Tour de France

Britain’s first Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins and former Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman need to come forward and give a full explanation of how they used asthma drugs, according to the team’s ex-coach Shane Sutton.

British cycling great Bradley Wiggins said it was “so sad” after he and his former team was accused by MPs of manipulating drug rules before major races, including Wiggins’ 2012 Tour de France victory.

Germany’s Andre Greipel opened his 2018 season in style when he claimed the first stage of the Tour Down Under in the South Australian town of Lyndoch yesterday.

The third stage of the Tour de France was neutralised for about 10 minutes on July 6 when yellow jersey holder Fabian Cancellara was involved in a massive crash that took down a couple of dozen riders. 

British cyclist Mark Cavendish has said he had ?no agenda? when he left the stage during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s speech at an award ceremony in Istanbul on May 3.

Cavendish was called back to the stage by Erdo?an?s bodyguards as the Turkish president was giving a speech at the conclusion of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey.

British cyclist Mark Cavendish was recalled back to the stage after leaving during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s speech at an award ceremony in Istanbul.

At the last stage ceremony of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Erdo?an gave a lengthy speech.

British cyclist Mark Cavendish has won the seventh stage of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, his third stage victory this week.

The 29-year-old racer for the Etixx - Quick-Step team won the 166 kilometers-long lap from Selçuk to ?zmir in 3 hours, 59  minutes and 49 seconds, beating more than 160 other cyclists from 21 teams on May 2.

The Presidential Tour of Turkey (TUR) enters its second half-century this year, and an international peloton of the highest order will join the opening celebrations at the seaside resort of Alanya, on the Mediterranean coast, where the first of the eight stages begins on April 26.

An independent commission on March 9 accused top leaders of cycling's world body of protecting Lance Armstrong and other drug cheats to protect the sports reputation.
      
The commission also said doping remains widespread and called on the International Cycling Union (UCI) to enact widespread changes.
      

The U.S. anti-doping chief Feb. 11 dismissed accusations of a ?witch hunt? against Lance Armstrong and said he was delighted with reforms aimed at cleaning up cycling.

Travis Tygart, chief executive of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), hit back at comments from former International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid.