Doping in Cycling

Back in May, just prior to the Amgen Tour of California, I had a memorable conversation with Australian Nathan Haas about a number of topics. Some were timely, such as his season to that point, and teammate Marcel Kittels announcement that he was breaking hi…

Paris - Tour de France standouts Geraint Thomas and Julian Alaphilippe will go wheel to wheel at the Tour of Germany starting Thursday. Thomas, the 2018 Tour de France winner, came in second in this year's edition for Team Ineos and was pivotal in securing t…

Berlin: Disgraced former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has been fined for attacking an escort in a Frankfurt hotel room, it emerged Wednesday. File image of Jan Ullrich. Reuters In a statement, the state prosecutor in Frankfurt said without naming the a…

Berlin - Disgraced former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has been fined for attacking an escort in a Frankfurt hotel room, it emerged on Wednesday. In a statement, the state prosecutor in Frankfurt said without naming the accused that a former Germa…

In a statement, the state prosecutor in Frankfurt said without naming the accused that a former German professional cyclist had been fined 7,200 on suspicion of bodily harm and attempted duress. Ullrich, 45, had been placed under investigation for having att…

Tyler Hamilton was a loyal lieutenant within cyclings most notorious team, and then a leader in a program only marginally less questionable. He won a Tour de France stage with a broken collarbone and ground his teeth down in pain. He won a gold medal and then…

Sir Bradley Wiggins has begun training as a social worker in his latest career move. Having briefly tried his hand at rowing, the first Brit to ever win the Tour de France has enrolled to do a social work degree. Wiggins, who has been very vocal about the to…

Former Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins says that he doesn't "give a shit about my cycling career now" and is moving on with a new phase in his life, instead enjoying watching bike racing "as a fan now" and training as a social worker. Related Articles …

Sir Bradley Wiggins retired from professional cycling in 2016 Sir Bradley Wiggins has enrolled to do a degree in social work, saying he "wants to help people". The 2012 Tour de France winner says he no longer wants to "live off the back of" his cycling care…

Without Merckx, Mr. Gimondi probably would have been the greatest cyclist of his time, Jean Durry, a French cycling historian, wrote in an expanded 1981 edition of his book The True Story of the Giants of the Road (1973). Mr. Gimondi turned professional in 1…