Alberto Contador has won the Vuelta a Espana title for the second time after he held off the challenge of Alejandro Valverde in the final stage between Cercedilla and Madrid.

Alberto Contador will rejoin Team Saxo Bank once he has served his doping ban, the Danish team have announced today.

The banning of Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador for a doping offence was a “good day for all the clean athletes of the world”, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president John Fahey said yesterday.

The banning of Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador for a doping offence was a “good day for all the clean athletes of the world”, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president John Fahey said.

Alberto Contador was yesterday stripped of his 2010 Tour de France victory and handed a two-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following his positive test for clenbuterol.

Alberto Contador was today banned for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and stripped of his 2010 Tour de France victory following his positive test for clenbuterol.

CYCLING: CYCLING’S governing body (UCI) admitted yesterday to drawing up a list in which it had estimated the ‘doping risk’ of each rider at last year’s Tour de France but regretted the document had been made public.

THE saga over Alberto Contador’s positive test for clenbuterol is set to rumble on after the International Cycling Union (UCI) yesterday confirmed they would take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Alberto Contador has vowed to fight his proposed one-year doping ban, saying: “I will appeal in every possible court to defend my innocence”.

The titanic tussle for the 2010 Tour de France title is set to end in Alberto Contador’s favour after the defending champion increased his advantage in today’s penultimate stage.

LANCE ARMSTRONG’s demise as a contender for the 2010 Tour de France was met with sorrow by his biggest rival, Alberto Contador.

When he announced the 2010 Tour de France would be his last, Lance Armstrong would not have expected it to end so soon.

THE first Alpine stage of the 2010 Tour de France witnessed the fall of a legend as Lance Armstrong declared: “My Tour’s finished”.

It’s been a fabulous start to the 2010 Tour de France for the sole Irish rider in the race, Nicholas Roche.

The 2010 Tour de France will start in Rotterdam with a 9 km time-trial course, the competition’s organisers announced today.

The organisers of the Tour de France have announced that the 2010 race will begin from the Dutch city of Rotterdam.