendish won the rainy 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday for his 100th career victory, while Vincenzo Nibali maintained his ...

Giro cyclists condemn ruling on Puerto blood bags
Cyclists and team directors at the Giro d'Italia are joining the growing chorus of athletes and sports officials condemning a Spanish court's decision ...

Team directors play role for Giro favorites
In terms of big titles, Bradley Wiggins far outshines Giro d'Italia rival Vincenzo Nibali. It's just the opposite for the two men who will be guiding ...

Forget Froome, Wiggins says focus now only on Giro
Bradley Wiggins is focusing purely on the Giro d'Italia and doesn't want to discuss anymore whether he or Chris Froome will lead Team Sky at the Tour ...
Nairo Quintana wins Tour of Basque Country
Nairo Quintana of Colombia won the Tour of Basque Country by edging out countryman Sergio Henao in Saturday's time trial. Time trial world champion ...
Porte wins Basque Tour 5th stage, Henao leads race
Richie Porte of Australia won the fifth and next-to-last stage of the Tour of Basque Country on Friday, moving into second place behind Sky teammate ...
Quintana wins Basque Tour's 4th stage; Henao leads
Nairo Quintana of Colombia won the fourth stage of the Tour of Basque Country on Thursday, edging out overall leader Sergio Henao in the final sprint.
Impey wins 2nd Basque stage, Gavazzi leads overall
South African rider Daryl Impey won the second stage of the Tour of Basque Country on Tuesday, beating Francesco Gavazzi of Italy and Angel Vicioso ...
Puerto doctor says he's willing to name dopers
The doctor at the center of the massive Operation Puerto blood-doping trial is prepared to provide a full list of his former clients to anti-doping ...

Nibali wins Tirreno ahead of Froome, Contador
Vincenzo Nibali of Italy successfully defended his title in the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race while world champion Tony Martin won the concluding ...

Nibali takes Tirreno lead, Sagan wins stage
Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali took the overall lead from Chris Froome, while Peter Sagan won the penultimate stage of the weeklong ...

Rodriguez wins Tirreno stage; Froome takes lead
Joachin Rodriguez won the fifth stage of the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race Sunday with an attack on the short but steep finishing climb, and Chris ...

Froome wins tough 4th stage of Tirreno-Adriatico
Tour de France runner-up Chris Froome made an early season statement with a victory in the difficult uphill finish of stage four of the weeklong ...

CAS upholds Italian cyclist Ricco's 12-year ban
Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco lost his appeal on Friday against a 12-year ban imposed for attempting a blood transfusion at his home. The Court of ...
2 cyclists deny Fuentes helped them dope
Two Spanish cyclists denied receiving blood transfusions to boost performance from Eufemiano Fuentes, the doctor at the center of the Operation Puerto ...
Hamilton says he paid $40,000 a year for doping
Disgraced former U.S. cyclist Tyler Hamilton told a Spanish court Tuesday he paid tens of thousands of euros (dollars) a year to the doctor at the ...
Spain to maintain doping fight beyond Puerto trial
Spain's sports authorities have vowed to maintain their campaign to end the country's reputation for widespread doping as the long-awaited Operation ...

Puerto defendant Saiz let cyclists see Fuentes
A former cycling team director told a Spanish court Friday that he had allowed four-time Spanish Vuelta winner Roberto Heras and other riders to ...

Frank Schleck given 1-year doping sentence
Cyclist Frank Schleck was suspended for a year on Wednesday and will miss the Tour de France for using a banned substance on last year's Tour.

Fuentes says not only cyclists used his doping
The doctor at the center of Spain's long-awaited Operation Puerto trial testified Tuesday that athletes from sports other than just cycling used his ...

After 7 years, trial starts in Puerto doping case
The first day of Spain's long-awaited Operation Puerto trial ended without any new revelations about doping in cycling on Monday, as the presiding ...

7 years later, Puerto doping case comes to trial
Just days after Lance Armstrong's doping admission, cycling is set for more damaging revelations when the long-delayed Operation Puerto case finally ...

Lance Armstrong stripped of Olympic bronze medal
On the day he went public with an admission of doping after years of denials, Olympic officials disclosed one more embarrassment for Lance Armstrong: ...