Mountain biking
FILE - Silver medalist Mathias Flueckiger of Switzerland poses during a medal ceremony for the men's cross country mountain bike competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Izu, Japan. Olympic silver medalist Mathias Flückiger was provisionally suspended in a doping case ahead of his scheduled competition Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 in mountain bike cross country at the European Championships. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Olympic silver medalist Flückiger tests positive for doping

Aug. 19, 2022 05:07 AM EDT

Jaqueline Mourao of Brazil picks up her bike after falling as she competes with Daniela Campuzano Chavez Peon of Mexico, right, andMaja Wloszczowska of Poland (21) during the women's cross-country mountain bike competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Brazil's Mourao trades bike for skis for next Winter Games

By Dave Skretta Jul. 27, 2021 12:16 PM EDT

Daniela Campuzano Chavez Peon of Mexico rides through a cooling sprinkler during the women's cross-country mountain bike competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Neff leads Swiss sweep of medals in women's mountain biking

By Dave Skretta Jul. 27, 2021 03:41 AM EDT

Peter Disera of Canada rides at the start of the men's cross country mountain bike competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Britain's Pidcock dominates Olympic mountain bike race

By Dave Skretta Jul. 26, 2021 03:29 AM EDT

Flueckiger, Lecomte win last pre-Olympic mountain bike races

Jul. 04, 2021 01:25 PM EDT
LES GETS, France (AP) — European champion Mathias Flueckiger and French standout Loana Lecomte won the final mountain bike World Cup races before the Tokyo...

Flueckiger, Ferrand-Prevot win mountain bike World Cup races

Jul. 02, 2021 02:02 PM EDT
LES GETS, France (AP) — Swiss champion Mathias Flueckiger and world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot cemented their status among favorites to win the mountain...

Britain, Netherlands aim for more cycling gold in Tokyo

By The Associated Press Jul. 02, 2021 12:25 PM EDT
HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: Britain won six gold medals and 12 overall at the 2016 Games, thanks mostly to its dominance in the velodrome. Jason Kenny won gold in the...

Woodruff out, Huck in for US mountain bike team in Tokyo

By Dave Skretta Jul. 01, 2021 06:51 PM EDT
U.S. mountain bike champion Chloe Woodruff withdrew from the American team headed to the Olympics this month and was replaced by Erin Huck, who will join...

FILE - Anna Van Der Breggen, of the Netherlands, celebrates after crossing the finishing line to win the women's cycling road race final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, file photo. The men's and women's road races kick off the cycling program at every Summer Olympics. “Everybody in the world is trying to figure out how to beat the Dutch girls,” said Jim Miller, the high performance director for USA Cycling. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
Olympic road races yield early drama for delayed Tokyo Games

By Dave Skretta Jun. 30, 2021 12:54 PM EDT

FILE - Laura Trott, left, and her fiance Jason Kenny, both of Britain, pose with their gold medals at the Rio Olympic Velodrome during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, file photo. Britain is hoping to back up consecutive dominant performances in Olympic cycling at the Tokyo Games next month, though much has changed since Rio. Allegations of bullying, sexism and discrimination along with doping charges leveled at its ex-chief doctor have led to leadership changes at British Cycling. Still, such riders at the husband-wife track duo of Jason and Laura Kenny and youngsters such as Tao Geoghegan Hart have the British team eyeing more gold in Japan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Britain cycling team aims for more gold after rocky 5 years

By Dave Skretta Jun. 21, 2021 12:15 PM EDT

File-This April 21, 2021, file photo shows U.S. rider Ruth Winder of the Trek Segafredo in action during the Women's Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Fleche Wallonne, in Huy, Belgium. The cycling team that the U.S. is taking to the Tokyo Olympics is a little bit different than the one it would have taken a year ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizers to postpone the Summer Games by an entire year. In many ways, the team announced Thursday, June 10, 2021, is a whole lot stronger. Chloe Dygert, who sustained a serious injury during a crash last fall, will be busy during the three weeks in Tokyo. The 2019 world time trial champ will join Amber Neben in the race against the clock, and both of them will join Winder, Coryn Rivera and Leah Thomas as the Americans try to upset the heavily favored Dutch in the women's road race. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)
Deep US cycling team headed to Tokyo with golden ambitions

By Dave Skretta Jun. 10, 2021 12:00 PM EDT

Pidcock, Lecomte win Czech mountain bike World Cup races

By Dave Skretta May. 16, 2021 04:43 PM EDT
Tom Pidcock became the first British rider to win a mountain bike World Cup race in more than two decades Sunday while Loana Lecomte dominated the women's race...

Van der Poel, Ferrand-Prevot win short track MTB races

May. 07, 2021 04:41 PM EDT
ALBSTADT, Germany (AP) — Mathieu van der Poel and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot confirmed their status as the favorites in mountain biking at the Tokyo Olympics by...

USA Cycling announces long team for delayed Tokyo Olympics

By Dave Skretta Jun. 11, 2020 04:12 PM EDT
Officials from USA Cycling plan to take advantage of the yearlong delay of the Tokyo Olympics caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and a big step came with the...