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Richard Freeman‘s barrister has claimed a current British Cycling coach used a Coke can containing urine to try to help Shane Sutton cover up a doping offence during his riding career. The explosive allegation was among several against Sutton raised by the…
Finding the right bike can be an expensive endeavour, but it doesn’t have to be. The key is choosing the one that suits the job. Buying a hybrid when you want to take part in fast racing is going to leave you…
The man who invented the Tour de France, Henri Desgrange, did not think cycling should be fun. To Desgrange the perfect bike race had only person left at the end of it, such was it’s gruelling, unrelenting nature. The Tour has come…
Manchester: Shane Sutton stormed out of a medical tribunal on Tuesday after furiously denying allegations that he was a "a serial liar", a "bully" and "a doper, with a doping history". In extraordinary scenes, the former technical director of British Cycling and…
Melbourne: Australian track cycling star Matthew Glaetzer is targeting two World Cup rounds next month, despite ongoing cancer treatment. Australian track cyclist Matthew Glaetzer.Credit:John Veage The two-time world champion remains focused on next year's Tokyo Olympics after having surgery last week for…
The memory of the summer’s unpredictable thrills have all but washed away in the autumn rain, but race organisers seemed to draw on what unfolded in July as they unveiled a rolling, punchy route for 2020. It carries the same unstructured shape that set the scene for Julian…
Spanish police were lent an unexpected hand in a drug raid in the province of Barcelona after a helicopter camera filming the Vuelta a Espana cycling race alerted officers to two rooftop marijuana plantations. Officers seized 40 cannabis plants on Tuesday in…
It’s still 10 months away, but next year’s Tour de France is already shaping into a wheel-to-wheel combat between the two most lavishly funded teams in cycling, Britain’s Team Ineos and Netherlands’ Jumbo-Visma. The Dutch team quietly announced the signing of their…
Valloire, France: Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe cracked at the top of the ascent to the Col du Galibier on Thursday, but a high-speed final descent in the 18th stage helped him regain contact with most of the big guns and retain the overall…
Britain's Luke Rowe and Germany's Tony Martin have been disqualified from the Tour de France following an altercation during the 17th stage. Rowe, defending champion Geraint Thomas' Ineos teammate, and Lotto Jumbo-Visma's Martin were seen tangling near the top of the last…
Peter Sagan burst into life on the Tour de France when he claimed the fifth stage at the end of a 175.5-km bumpy ride from St Die des Vosges on Wednesday. The three-times world champion beat Belgian Wout van Aert and Italian…
Brussels: Caleb Ewan is poised for the most memorable of Tour de France debuts if the Australian can win Saturday's first stage in Brussels for which he is one of the favourites. The ambition of Ewan, 24, belies that of a tour…