Road Race Cycling

By Alasdair Fotheringham BRESCIA, Italy, May 26 - As soon as Vincenzo Nibali took to the saddle of a racing bike he began to represent Italian cycling's dream of a future world champion. Sunday's Giro d'Italia victory fulfilled the hopes of a nation...

By Alasdair Fotheringham BRESCIA, Italy, May 26 (Reuters) - Italian Vincenzo Nibali followed up his victory in the 2010 Tour of Spain by winning the Giro d'Italia in Brescia on Sunday to claim victory in cycling's second biggest Grand Tour. The Team...

By Alison Wildey LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - For all the recent protestations cycling is moving on from its drug-ridden past, the public remains unconvinced and two positive tests during this month's Giro d'Italia will have done little to convince...

By Alison Wildey LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Cycling has a long way to go to repair the damage done to the sport by the Lance Armstrong case, International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid said following the publication of the UCI's stakeholder...

ESCONDIDO — The eighth Amgen Tour of California begins at 11:15 a.m. Sunday in Escondido, and for the first time the largest cycling stage race in the United States is traveling from south to north. The 750-mile trip will end May 19 in Santa Rosa....

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — They're trying. The cyclists and team managers participating in the eighth Amgen Tour of California gathered Friday at City Hall to speak about the future of the sport. Not the past. Please, not the past. At least there was...

Amby Burfoot says he has surprised himself this year. The 66-year-old Emmaus resident is training more and running more than he has in 20 years, and he's been doing it at a perfect time. On Monday, Burfoot will toe the line for the start of the Boston...

Amgen Tour of California announced that 16 teams will participate in the 2013 race that will run from May 12-19. Returning for its sixth year is Belgium team Omega Pharama-Quick Step Cycling, whose roster includes popular sprinter Tom Boonen, whose...

The International Olympic Committee released the following statement Thursday regarding its decision to strip Lance Armstrong of the bronze medal he received in 2000: "Following the recent decisions of [the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency] and the...

It was a glorious day in 1993 when Lance Armstrong won America's top professional bicycle race, the annual CoreStates U.S. Pro Cycling Championship in Philadelphia. My wife and I were there and we were just a few feet from the award ceremonies after the...

Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because of positive doping tests.   Lance Armstrong, meanwhile, can hold onto his bronze medal from the 2000...