Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador (pictured) Tuesday said he did not rule out appealing the two-year ban handed down to him by sport’s highest court for failing a doping test. Contador blames his positive test on contaminated meat.
Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador on Monday was stripped of his Tour de France 2010 title and received a two-year suspension after being found guilty of doping. The ban was backdated, and Contador will be allowed to resume competition in August.
The Tour de France's official website accidentally published the route for the 2012 race more than a week early, specialist cycling media reported on Monday. The formal unveiling of the route is scheduled to take place in Paris next week.
French cycling legend Jeannie Longo's husband and coach, Patrice Ciprelli, may face criminal charges over allegations that he bought the banned blood booster erythropoietin, or EPO, in 2007, according to reports Tuesday.
The maid at the centre of the scandal that led to the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn in New York gives her version of events. Also, the head of France’s emergency social services, the "Samu Social", steps down as budget cuts hit the homeless. Finally, we look at why it has been an unprecedented year for the Tour de France.
Cadel Evans, a two-time runner-up at the Tour de France, became the first Australian to win cycling's most prestigious race on Sunday, in what has been described back home as one of Australia's finest ever sporting achievements.
With only one stage left, Australian Cadel Evans (pictured, centre) on Saturday looked set to become the first Australian to win the Tour de France as he is heading into Sunday’s final stage with a 1:34 lead over his nearest rival.
France's Pierre Rolland of the Europcar team won stage 19 of the Tour de France on Friday. After the brutal mountain race, Luxembourg's Andy Schleck of Leopard Trek took the overall lead, and yellow jersey, from France's Thomas Voeckler.
Luxembourg's Andy Schleck (pictured) cruised to victory on the famed Galibier pass on Thursday, but France's Thomas Voeckler fought back to hold on to the yellow jersey by a mere 15 seconds.
Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen picked up his second victory at this year's Tour de France on Wednesday, winning the first of three Alpine stages. France's Thomas Voeckler dropped 27 seconds but held on to the yellow jersey.
