Cycling News

LONDON (AFP) - The sprawling, congested city of London speeds towards a greener, nimbler future Friday with the launch of a new bike hire scheme aimed at kick-starting a cycling revolution ahead of the 2012 Olympics. Full Story »

GENEVA - Track cycling world champion Taylor Phinney has been promoted to ride for Lance Armstrong's Team RadioShack for the rest of the road race season. Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - US cyclist Taylor Phinney will make his debut for the RadioShack team of Lance Armstrong at the Tour of Denmark from August 4-8, the team confirmed on Thursday. Full Story »

MADRID - Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will leave Astana at the end of this season after the Spanish cyclist rejected the team's offer to extend his contract. Full Story »

MADRID (AFP) - Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will leave Astana at the end of this season after he rejected the team's offer to extend his contract, the Spaniard's spokesman announced on Wednesday. Full Story »

PARIS (Reuters) - Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has decided not to renew his contract with Astana and will leave the Kazakh-funded team at the end of the season, the Spaniard said on Wednesday. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Federal investigators, probing cheating in pro cycling, have subpoenaed material from a 2004 case in which a US firm attempted to prove Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs. Full Story »

AUSTIN, Texas - Federal prosecutors investigating cheating in professional cycling have subpoenaed documents from a 2004 case in which a Texas company tried to prove Lance Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs. Full Story »

MADRID - Alberto Contador returned home Monday and presented a replica of his yellow Tour de France jersey to the prime minister of Spain, who is fast becoming an old hand at these sorts of things. Full Story »

PARIS - Lance Armstrong's RadioShack team is facing disciplinary proceedings because its riders wore unapproved jerseys to the Tour de France's final stage, causing a 20-minute delay at the start. Full Story »

MADRID (AFP) - Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero praised Tour de France winner Alberto Contador as an example of "tenacity and hard work" on Monday at a reception for the cyclist at his official residence. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong and his team RadioShack will face disciplinary proceedings for breaching riders' clothing regulations during the Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said in a statement on Monday. Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - Lance Armstrong's American team RadioShack must go before a disciplinary hearing for "breaking the rules on riders' uniforms" in the Tour de France, cycling's governing body the UCI announced on Monday. Full Story »

Paris - The 97th Tour de France was filled with action after a lackluster 2009 edition. Full Story »

PARIS - The Tour de France ended in celebration, with winner Alberto Contador sipping champagne as he rode into the French capital and Mark Cavendish raising his hands in triumph as he once again claimed a stage victory on the Champs-Elysees. Full Story »

PARIS - Lance Armstrong didn't want to go out this way. Full Story »

BEND, Ore. - While Lance Armstrong's legacy was celebrated in his final Tour de France, disgraced former winner Floyd Landis quietly ducked out of a race in central Oregon. Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - Lance Armstrong riled Tour de France officials on his final day on the race after appearing on the podium in black-coloured team jerseys. Full Story »