Ireland’s Dan Martin turned in a brilliant performance on yesterday’s weather-shortened second stage of the Tour de Suisse, finishing sixth in a select group of eight riders.

Fresh evidence has emerged of how Lance Armstrong managed to avoid positive drugs tests that raises further questions about the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) involvement in the scandal.

Fresh evidence has emerged of how Lance Armstrong managed to avoid positive drugs tests that raises further questions about the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) involvement in the scandal.

A powerful sprint saw Mark Cavendish rack up the third victory of his career in the Scheldeprijs Classic.

THE winning feeling returned for Mark Cavendish on the fifth stage of the Tour de France after a fraught and forgettable period on and off the bike.

Nicholas Roche will carry Irish hopes at this year's Tour de France which starts this Saturday with an 8.9 kilometre prologue around Rotterdam.

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong is joined by two former podium finishers in Team RadioShack’s nine-man squad for July’s race.

Frank Schleck clinched overall victory ahead of Lance Armstrong on the final day of the Tour de Suisse.

Mark Cavendish today completed the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse, a day after being involved in a mass pile up.

PHILIP DEIGNAN’S performances to date in the Tour of Germany would indicate he has hit form at precisely the right time in advance of the Tour of Ireland professional cycle race which gets underway with an exciting stage from Kilkenny to Cork tomorrow week.

The absence of a certain Texan for the first time in eight years should create a wide-open Tour de France.