...Wednesday November 4, 2009 11:46PM Landis improves to 29th in New Zealand road race WELLINGTON , New Zealand (AP) -- American cyclist Floyd Landis improved six places to 29th overall, more than 12 minutes behind the leader, after the...

In this article: Floyd Landis, New Zealand, Southland, 2006 Tour De France, Testosterone, Queenstown, and South Island

...soil wearing the Rainbow Jersey," Rann said in a statement. "This may be the only chance to ever see two legends, in Lance Armstrong and Cadel Evans , compete against one another on Australian soil." Reporting by Julian Linden; Editing by...

In this article: Cadel Evans, Lance Armstrong, Mike Rann, BMC Racing Team, and Australia

...and Tour de France legend Lance Armstrong , the American riding with his new RadioShack team. "This may be the only chance to see two legends, in Lance Armstrong and Cadel Evans , compete against one another on Australian soil," Mr Rann said.

In this article: Cadel Evans, Mike Rann, BMC Racing Team, Lance Armstrong, Tour de France, RadioShack, Australia, and US

PARIS -- Road race world champion Cadel Evans of Australia signed a three-year contract with BMC racing with a victory in next year's Tour de France as his main goal, the American cycling team said Monday. The two-time Tour de France...

In this article: Cadel Evans, Tour de France, Dauphine Libere, Alessandro Ballan, Silence-Lotto, George Hincapie, Lance Armstrong, and Paris

Australia 's world road race cycling champion Cadel Evans has signed a three-year deal with the American team BMC. Evans , a two-time runner-up on the Tour de France in 2007 and 2008, will leave the Belgian Silence-Lotto team at the end of...

In this article: Cadel Evans, Tour de France, BMC Racing Team, 2006 Tour De France, Marcus Burghardt, Floyd Landis, Karsten Kroon, Alessandro Ballan, Phonak, and George Hincapie

...turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player. PRINCE Charles presented Olympic gold cyclist Nicole Cooke with a "gift" yesterday. The 26-year-old from Wick, in the Vale of Glamorgan, who received...

In this article: Christopher Lee, Nicole Cooke, Flash Player, JavaScript, Count Dracula, Lord of The Rings, Peter Cushing, Hilary Swank, and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Oct 31 2009 by Emily Woodrow , South Wales Echo CHAMPION cyclist Nicole Cooke was awarded with her MBE at Buckingham Palace yesterday. Nicole , from Wick, Vale of Glamorgan received the award from Prince Charles for her services to...

In this article: Nicole Cooke, Prince Charles, Buckingham Palace, Wales, and Britain

'This is more of a gift, so very nice and very, very special for myself and family' Olympic champion cyclist Nicole Cooke paid tribute to her family after receiving an MBE for services to sport. The 26-year-old from the Vale of...

In this article: Nicole Cooke, Prince Charles, Buckingham Palace, and Beijing

Controversial American cyclist Floyd Landis will be the 53rd Tour of Southland 's main attraction but is unlikely to feature in the battle for the yellow jersey by tour's end. Landis , stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title after testing...

In this article: Floyd Landis, Gordon McCauley, Hayden Roulston, Heath Blackgrove, Southland, Tour de France, and 2006 Tour De France

...to Cavandish , crashed heavily in this year's race and was forced to withdraw. "After Greipel 's mishap at the race this year we are pleased he will be back in South Australia ," Tour director Mike Turtur said. "History shows that our race...

In this article: Andre Greipel, Michael Rogers, Hayden Roulston, and Team Columbia-HTC

... Greipel. The German crashed heavily in this year's race and was forced to withdraw. "After Greipel 's mishap at the race this year we are pleased he will be back in South Australia ," Turtur said. "History shows that our race is a great...

In this article: Andre Greipel, Team Columbia-HTC, Hayden Roulston, Michael Rogers, Mark Renshaw, and Saxo Bank

...like football, any move would be subject to Garmin releasing the Briton. Canadian Barry moves from Team Columbia-HTC , where he rode with Mark Cavendish. The 33 year-old also rode for US Postal Service alongside Lance Armstrong from...

In this article: Bradley Wiggins, Garmin, Chris Froome, British Cycling, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Dave Brailsford, Team Columbia-HTC, and Tour of Britain

...amid persistent doubts about the Kazakh team's financial viability. "We have absolutely no problems with Alberto Contador , and he will compete with Astana next season," Kazakh Cycling Federation deputy president Nikolai Proskurin said.

In this article: Astana, Alberto Contador, Tour de France, Lance Armstrong, Air Astana, Alejandro Valverde, Samuel Sanchez, and Astana Team

...another career milestone after the British cyclist was awarded the International Flandrian Of the Year prize in Belgium. Honoured: Mark Cavendish was named international cyclist of the year Photo: GETTY IMAGES In a ceremony broadcast...

In this article: Mark Cavendish, Belgian television, Milan-San Remo, Giro d'Italia, Het Nieuwsblad, Fabian Cancellara, and Belgium

...time trial championship in his home country on Thursday. It was Cancellara's third-career title. MENDRISIO , Switzerland (AP) Fabian Cancellara dominated his rivals and won the men's time trial Thursday at the road world championships.

In this article: Fabian Cancellara, Gustav Larsson, Alexandre Vinokourov, Bradley Wiggins, Beijing, Switzerland, Silver, Andrei Kashechkin, Bert Grabsch, and Astana Team

...men's time trial at the UCI cycling World road … by Justin Davis Justin Davis - 20 mins ago MENDRISIO , Switzerland (AFP) - Swiss ace Fabian Cancellara claimed his third career gold in the men's time trial after crushing his rivals at the...

In this article: Fabian Cancellara, Gustav Larsson, Bradley Wiggins, Bert Grabsch, Massage, Mendrisio, Varese, Italy, Saxo Bank, and Sebastien Rosseler

Swiss ace Fabian Cancellara claimed his third career gold in the men's time trial after crushing his rivals at the world road race championships on Thursday. Gustav Larsson of Sweden finished a distant second to take the silver medal...

In this article: Fabian Cancellara, Gustav Larsson, Bradley Wiggins, Bert Grabsch, Massage, Varese, Italy, Saxo Bank, Sebastien Rosseler, and Michael Rogers

Andre Greipel wins his third Tour of Spain , while Alejandro Valverde retains overall lead Andre Greipel of Germany has won stage 16 of the Tour of Spain , while Alejandro Valverde retained the overall lead. Repeat performance: Andre...

In this article: Andre Greipel, Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Daniele Bennati, Samuel Sanchez, and Liquigas