Cycling News

Cycling Federation of India will invite 15-year-old Jyoti Kumari to appear for a trial next month, impressed with her sheer doggedness with which she pedalled her way to Bihar from Gurugram.

Lance Armstrong has revealed he first started doping from the age of 21, during his first season as a professional.

Chris Froome feels the Tour may still be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic but is training hard for victory at his Monaco base.

According to the paper-based in city of Grenoble near the Alps, the race will now finish on the Champs-Elysees on September 20.

An announcement is expected this week on either a postponement or an outright cancellation of the 21-day extravaganza that is currently scheduled to start in Nice on June 27.

Mark Cavendish says he has successfully come through a two-year battle with clinical depression revealing on Monday he was "dark" but is now on the "other side".

The eight-day Tour de Suisse cycling race will not be rescheduled for later in the year and has been cancelled for the first time since the Second World War.

India's Ronaldo Laitonjam created a new Asian record on Tuesday by clocking 10.065 seconds in the qualifying round of the men's junior 200m time trial event.

Bjorg Lambrecht died in hospital on Monday at the age of 22 after crashing at the Tour of Poland, his team announced.

Egan Bernal, 22, became Colombia's first Tour de France winner and the youngest of any nationality since 1909.

Egan Bernal will become the first Colombian to win the race should he hold on over the 33km climb on Saturday's summit finish in the Alps.

Chris Froome was upgraded from second place and officially declared winner of the 2011 Vuelta a Espana after champion Juan Jose Cobo's doping ban was confirmed.

Chris Froome was crowned the winner of the 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Tours, won the 2017 Vuelta a Espana title and clinched his first Giro d'Italia title in 2018, the first Briton to win the Italian road race.

Chris Froome had been speeding downhill with teammate Wout Poels when a gust of wind blew him off track, making him hit a wall.

Lance Armstrong has largely been shunned by the international cycling world since being exposed as a doping cheat.

Chris Froome came third at the 2018 Tour de France as teammate Geraint Thomas emerged from his shadow to secure his maiden yellow jersey.

Geraint Thomas's Tour de France trophy has been stolen after being displayed at a cycle show, Team Sky said.

Geraint Thomas, the third Briton to win the race after Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins, secured Team Sky's sixth victory in the race from the past seven editions.