sports-life-news.com
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…
It seems to be said almost every year, but the 2019 Tour de France really is a giant. The 106th edition features five stage finishes on mountain summits, three of which peak at more than 2,000m above sea level in what organisers have dubbed “the highest…
Team Ineos manager Dave Brailsford expects four times Tour de France champion Chris Froome to return to elite cycling after last week’s horror crash at the Criterium du Dauphine. Froome sustained multiple fractures including broken femur, elbow and rib bones in a…
Chris Froome suffered a broken neck during his crash on Wednesday and lost appoximately four pints of blood as the four-time Tour de France champion prepares for a lengthy spell out. A six-week spell in hospital will follow after the 34-year-old suffered an…