Doping in Cycling

The bumper stickers about politicians skiing in jeans were first created more than a decade ago, but skiing in jeans has a much longer history than that. Whether or not it’s a faux pas is arguably in the eye of the beholder (or the wearer), and the fact is, no…

View photos British Sky cycling team manager Nicolas Portal speaks to journalists at the end of the 1725 km eighteenth stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 18 2013 between Gap and AlpedHuez French Alps AFP PHOTO JOEL SAGET Photo credit should read…

AEmbed from Getty Images Nicolas Portal, the easygoing hardworker who was behind the wheel of the team car for all of Chris Froome’s grand tour wins died aged 40 at home in Andorra. Born in 1979 in Auch in southwestern France, Portal got a mountain bike aged 14 and joined…

Lance Armstrong and Greg Lemond are the only Americans to ever win (or win with an asterisk) the Tour de France multiple times. Lemond raised the cup in 1986, 1989 and 1990. Armstrong did so years later, and four years longer — from 1999 through 2005. While these cycling heroes…

The first cobble Classics of the season have rattled by: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne - all the news and video from Belgium, plus the shortened UAE Tour and Faun-Ardèche Classic. The men in orange are back - Top Story. Loads of other cycling news: Gianni Moscon in trouble, Denise…

Editor’s Note: Thanks in part to Nims Purja’s incredible scaling of the 14 highest mountain peaks in just over six months, we’ve got mountaineering on the brain. But before your next climb, check out this resurfaced 2017 investigation, which explores thought-provoking questions about the different kinds of assistance we use…

One of the main backers of the legendary—and sometimes infamous—Basque cycling team returns to the peloton. A familiar name will be back in the peloton after Euskaltel and its trademark orange jersey make a return to cycling. Euskaltel, a Spanish regional telecommunications company, backed the legendary Basque team from the…

On Feb 27 1990, Dutch cyclist Johannes Draaijer passed away in his sleep. While the cause of death was not specified on the autopsy, it was assumed to be Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome. However, following on from the death of another Dutch cyclist, Bert Oosterbosch, six months earlier, doubts over…

On Feb 27 1990, Dutch cyclist Johannes Draaijer passed away in his sleep. While the cause of death was not specified on the autopsy, it was assumed to be Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome. However, following on from the death of another Dutch cyclist, Bert Oosterbosch, six months earlier, doubts over…

Once hailed as Britain’s greatest ever track and field Olympian, Mo Farah is rapidly losing the benefit of the doubt over his association with disgraced former coach Alberto Salazar. Farah is feeling the heat after it was reported he issued denials to US anti-doping investigators back in 2015 over his use…