Tour de France to start with time trial in Utrecht

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 18:40

The 2015 Tour de France will start in Utrecht July 4 with a 13.7 km time trial, without a prologue, on a flat course entirely within the city.

Lance Armstrong settles USD 3 million lawsuit over bonuses

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 09:53

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has reached a settlement with an insurance company over USD 3 million in performance bonuses paid to him from 1999 to 2001, his spokesman said on Wednesday.

Lance Armstrong says will testify with 100 percent honesty

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 15:25

Disgraced former Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has said he will testify with "100 percent transparency and honesty" at any independent enquiry into doping in cycling.

Ryder Hesjedal admits to doping in dark past

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 09:57

Canada`s 2012 Tour of Italy champion Ryder Hesjedal admitted on Wednesday to having taken performance enhancing drugs 10 years ago after choosing `the wrong path`.

Lance Armstrong finally returns Olympic bronze medal to IOC

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 10:35

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong`s Olympic medal is back with the International Olympic Committee.

Italian cycling champion Bartali honoured as Holocaust hero

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 08:26

Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali was recognised as "Righteous Among the Nations" by the Israeli museum of Yad Vashem.

Lance Armstrong returns Sydney Olympic medal to officials

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 10:01

Disgraced retired cyclist Lance Armstrong has returned his 2000 Olympic medal to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) nine months after he was stripped of it, USOC officials said on Thursday.

Lance Armstrong returns Sydney Olympic medal to officials

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 08:50

Disgraced retired cyclist Lance Armstrong has returned his 2000 Olympic medal to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) nine months after he was stripped of it, USOC officials said on Thursday.

Lance Armstrong returns Sydney Olympic medal to officials

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 08:21

Disgraced retired cyclist Lance Armstrong has returned his 2000 Olympic medal to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) nine months after he was stripped of it, USOC officials said on Thursday.

Tour de France riders live longer, study shows

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 15:35

Professional cycling has a reputation for premature deaths, either from tragic crashes on the road or from dangerous performance-boosting substances.

Lance Armstrong reaches settlement with Sunday Times

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 16:05

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has reached an agreement with the Sunday Times after it had sued the drugs-tainted American for around one million pounds, the British paper announced on Sunday.