Racing

Sir Bradley Wiggins & Sky reveal Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix plans & how Lance Armstrong stories led to bullying of his kids

"Is your dad the same as Lance Armstrong?"

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Scot who broke her back aims to be fit to ride at Glasgow 2014

Charline Joiner fractured 3 vertebrae in crash last month - but she’s already back training despite the pain

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Tour of Britain upgraded to 2.HC

British event enters second-highest echelon of stage races

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Timings of Tour de France opening stages announced

Want to plan your vantage point? Here's what you need.

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ASO announces women’s race in Paris on day of Tour de France finale

Marianne Vos who has campaigned for equality says event can usher in "a new era" for women's cycling

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Samuel Sanchez signs for BMC Racing

Spain's 2008 Olympic road champion said last week he'd retire if he didn't find a new team

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Cyclo-Cross Worlds: Zdeněk Štybar wins back rainbow jersey after battle with Sven Nys

Czech rider who is now focused on road career secures his third world title in the Netherlands

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CX Worlds: Six in a row for Marianne Vos, Great Britain’s Helen Wyman takes bronze (+ link to video highlights)

Dutchwoman continues winning streak on home soil... well, mud...

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French cycling federation takes the Sky road as it unveils pro team plan

Proposed squad would be based at new national cycling centre - but would have MTB, BMX and track riders as well as road

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French 102-year-old to attempt to break his own Hour Record

Mighty M. Marchand aiming for 25km, but can he crack the very first hour ever recorded?

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Vuelta champion Chris Horner joins Lampre-Merida

American who last year became oldest Grand Tour winner finally ends his search for a new team

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Yorkshire’s Scott Thwaites eyes Tour de France chance after NetApp-Endura given wild card

Rider comes from just outside Leeds, where this year's 101st edition of race starts

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Sir Bradley Wiggins says he wants to ride in “whatever capacity” at the Tour de France

Team Sky poised for rare pairing of previous winners from same country

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Tour Down Under Stage 6: Gerrans clinches overall win, Greipel takes final stage

Australian claims record 3rd overall victory, German makes it a record 16 stage wins

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Tour Down Under Stage 5: Gerrans grabs back race lead, Porte wins stage (+ video)

Orica-GreenEdge man looking for 3rd TDU title is 1 second ahead of Cadel Evans with one stage remaining

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Tour Down Under Stage 4: Greipel gets 15th career stage win, Gerrans closes gap on Evans (+ video)

Orica-GreenEdge rider picks up time bonuses to cut deficit to race leader to just 7 seconds

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Brian Cookson says he won’t be calling Lance Armstrong, but says life ban could be reduced

UCI president says issue is for independent commission & USADA to deal with and would depend on co-operation given

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Tour Down Under Stage 3: Cadel Evans takes solo win and overall lead (+ video)

BMC Racing rider attacks on Corkscrew Road climb and leaves Simon Gerrans and Richie Porte trailing

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Danilo Di Luca claims only 1 in 10 riders in Giro d’Italia are clean

2004 Giro winner now banned for life speaks on TV - but current champion Nibali says he's ill in the head

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Tour Down Under Stage 2: Diego Ulissi holds off Simon Gerrans to win stage, Australian remains in lead

Lampre-Merida rider wins in Stirling and moves second overall

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Coming soon? Alexandre Vinokourov – The Movie

Film charts life of Olympic champion and national hero whose career was overshadowed by doping and allegations of buying victory

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Tour Down Under Stage 1: Simon Gerrans outrsprints André Greipel to take race lead

Two-time winners go head-to-head in WorldTour season opener in South Australia

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Tour terror threat being planned for, but organisers “100% confident” of incident-free Grand Départ

Other worst case scnenarios planned for include crowd management problems and political protests

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Cadel Evans defends Alessandro Ballan – also postpones thoughts of retiring till after Giro

Australian says current anti-doping rules incompatible with riders' need to look after their health

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Tour Down Under bush fires threat recedes, but crash rules out Visconti and Sutton

Emergency services give go-ahead to opening stage, but injuries in crash yesterday mean high-profile riders missing

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Tour de France runner-up Nairo Quintana skips this year’s race to aim for Giro d’Italia win

Colombian will also ride Vuelta, Alejandro Valverde to spearhead Movistar's challenge at Tour

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Sir Bradley Wiggins says he’s looking forward to racing with Chris Froome, closer relationship will help Sky

Pair haven't lined up together for Sky in nearly a year, but are both down to race Tirreno-Adriatico

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Bush fires may force Tour Down Under Stage 1 to be cancelled

Heatwave sparks fires in Barossa Valley, race director says safety must come first

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BMC sacks Alessandro Ballan as former world champion banned for 2 years

Italian Olympic committee CONI sanctions ex-Lampre rider caught up in Mantua investigation

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Sky Sports add new cycling show ‘inCycle’ to 2014 schedule

Elite cycling magazine show aims to bring news and analysis to the season's racing

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