Basso quits Tour due to cancer PAU, July 13 Italin rider Ivan Basso is quitting the Tour de France after revealing on Monday that he has testicular cancer. The two-time former Giro d’Italia winner was due to be a key support rider for one of the favourites Alberto Contador... 14 Jul, 2015
Basso and Schlecks light up Catalunya cycle Tour MADRID: Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will be among the big names missing when the Tour of Catalunya provides an early season tester to the stage race specialists this week. Bradley Wiggins, a fourth-place finisher on the 2009 Tour... 22 Mar, 2010
Golden age for corruption in sports For most people on earth today, sport plays a much larger emotional part in their lives than politics. We vote every four or five years, but we follow our teams every week. Instead of Easter, for instance, we look forward to the Cup final, to the Open,... 13 Jul, 2007
Armstrong wins final time trial Associated PressSaint-Etienne, July 23:Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France’s final time trial on Saturday, giving him the stage win he lacked and all but guaranteeing him a seventh consecutive — and last — Tour title to round out a stellar... 23 Jul, 2005
Guerini clinches 19th stage Associated PressLe-Puy-En-Velay, July 22:Italian Giuseppe Guerini won Friday’s 19th stage of the Tour de France, with overall leader Lance Armstrong riding safely behind in the main pack. Guerini zoomed away from three other riders coming into Le... 22 Jul, 2005
Armstrong nears 7th win Associated PressPau, July 18:Lance Armstrong probably couldn’t have scripted the first two weeks of the Tour de France much better. No crashes, no dehydration, no real threat from his rivals. The American has even handled the occasional below-par... 18 Jul, 2005
