Tour de France Stage 15 Alberto Contador Gains Yellow Jersey

Stage 15 of the Tour de France saw an exciting finish to the mountain route Pontarlier to Verbier with Alberto Contador(Astana) showing an amazing burst of speed to finish first and earn the yellow jersey. ...

Tour de France Stage 14 Sergui Ivanov Crosses Line First

Sergui Ivanov(Katusha) rode to victory today, crossing the finish line first.  He was part of a big breakaway that rode in front from the 24 km mark.  At one point, the breakaway rode 8 minutes ahead of...

Tour de France Stage 9 Pierrick Fedrigo for Bbox Wins Stage

The Tour de France Stage 9 saw Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo for Bbox win today.  He and Franco Pellizotti for Liquigas came in one two at the end of a gruelling 160 km run through the mountains of the Pyrenees...

Lance Armstrong Set To Ride Australia In January

For those of us who have watched the phenomenal performances of Lance Armstrong in his string on victories in the Tour de France this is good news indeed.  His presence at the 2009 Tour will add even more...

Lance Armstrong to Astana

This rumour has now been confirmed by Nikolai Proskurin the deputy president of the Kazakhstan cycling federation. Lance will begin his return at the Tour Down Under (or is that "de" Down Under) in January....

Armstrong set to announce his comeback plans

 Aramstrong is coming back to cycling arena,Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is set to outline his plans for his return to competitive cycling on Wednesday, heralding a comeback that is certain...

Contador Will Quit Astana Team if Joined by Lance Armstrong

Apparently, the Astana cycling team isn't big enough for Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong. Spain's Contador--fresh off his history-making win at the Vuelta a España--has said that if Armstrong signs with the...

Contador Wins Cycling's Triple Crown in Record Time

Spain's Alberto Contador won on his home soil, taking the Vuelta a España with a time of 80 hours, 40 minutes, and 8 seconds. The 25-year-old Spaniard is one of a handful of cyclists to have won cycling's three...

Confirmed: Lance Armstrong to Come out of Retirement

UPDATE: This rumour has now been confirmed by Armstrong himself to Douglas Brinkley of Vanity Fair. " In a statement released Tuesday afternoon and in an article published on VanityFair.com, Lance Armstrong...

Leipheimer extends lead in Tour of California

The Tour of California continued today with Leipheimer still leading. "Champion Levi Leipheimer extended his race lead in the Tour of California on Friday with a dominant individual time trial victory. ...

The Four Enemies of Human Rights: Not what you'd expect (unless you're a Kaza...

"“There are four enemies of human rights: oil, gas, the war on terror and geopolitical considerations,” said Yevgeny A. Zhovtis of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, an...

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