 Costa retains Tour of Switzerland crown
Portuguese rider Rui Costa won his second successive Tour of Switzerland on Sunday after an impressive ride in the ninth and final stage, a 26.8km time-trial in Flumserberg. Read full article |
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 Sagan takes sprint stage
Slovakian rider Peter Sagan, of the Cannondale team, won a sprint finish to take the eighth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Saturday with home star Mathias Frank keeping the yellow jersey. Read full article |
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 Da Costa closes gap on Frank
Rui Da Costa of Portugal boosted his hopes of retaining his Tour of Switzerland title as he powered to victory on a gruelling seventh stage to close the gap on overall leader Mathias Frank to 13 seconds. Read full article |
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 UCI backs independent audit on 'Armstrong years'
World cycling's governing body has backed a proposal to carry out an independent audit of its role in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal that rocked the sport. Read full article |
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 Rast powers to victory, Frank retains lead
Gregory Rast won the sixth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Thursday as Mathias Frank retained the leader's yellow jersey. Read full article |
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 Kristoff sprints to Swiss stage five win
Norway's Olympic road race bronze medallist Alexander Kristoff won the fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Wednesday as Mathias Frank maintained his hold on the leader's yellow jersey. Read full article |
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 Armstrong 'made too many enemies' – Ullrich
Jan Ullrich, the only German winner of the Tour de France, said in an interview published on Wednesday that he was not surprised at Lance Armstrong's downfall because he "made too many enemies". Read full article |
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 Demare surprise stage winner at Swiss Tour
Frenchman Arnaud Demare of FDJ was the surprise winner of the fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Tuesday. Read full article |
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 Team Sky set for USA challenge
British Team Sky, whose riders include 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, will race in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge over the Rocky Mountains from August 19-25. Read full article |
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 'Georges sacked after Giro dope test'
French rider Sylvain Georges has been sacked after testing positive for a banned substance during the Giro d'Italia, the AG2R team said on Tuesday. Read full article |
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 Hesjedal injured in crash
Ryder Hesjedal of Canada suffered several injuries in a crash during the third stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Monday and has withdrawn from the race, his Garmin-Sharp team said. Read full article |
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 Frank takes yellow, Sagan wins stage
Mathias Frank claimed the overall leader's yellow jersey as Slovakian Peter Sagan took stage three honours at the Tour of Switzerland on Monday. Read full article |
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 Meyer keeps lead, Mollema wins stage
Australian Cameron Meyer kept the leader's jersey as Dutchman Bauke Mollema won the second stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Sunday. Read full article |
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 Froome wins Criterium du Dauphine
British rider Chris Froome reinforced his status as favourite for this year's Tour de France on Sunday when he won the testing warm-up race, the Criterium du Dauphine. Read full article |
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 Meyer wins Tour of Switzerland prologue
Australian Cameron Meyer won the opening 8.1km time-trial around Quito at the Tour of Switzerland on Saturday. Read full article |
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 Sanchez takes stage, Froome leads
Spain's 2008 Olympic road race champion Samuel Sanchez won the seventh and penultimate stage of the Criterium du Dauphine on Saturday, the 187.5km ride from Pont-de-Claix to Superdevoluy. Read full article |
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 Russian official hits back at UCI leader
Russian cycling leader Igor Makarov wants International Cycling Union President Pat McQuaid to face an ethics investigation over written comments made during an increasingly testy leadership contest. Read full article |
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Froome retains yellow, Voeckler wins stage
Team Sky's Chris Froome retained the race leader's yellow jersey after Friday's sixth stage of the Criterium du Dauphine won by Thomas Voeckler. Read full article |
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 Snow forces route change at Tour of Switzerland
Snow has forced organisers of the Tour of Switzerland to change the route of Sunday's second stage. Read full article |
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 Novikov tests positive for doping
Russian cyclist Nikita Novikov has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for doping. Read full article |
