
Geelong, Australia: Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and the Tour of Spain runner-up were suspended for suspected doping on Thursday in a devastating new double blow to cycling's battered image. The suspensions set back the sport's efforts to restore its credibility after a string of high-profile drugs cases Contador, one of the biggest names in cycling, tested positive for a "very small concentration" of a banned anabolic agent and...

07:45 PM, Sep 30, 2010

The Spaniard stayed safe in the main bunch as the last stage went to Briton Mark Cavendish for the second year. ...

10:46 PM, Jul 25, 2010

In his final days of his final Tour de France, Lance Armstrong showed some of the old fire. ...

10:57 AM, Jul 21, 2010

A chain malfunction derailed Andy Schleck's Tour de France chances and allowed Alberto Contador to grab the yellow jersey. ...

10:23 AM, Jul 20, 2010

It was the first Tour de France victory for the 29-year-old Frenchman and the biggest of his career to date. ...

11:23 PM, Jul 18, 2010

The two-time Tour champion dropped the Luxembourg rider on the steep final climb of the 12th stage. ...

12:25 PM, Jul 17, 2010

Armstrong says he will do everything to win an eighth Tour de France title. ...

12:08 PM, Dec 11, 2009

After winning 2009 Tour de France, Contador had slammed Armstrong. ...

04:09 PM, Jul 28, 2009

The days in the hotel were harder than the those on the road, said Contador. ...

09:30 AM, Jul 28, 2009

July 26 was a Sunday 26-year-old Alberto Contador will never forget. ...

11:43 PM, Jul 27, 2009

Span's Contador won the Tour de France for the second time. ...

09:38 PM, Jul 26, 2009

Mark Cavendish became the most successful Briton in Tour de France. ...

03:06 PM, Jul 25, 2009

Spain's Alberto Contador was second and Luxembourg's Andy Schleck came home third. ...

06:07 PM, Jul 23, 2009

The Tour de France was marred by the death of a spectator on Saturday. ...

04:41 PM, Jul 19, 2009

Britain's Mark Cavendish won the 10th stage of Tour de France. ...

07:10 PM, Jul 15, 2009