Alberto Contador

The trial of Spanish doctor, Eufemiano Fuentes, thought to be at the heart of cycling’s biggest ever doping operation has begun in Madrid, seven years after police first raided his offices as part of ‘Operation Puerto’. Five defendants (the doctor, his sister and three former Read More

Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank has finally been granted a ProTour licence for 2013. There had been fears that next year’s biggest races would not feature Saxo-Bank and their star rider Alberto Contador, after the Danish team failed to make the grade for their WorldTour licence, leaving Read More

Next year’s Grand Tours could be missing Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank (and therefore Alberto Contador) after the Danish team failed to make the grade for their WorldTour licence, leaving them fighting for wildcard places. The UCI award team points based, in part, on the performance of Read More

Yes we’ve reached that time of year when we can all enjoy the musical saddles as transfers are made, deals are struck and teams are propped up with new signings, but it’s never too soon, Cyclo feels, to look ahead to where out heart really rests – the action of the Grand Tours. Read More

In taking top spot at the Vuelta a España today in a total time of 84:59:49 Alberto Contador has won his first Grand Tour since serving his largely back-dated ban for doping offences, which saw him stripped of both his 2010 Tour de France and 2011 Giro d’Italia titles. In Read More

The brutal Stage 16 of the Vuelta a España looks to have all but ended Chris Froome’s podium ambitions. The punishing 183.5km leg, which contained two Cat. 1 climbs and an unforgiving 19km uphill finish with a 7% average gradient was really the last opportunity for those with Read More

Stage 3 of the Vuelta a España yesterday saw the most thrilling of conclusions with a sprint finish atop the category 1 Alto de Arrate climb that virtually redefined the term ‘photo finish’. Ultimately though it was Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde who claimed victory over Read More

Day two of the Vuelta a España has seen mixed results for Team Sky; Chris Froome, runner-up last year, only managed a 29th placing, saying: ‘Coming so soon after the start, this climb won’t decide who’s going to win the race but we’ll start to see who Read More