The Vuelta: Vincenzo Nibali enjoys team time trial advantage

MADRID: Vincenzo Nibali's Astana team won the team time trial ahead of RadioShack and Omega Pharma-Quickstep as the 2013 Tour of Spain got underway on Saturday.

Gerrans trains in Spain for titles

RUPERT GUINNESS Simon Gerrans has the ''runs on the board'' to lead the Australian men's elite team in next month's world road championships in Florence, national coach Brad McGee said.

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Selectors worried about gruelling ask at worlds

RUPERT GUINNESS On paper, Australia has at least five riders suited for selection in the men's elite individual time trial at the world road championships in Florence, Italy, next month.

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McQuaid rival courts Aussie support

RUPERT GUINNESS Cycling Australia will decide whether to back Irishman Pat McQuaid for re-election as president of the world body this weekend after his one rival for the top job, Englishman Brian Cookson, addresses its board in a bid to secure its support and vote.

Hayman joins Orica-GreenEDGE

Mat Hayman, one of Australian cycling's most respected and experienced road cyclists, has joined the Orica-GreenEDGE team.

No positive doping tests from 2013 Tour

Aigle, Switzerland Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation stops short of claiming the Tour had been clean.

Australian trio legitimate contenders for world road race championships

RUPERT GUINNESS Australia could have at least three aces to play in the world men's elite road race championship in Italy late next month, with Richie Porte, Simon Gerrans and Cadel Evans all legitimate contenders for the title.

Wiggins to return to track for Olympics

London Former Tour de France winner plans return to track ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Gerrans to spearhead Spain assault

Orica-GreenEDGE will target stage wins in the year's final grand tour after naming a nine-man team for the Vuelta a Espana.

O’Grady praised for confession on doping

Justin Chadwick Doping whistleblower Tyler Hamilton has congratulated Stuart O'Grady for coming clean about his murky past, but says a truth and reconciliation commission is needed in order to clear all skeletons from the sport's bulging closet.

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Hamilton commends O'Grady for coming clean

Justin Chadwick, Perth Doping whistleblower Tyler Hamilton has congratulated Stuart O'Grady for coming clean about his murky past.

GreenEDGE rider wins Tour of Poland

KRAKOW, Poland: Pieter Weening of the Netherlands completed victory in the Tour of Poland cycling race on Saturday.

Tour sprint ace loses coach spot over doping

Moscow Germany's Erik Zabel loses position as coach after he admitted systematic doping.

German cyclist Zabel admits he doped

Berlin Former German sprinter admits to having used doping products including EPO.

Buchanan's BMX world championship victory eclipses London disappointment

BMX Olympian Caroline Buchanan won the women's BMX World Championships in Auckland's Vector Arena on Sunday, putting the disappointment of a fifth place at the London Olympics behind her.