Sports / Cycling

Esteban Chaves becomes first Colombian to win Tour of Lombardy 01 Oct 2016 - 06:34 pm

Bergamo, Italy: Esteban Chaves, of the Movistar team, beat Italian Diego Rosa in a dramatic sprint finish on Saturday to become the first...

Froome wins third Tour de France, seals place amongst greats 25 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Yellow jersey leader and overall winner Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain celebrates on the finish line. REUTERS/Juan Medina Paris: Britain's Chris...

Tour win as good as the first, says Froome 24 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Yellow jersey leader Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain rides during the stage. (REUTERS/Juan Medina) Morzine, France: Chris Froome said this one...

Battered Froome faces final Tour challenge 23 Jul 2016 - 12:10 pm

Great Britain's Christopher Froome, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, injured at knee, rides after falling during the 146 km nineteenth stage of...

Tour de France stage goes ahead, festivities off due to terror attack 15 Jul 2016 - 12:20 pm

A woman lays down flowers in front of the French Embassy in Berlin on July 15, 2016, after the deadly attacks in Nice....

Two-time champion Contador quits Tour de France 10 Jul 2016 - 03:53 pm

Spain's Alberto Contador rides during the 184,5 km ninth stage of the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July...

Tour director apologises to Yates over arch fall 09 Jul 2016 - 05:02 pm

England's Adam Yates, injured after the fall of the last kilometer deflated arch, walks with his bike during the 162,5 km seventh stage...

Kittel wins Tour de France Stage 4 in a sprint to Limoges 05 Jul 2016 - 06:43 pm

Etixx-Quickstep rider Marcel Kittel of Germany (L) wins on finish line ahead Direct Energie rider Bryan Coquard of France. (REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier) By SAMUEL...

Tour leader Sagan hits out at crazy peloton 04 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Slovakia's Peter Sagan (L) sprints to win ahead of France's Julian Alaphilippe (R) at the end of the 183 km second stage of...

D-Day as Cavendish clinches yellow on 1st Tour stage 02 Jul 2016 - 06:58 pm

Team Dimension Data rider Mark Cavendish of Britain celebrates win on finish line. (REUTERS/Juan Medina) Utah Beach, France: Mark Cavendish closed in on...

Maximum security as 103rd Tour de France begins 02 Jul 2016 - 04:09 pm

Cycling -The pack of riders cycle near the Mont Saint-Michel. REUTERS/Juan Medina Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France: The 103rd edition of the world's most prestigious...

Ciccone wins Giro 10th stage, Jungels in pink 17 May 2016 - 06:11 pm

Team Ettix-Quick Step (R) leads the peloton during the 10th stage of the 99th Giro d'Italia cycling race, Tour of Italy, from Campi...

Kittel at the double on Giro d'Italia 08 May 2016 - 06:13 pm

German Marcel Kittel greet supporters before the start of the third stage of the Giro d'Italia, in Nijmegen on May 8, 2016. /...

Cavendish plays down Paris-Roubaix expectation 09 Apr 2016 - 05:48 pm

German Marcel Kittel (R) crosses the finish line ahead of British Mark Cavendish (L-front) at the end of the 104th edition of the...

Belgium's Myngheer, 22, dies after heart attack in race 29 Mar 2016 - 10:46 am

Belgian cyclist Daan Myngheer (C) competing during the UCI Road World Cycling championships. Belgian cyclist Daan Myngheer died on March 28, 2016 in...

Track worlds set for Hong Kong in 2017 05 Mar 2016 - 03:28 pm

London: The 2017 Track Cycling World Championships will be staged at the Hong Kong Velodrome as the UCI continues its attempt to grow...

Elder statesman Wiggins feels heat as Rio looms 02 Mar 2016 - 07:57 am

British cyclist Bradley Wiggins (R) rides the roads of Surrey on August 2, 2015 (AFP Photo/Justin Tallis) Manchester, United Kingdom: Bradley Wiggins admits...