Cycling News & Blogs

• CYCLINGSimon Gerrans wins Milan-San Remo Classic Posted Saturday, March 17, 2012 12:24p ET By Associated Press Simon Gerrans took Australia's second win in two years in the 298-km Milan-San Remo Classic, Italy's biggest one-day cycling race, on Saturday.
• CYCLINGColombian Quintero crashes in Milan-San Remo Posted Saturday, March 17, 2012 10:54a ET By Associated Press Colombian rider Carlos Julian Quintero has crashed during a descent in the Milan-San Remo classic.
• CYCLINGCavendish hopes to capture Milan-San Remo again Posted Friday, March 16, 2012 8:22a ET By Associated Press Mark Cavendish is looking to make an early statement in his highly magnified London Olympics season with a victory in Saturday's Milan-San Remo classic.
• CYCLINGIOC: US to provide files on Hamilton case Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:56p ET By Associated Press With the eight-year deadline for IOC action approaching, U.S. anti-doping officials have agreed to turn over files on American cyclist Tyler Hamilton's doping case so the Olympic body can decide whether to readjust the medals from the 2004 Athens Games.
• CYCLINGTeams announced for Tour of California Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:41p ET By Associated Press Three-time champion Levi Leipheimer's new team, Omega Pharma-Quickstep, is among 16 elite squads invited to the Tour of California in May.
• ALPINE SKIINGNibali catches Horner, wins Tirreno-Adriatico Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:19p ET By Associated Press Vincenzo Nibali of Italy won the Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race Tuesday, overtaking 40-year-old American Chris Horner in the closing individual time trial. This was Horner's first race since his season-ending crash during last year's Tour de France.
• CYCLINGHorner leads Tirreno-Adriatico ahead of TT Posted Monday, March 12, 2012 12:24p ET By Associated Press Joaquin Rodriguez of Spain broke away in the final kilometer to win the penultimate stage of the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race Monday, while 40-year-old American Chris Horner maintained his overall lead.
• CYCLINGHorner takes Tirreno-Adriatico overall lead Posted Saturday, March 10, 2012 12:07p ET By Associated Press Peter Sagan of Slovakia produced a late burst of speed to win the grueling fourth stage of the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race Saturday, while 40-year-old American Chris Horner took the overall lead.
• CYCLINGSanchez wins 6th stage of Paris-Nice Posted Friday, March 9, 2012 10:44a ET By Associated Press Former champion Luis Leon Sanchez just beat veteran Jens Voigt in a sprint finish to win the sixth stage of the Paris-Nice race on Friday, while Bradley Wiggins kept his overall six-second lead with two stages remaining.
• CYCLINGCavendish wins Tirreno-Adriatico stage 2 Posted Thursday, March 8, 2012 11:16a ET By Associated Press World champion Mark Cavendish won the second stage of the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race in a sprint finish Thursday, while Australian Matthew Goss held on to the overall lead.
• CYCLINGIOC won't drop Dow as Games sponsor Posted Thursday, March 8, 2012 11:07a ET By Associated Press The International Olympic Committee has reportedly told India's Sports Ministry that it will stand by Dow Chemical Co. as a sponsor of the London 2012 Games despite pressure over the company's links to the 1984 Bhopal disaster.