Armstrong’s team manager feels more should face doping charges April 22, 2014 THE FORMER team manager of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel, believes he has been made a “scapegoat” for a series of doping scandals that have rocked the sport after being handed a 10-year ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Bruyneel worked alongside Armstrong with the United States Postal Service and Discovery Channel teams for all [...]
Red cards proposed for cycling April 9, 2014 CYCLING: The introduction of yellow and red cards to improve safety in the peloton was yesterday proposed by Belgian Cycling Federation president Tom van Damme.
Froome well placed in Catalunya March 24, 2014 CYCLING: Tour de France champion Chris Froome finished safely among the peloton on stage one of the Volta a Catalunya yesterday. Slovenia’s Luka Mezgec holds a lead of four seconds, with Britain’s Froome 10 seconds off the pace. Sir Bradley Wiggins withdrew from the race to concentrate on next month’s Paris-Roubaix event.
Froome hopes washed away in Florence storm September 29, 2013 BRITAIN’S Chris Froome admitted he had no excuse after his bid to become only the sixth man to follow Tour de France glory with victory in cycling’s Road World Championships failed yesterday in Italy. Froome quit the men’s elite race around 80km from the end of the 272.5km course as torrential rain caused multiple crashes [...]
Cavendish toasts team-mates after points prize chance opens September 18, 2013 FORMER Commonwealth champion Mark Cavendish credited his Omega Pharma Quick-Step team-mates for helping him win the Tour of Britain’s fourth stage yesterday. Cavendish spearheaded an 11-man breakaway group which formed following the start in Stoke-on-Trent, but merged with the peloton once again within 800m of the finish line in Llanoris. But the 28-year-old broke free [...]
What the other papers say this Morning October 29, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES New Look moves to reassure suppliers New Look, the value fashion chain, has moved to reassure suppliers over its financial position, after a report last week in an industry blog that it was poised to enter administration and carry out a company voluntary arrangement. Linde seeks deeper cost cuts Linde, the world’s second [...]
Forget G4S: The UK is hosting the safest Games ever August 2, 2012 WITH Great Britain basking in the golden hue of success in the Velodrome and beyond, you might be forgiven for forgetting that just a few weeks ago the Olympics was mired in serious safety concerns. But we have been able to rest easy, safe in the knowledge that the British armed forces have risen to [...]
Armitstead thanks the rain after silver medal heroics July 29, 2012 OLYMPIC hero Lizzie Armitstead paid tribute to the miserable British weather last night after winning Team GB’s first medal of the Games in the rain-hit women’s cycling road race. Huge crowds braved the elements in west London and Surrey to cheer on the British racers, encouraging Armitstead to a silver medal finish after she narrowly [...]
Wiggins holds back with Tour sabotaged by nails on the road July 15, 2012 BRITISH hopeful Bradley Wiggins led a magnanimous stance among cyclists at the Tour de France yesterday, slowing down the leading pack after the race was sabotaged by nails spread on the track. Wiggins’s close rival Cadel Evans was one of around 30 riders to suffer punctures, becoming stranded near the summit of the Mur de [...]
History maker Cavendish sets his sights on London after claiming world glory September 25, 2011 SPRINT king Mark Cavendish became Britain’s first world road race champion for 46 years as his team executed a plan that had been three years in the making to prefection in Denmark. The 26-year-old (right) produced a trademark burst to cross the line, ahead of Australia’s Matt Goss and German Andre Greipel, after Team GB’s [...]