Dutchman Lars Boom capped a superb solo ride with victory in the 15th stage of the Vuelta Espana, a 167.7km ride between Jaen and Cordoba on Monday.
Australian Cadel Evans took the overall lead in the Vuelta Espana after Sunday's eighth stage, the first in the mountains, won by Italian Damiano Cunego.
Fabian Cancellara retained his gold jersey at the Vuelta Espana despite being caught up in a huge pile-up involving the leading riders near the end of Tuesday's fourth stage from Venlo to Liege.
Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has launched a stinging attack on Astana teammate Lance Armstrong after returning as a hero to his native town of Pinto near Madrid.
Alberto Contador has been crowned Tour de France champion for the second time in three years, as Mark Cavendish won his sixth stage of this year's race with victory in the 21st and final stage, finishing in the center of Paris.
Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for CERA, the International Cycling Union has confirmed.
Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo has won the ninth stage of the Tour de France from Saint-Gaudens to Tarbes, outsprinting Italian Franco Pellizotti after the pair had broken away from their fellow escapees as the race left the Pyrenees.
Two weeks before the start of the 96th Tour de France, 1,870 days after his last pro victory, Lance Armstrong soloed to first place in the Nevada City (Cal.) Classic, a brief but brutal 40-lap circuit in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Asked afterward about the upcoming Tour, which starts Saturday in Monaco, the Texan poor-mouthed his own chances, pointing to Astana teammates Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer as clear favorites. After those two, he went on, "they got an old man like me to come around and pick up the pieces."
The most-eagerly anticipated Tour de France in recent history begins with a testing individual time-trial in Monaco on July 4 and fittingly, on U.S. Independence Day, an American will take center stage in cycling's greatest race.
Lance Armstrong and 2007 champion Alberto Contador will head a strong Astana team for next month's Tour de France.
Dutchman Lars Boom capped a superb solo ride with victory in the 15th stage of the Vuelta Espana, a 167.7km ride between Jaen and Cordoba on Monday.
Australian Cadel Evans took the overall lead in the Vuelta Espana after Sunday's eighth stage, the first in the mountains, won by Italian Damiano Cunego.
Fabian Cancellara retained his gold jersey at the Vuelta Espana despite being caught up in a huge pile-up involving the leading riders near the end of Tuesday's fourth stage from Venlo to Liege.
Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has launched a stinging attack on Astana teammate Lance Armstrong after returning as a hero to his native town of Pinto near Madrid.
Alberto Contador has been crowned Tour de France champion for the second time in three years, as Mark Cavendish won his sixth stage of this year's race with victory in the 21st and final stage, finishing in the center of Paris.
Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for CERA, the International Cycling Union has confirmed.
Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo has won the ninth stage of the Tour de France from Saint-Gaudens to Tarbes, outsprinting Italian Franco Pellizotti after the pair had broken away from their fellow escapees as the race left the Pyrenees.
Two weeks before the start of the 96th Tour de France, 1,870 days after his last pro victory, Lance Armstrong soloed to first place in the Nevada City (Cal.) Classic, a brief but brutal 40-lap circuit in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Asked afterward about the upcoming Tour, which starts Saturday in Monaco, the Texan poor-mouthed his own chances, pointing to Astana teammates Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer as clear favorites. After those two, he went on, "they got an old man like me to come around and pick up the pieces."
The most-eagerly anticipated Tour de France in recent history begins with a testing individual time-trial in Monaco on July 4 and fittingly, on U.S. Independence Day, an American will take center stage in cycling's greatest race.
Lance Armstrong and 2007 champion Alberto Contador will head a strong Astana team for next month's Tour de France.
Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has announced he is now the proud father of a newborn baby son called Max.
Denis Menchov survived a dramatic high-speed crash in the final kilometer of the closing individual time trial stage to win the centenary edition of the Giro d'Italia in Rome on Sunday.
Russian cyclist Denis Menchov has extended his overall lead to 20 seconds ahead of Sunday's final stage of the Giro d'Italia.
Carlos Sastre claimed his second stage win of the centenary Giro d'Italia as Denis Menchov clung on to the leader's pink jersey from Danilo Di Luca.
Michele Scarponi claimed his second stage victory of the Giro D'Italia after winning a sprint finish to the 18th leg on Thursday.
Italian Franco Pellizotti claimed the third Giro d'Italia stage victory of his career after winning the epic climb up to Blockhaus, in the earthquake-hit Abruzzo region, on Wednesday.
Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre came home alone to win his first-ever stage in the Giro d'Italia on Monday, a gruelling 237km slog from Pergola to Monte Petrano in the Appenine mountains, to put himself in contention for overall victory.
Italian Leonardo Bertagnolli claimed the biggest victory of his career by winning the 161km 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia from Forli to Faenza.
Australian rider Simon Gerrans produced a memorable final climb to win stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday.
Briton Mark Cavendish claimed his third sprint victory of the race when powering away from his rivals to win the 175km 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia.
Two-time Tour of Spain winner Denis Menchov has taken over the race leader's pink jersey in the Giro d'Italia, after winning Thursday's 12th stage, a gruelling 60.6km individual time-trial from Sestri Levante to Riomaggiore.
