Cycling

11:24 AM ET Associated Press AIGLE, Switzerland — Retired sprinter Alessandro Petacchi was among four riders linked to a blood doping ring by the International Cycling Union on Tuesday, and another was sent home from the Giro d’Italia. Petacchi, who won the points classification at all three Grand Tours, is suspected of using a “prohibited

11:25 AM ET Team Sky have officially become Team INEOS after Sky and 21st Century Fox agreed to a sale, it was confirmed on Tuesday. The team, which has won eight Grand Tours since 2012, will become Team INEOS from May 1. INEOS is owned by Britain’s richest man Sir Jim Radcliffe and the launch

2:19 PM ET Chris Froome will not defend his Giro d’Italia title this year, choosing to focus on winning a record-equalling fifth Tour de France crown instead, Team Sky announced on Tuesday. Briton Froome won his third straight Grand Tour title with victory at the Giro last May before the champion finished third at the

4:34 PM ET Cyclist Geraint Thomas was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year Sunday, receiving British sport’s premier annual individual accolade in Birmingham as a reward for his remarkable Tour de France triumph. The Welshman, whose victory in cycling’s most prestigious race was the sixth by a British rider in seven years, topped the

12:40 PM ET Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas has received a new trophy after the original was stolen from a cycling show. The Coupe Omnisports has been missing since the end of September after an event at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, U.K. Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas believes Team Sky will stick

9:01 AM ET Just two weeks ago, Tour de France winners Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome were deep into preparations for another season on Team Sky, the most dominant team in pro cycling. Now, everything they have built is at risk with the news that Sky Television will stop support after the 2019 season. With

Dec 13, 2018 Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas believes Team Sky will stay together despite Sky’s decision to end its involvement in cycling after the 2019 season. The British team have won eight Grand Tours and have provided six of the last seven winners of the Tour de France since they were formed by

2:37 AM ET Sky will end its involvement in cycling after the 2019 season in a move that could end Team Sky’s involvement in cycling, the team announced Wednesday. The team will continue to race under a different name if a new sponsor is secured to provide funding from the beginning of 2020, Team Sky

2:54 AM ET When I first started covering the Tour de France nearly 20 years ago, I was among very few women in the press room and a double minority as one of a handful of American reporters who were there wire-to-wire. There were some guys I had to work to win over. Paul Sherwen

9:13 AM ET Members of Parliament (MPs) in the UK have called for a standardised protocol for concussion in sport. Tom Watson, the deputy Labour Party leader, has called for sports governing bodies to introduce a single unified concussion protocol after accusing football of “turning a blind eye to the brain injury epidemic.” “We need