Alberto Contador News

The 32-year-old Galician will therefore assist Alberto Contador as he attempts to win his third Tour, drawing on his proven climbing abilities and experience to help his fellow Spaniard.

Bradley Wiggins is already talking a good fight in the build up to next year's Tour de France and despite speculation surrounding his future remains focussed on improving on his fourth place from 2009.

Forget Sports Personality of the Year, it's time to vote for the big one - Eurosport-Yahoo's 2009 World Sportsperson award.

HAD Alberto Contador or Lance Armstrong slipped into Geelong this week to scope out the course for next year's road world championships, there would have been fanfare and plenty of it.

After a turbulent season that ended with unprecedented success, Cadel Evans is confident his cycling career is now in its sweet spot.

CADEL Evans has been named Australian cyclist of the year for a record-equalling third time, after a landmark season in which he became the first Australian to win the road-race world title.

CADEL Evans will parade more than just the coveted UCI world road champion's rainbow jersey at the Santos Tour Down Under in January.

The comings and goings at Astana continue with the news that Kazakh rider Dmitriy Muravyev has decided to leave the team from his home country and take up an offer to follow Johan Bruyneel, Lance Armstrong, and many others to Radio Shack.

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Samuel Snchez has drawn on the positives of what has been a season of near misses for the Euskaltel-Euskadi captain in 2009.

Johan Bruyneel has selected nearly half of the RadioShack team that will be racing the Tour Down Under in Adelaide, Australia, from January 17 to 24.

Specialized have not ruled out the possibility that they may supply bicycles to Astana next season.

Italian cyclist Matteo Priamo was banned for four years Thursday for supplying doping products to a teammate.

Spaniard Patxi Vila has started to prepare for a return to professional cycling and has confirmed that he has spoken to a number of teams, including Astana and his former team, Lampre.

Road race world champion Cadel Evans of Australia has signed a three-year contract with American cycling team BMC racing.

Cadel Evans could link up with fellow Australians at new British outfit Team Sky .

Cycling's governing body has strongly rebuffed claims by France's anti-doping agency of lapses and favoritism in drug testing at this year's Tour de France.

Chris Hoy completed the second leg of another golden treble as he led the Sky squad to an emphatic team sprint victory.

Cycling Australia has announced its now accepting votes for the Scody 2009 People's Choice Cyclist of the Year award.

After taking part in the criterium of Oviedo in the Asturias on Saturday evening and the criterium of Alcobendas on Sunday morning, Alberto Contador flew to Paris to receive the Vlo d'Or. The presentation was broadcast live on France Tlvisions for the first time since the inception of the trophy, awarded by French monthly Vlo Magazine since 1992.