Briton Mark Cavendish claimed his second stage victory in this year's Giro d'Italia after once again proving he is the fastest man in the peloton by taking the 214km 11th leg from from Turin to Arenzano.
Race leader Danilo Di Luca powered to victory in the 262-kilometer 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia from Cuneo to Pinerolo on Tuesday to extend his advantage in the pink jersey position.
Mark Cavendish won a sprint finish to claim his first victory in this year's Giro d'Italia -- following a controversial ninth stage around the streets of Milan.
Team Columbia's impressive Giro d'Italia continued on Saturday as Belarussian Kanstantin Siutsou handed the American outfit their third stage victory when he won the 209km eighth leg from Morbegno to Bergamo.
Levi Leipheimer doesn't need sunglasses at the poker table. The 35-year-old Astana rider, currently enjoying the best season of his career, seems to be under the impression that he will be fined $100 per facial expression.
Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen further boosted his emerging profile in world cycling with an impressive victory in Friday's seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia.
Controversial Italian Michele Scarponi claimed the biggest victory of his career by coming home alone to win the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday.
Former winner Danilo Di Luca has taken over the race leader's pink jersey after finishing second in Wednesday's punishing fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia.
Former winner Danilo Di Luca claimed an emotional home success in the Giro d'Italia fourth stage on Tuesday when the race headed into the mountains during a 165-kilometer stretch from Padova to San Martino di Castrozza.
Alessandro Petacchi achieved back-to-back Giro d'Italia stage wins on Monday to claim the race leader's pink jersey after Mark Cavendish found his late charge checked by a big crash 10 kilometers from the line.
Alessandro Petacchi drew first blood in his sprint showdown with Mark Cavendish to win the second stage of the Giro d'Italia in Trieste on Sunday.
Mark Cavendish became the first British rider to wear the Giro d'Italia leader's pink jersey when his Columbia team claimed victory in Saturday's opening team time trial.
Lance Armstrong is the star attraction in the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia but has played down his chances of overall victory in the first major Tour of the cycling season.
World cycling's governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI), have expressed their concern at the financial situation surrounding Lance Armstrong's Astana team.
Lance Armstrong was cleared Friday to ride in this year's Tour de France, health permitting, after the French anti-doping agency confirmed it would not be launching disciplinary procedures against the seven-time champion.
Lance Armstrong has been cleared to ride in this year's Tour de France after the French anti-doping agency (AFLD) confirmed they would not be launching any disciplinary procedures against the seven-time champion.
Alberto Contador scored an emphatic victory in the final 24 kilometer time trial to wrap up overall honors in the Tour of Basque Country on Saturday.
Team Columbia's winning streak in Europe's top races continued on Friday when Italian Marco Pinotti secured victory in stage five of the Tour of the Basque Country.
Swiss Michael Albasini continued Team Columbia's impressive start to the cycling season with victory in stage four of the Tour of the Basque Country on Thursday.
Lance Armstrong could face punishment after being accused by the French anti-doping agency (AFLD) of breaking its rules during an unannounced test last month.
Defending Giro d'Italia and Vuelta Espana champion Alberto Contador again showed he is the man to beat in this year's major stage races with an impressive win in Wednesday's 172.5km third stage of the Tour of the Basque Country.
American Levi Leipheimer looks set to complete his second stage race victory of the season after maintaining his overall advantage after the fourth stage of the Tour of Castilla and Leon in Spain.
Caisse d'Epargne rider Luis Leon Sanchez repelled a host of challenges to win Paris-Nice after a thrilling 119km eighth and final stage of the race, ending on the famous Promenade des Anglais on the French Riviera.
Caisse d'Epargne rider Luis Leon Sanchez is the new leader of Paris-Nice after winning the seventh and penultimate stage of the race, while previous yellow jersey wearer Alberto Contador suffered on the final climb to the finish, losing nearly three minutes in the last four kilometers.
Alberto Contador wrested the overall lead in the Paris-Nice cycle race on Friday with a commanding victory on the testing sixth stage.
French Quick Step rider Sylvain Chavanel claimed the overall lead in the Paris-Nice race on Tuesday when he outsprinted Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha to snatch victory in the third stage.
The seven-time Tour de France champ is in Europe to participate in several races
Cervelo rider Heinrich Haussler has sprinted to victory in the 195.5km second stage of Paris-Nice -- the first major European race of the season.
Cycling legend Lance Armstrong -- a survivor of testicular cancer -- and girlfriend Anna Hansen are expecting a baby, CNN learned on Tuesday through his charitable organization.
Italian Leonardo Bertagnolli raced to a surprise win in the San Sebastian one-day classic on Saturday as he reaped the benefit of an audacious attack.
Giro D'Italia stage winner Iban Mayo did not breach anti-doping rules even though he tested for high levels of testosterone during the race, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Thursday.
Dane Bjarne Riis has become the first rider to admit having used performance enhancing drugs while winning the Tour de France.
Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso has left the CSC team in the wake of the doping allegations that saw him thrown out of this year's Tour de France just prior to the start.
Whatever the cause of Marco Pantani's death, the circumstances were tragic.
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