 Boonen turns back on Tour de France
Belgian champion Tom Boonen hinted on Tuesday that his days of competing on the Tour de France were behind him. Read full article |
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 French rider faces drugs hearing
French rider Sylvain Georges is facing a disciplinary hearing after confirmation on Tuesday of the presence of a banned substance in a sample taken after last week's Giro d'Italia seventh stage. Read full article |
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 Nibali still in pink, Intxausti wins stage
Astana's Vincenzo Nibali kept possession of the Giro d'Italia race leader's pink jersey for another night after a strong showing in Tuesday's 16th stage. Read full article |
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 Gilbert targets maiden win in Belgium
World champion Philippe Gilbert chases his first victory of the season as a strong field gets set to begin the five stage Tour of Belgium on Wednesday. Read full article |
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 Giro dream still alive - Evans
Australian Cadel Evans said he has not thrown in the towel ahead of his bid to overthrow Italian race leader Vincenzo Nibali and win this year's Giro d'Italia. Read full article |
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 Former Giro, Vuelta champ Menchov retires
Russia's former Giro d'Italia and Vuelta winner Denis Menchov has announced his retirement from cycling at the age of 35, local media reported on Monday. Read full article |
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 Leipheimer announces retirement - report
Levi Leipheimer, teamless since last fall after admitting to doping, has retired from professional cycling, a US newspaper reported. Read full article |
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 Jock takes a detour for 30th edition
South Africa’s toughest one-day race, the BESTmed Jock Cycle Classique, will take a detour onto a brand-new route for its 30th edition on July 20. Read full article |
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 Champion cyclist injured during race
Champion cyclist Shaun Ward is in a critical, but stable condition in hospital, after falling on his head during a cycling event, Beeld reported on Monday. Read full article |
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 Van Garderen triumphs in Tour of California
Tejay van Garderen, fifth in last year's Tour de France, captured the eighth Tour of California cycling race on Sunday, sealing his first career stage-race triumph in the final stage. Read full article |
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 Visconti wins Giro 15th stage
Giovanni Visconti won the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday after a mountain finish in the snow following 149km from Cesana Torinese to Col du Galibier. Read full article |
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 Koenig wins stage, Tejay keeps lead
Leopold Koenig won the seventh stage of the Tour of California atop Mt. Diablo on Saturday, while overall leader Tejay van Garderen's third place finish had him poised to win the title on Sunday. Read full article |
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 Knox, Bell claim sani2c title
Max Knox and Nico Bell held onto their overnight lead to claim overall victory in the three-day Nedbank sani2c mountain bike race that finished on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on Saturday. Read full article |
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 Santambrogio takes Giro stage 14
Vincenzo Nibali strengthened his overall lead in the Giro d'Italia on Saturday after battling through treacherous conditions to finish second behind Mauro Santambrogio in the race's first Alpine summit finish. Read full article |
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 Tejay wins stage, extends lead
Tejay van Garderen took out the individual time trial on Friday at the Tour of California, extending his overall lead over Australian Michael Rogers. Read full article |
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 Cav secures back-to-back Giro stage wins
A series of small but challenging climbs late on Friday's stage of the 2012 Giro d'Italia could not stop Britain's Mark Cavendish taking his fourth stage win and second in two days. Read full article |
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 Knox, Bell master conditions to lead sani2c
Max Knox and Nico Bell mastered slippery conditions to win the decisive second stage and take the overall lead of the Nedbank sani2c mountain bike race in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. Read full article |
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 UCI let clean athletes down - USADA chief
The head of the US Anti-Doping Agency lashed out at the UCI world cycling federation for failing to take any decisive action to clean up the sport since the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Read full article |
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 Keey and Lill claim first stage at sani2c
Charles Keey and Darren Lill finally got the break they needed to claim the opening stage of the three-day Nedbank sani2c mountain bike race near Ixopo in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday. Read full article |
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 Ailing Wiggins, Hesjedal abandon Giro
This year's Giro d'Italia claimed two major victims when pre-race favourite Bradley Wiggins and defending champion Ryder Hesjedal withdrew prior to Friday's 13th stage. Read full article |
