TOUR DE FRANCE
2024 Tour de France to end in Nice due to Paris Olympics

Dec. 01, 2022 09:09 AM EST
NICE, France (AP) — The 2024 Tour de France will end on the French Riviera instead of the French capital because of the Olympic Games. The finish of...

Gold medal winner Rohan Dennis of Australia, center, poses with silver medal winner Fred Wright of England, left, and bronze medal winner Geraint Thomas of Wales after the men's cycling individual time trials at the Commonwealth Games in West Park, Wolverhampton, England, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
Jack Laugher defends diving gold at Commonwealth Games

By Courtney Walsh Aug. 04, 2022 04:06 PM EDT

Sportlight-Bob Mathias wins his second Olympic decathlon.

By The Associated Press Jul. 25, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 26 1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown. 1928 — Gene Tunney...

Sportlight-Week Ahead, July 22-28, Take two

By The Associated Press Jul. 21, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 26 1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown. 1928 — Gene Tunney...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 30, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 1 1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in the first intercollegiate baseball game. The game is played by Massachusetts Rules, a wide-open form of...

Tom Dumoulin of The Netherlands competes during the men's cycling individual time trial at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Oyama, Japan. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Roglic caps Slovenia's run with Olympic time trial win

By Dave Skretta Jul. 28, 2021 04:34 AM EDT

Limited numbers of fans watch in the Fuji International Speedway during the men's cycling road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Oyama, Japan. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Carapaz wins men's road race for Ecuador's 1st cycling medal

By Dave Skretta Jul. 24, 2021 05:13 AM EDT

THIS CORRECTS TO GOLD, NOT BRONZE - Naohisa Takato of Japan, left, and Yang Yung-wei of Taiwan compete during their men's -60kg gold medal judo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Olympics Latest: US men get off to fast start in volleyball

Jul. 23, 2021 08:11 PM EDT

Belgium's Wout Van Aert, second left, crosses the finish line to win ahead of Britain's Mark Cavendish, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, right, and Belgium's Jasper Philipsen, left, during the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 108.4 kilometers (67.4 miles) with start in Chatou and finish on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France,Sunday, July 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Olympic cycling road races are studies in contrast

By Dave Skretta Jul. 22, 2021 10:15 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jul. 22, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
July 26 1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown. 1928...

Stage winner Belgium's Wout Van Aert celebrates on the podium after the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 108.4 kilometers (67.4 miles) with start in Chatou and finish on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France,Sunday, July 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Tour de France riders head to Tokyo with Olympics in sight

By Dave Skretta Jul. 19, 2021 01:46 PM EDT

Solvakia's Peter Sagan crosses the finish line of the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time-trial over 27.2 kilometers (16.9 miles) with start in Change and finish in Laval Espace Mayenne, France, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)
Sagan, Haig withdraw from Olympic road race with injuries

By Dave Skretta Jul. 13, 2021 06:03 AM EDT

Solvakia's Peter Sagan rides with the pack during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 150.4 kilometers (93.5 miles) with start in Redon and finish in Fougeres, France, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Sagan has surgery less than 2 weeks before Olympic road race

By Dave Skretta Jul. 12, 2021 02:04 PM 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...

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

Vinokourov forced out at Astana before Tour de France start

Jun. 24, 2021 09:56 AM EDT
BREST, France (AP) — Alexandre Vinokourov was relieved of his managerial duties as team principal of Astana-Premier Tech on Thursday just two days before the...

FILE - In this photo dated Nov. 7, 2019, showing Richard Freeman. The former doctor of Team Sky and British Cycling has been found to have covered up an order he placed for testosterone which was intended to help an athlete’s performance, according to a verdict handed down by Britain’s Medical Practicioners Tribunal Service Friday March 12, 2021. (Eleanor Crooks/PA FILE via AP)
Ex-UK cycling doc banned from medical work over drug order

Mar. 19, 2021 09:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this photo dated Nov. 7, 2019, showing Richard Freeman. The former doctor of Team Sky and British Cycling has been found to have covered up an order he placed for testosterone which was intended to help an athlete’s performance, according to a verdict handed down by Britain’s Medical Practicioners Tribunal Service Friday March 12, 2021. (Eleanor Crooks/PA FILE via AP)
British cycling rocked by finding doctor got drug for doping

By Rob Harris Mar. 12, 2021 12:05 PM EST

Belgium's Wout Van Aert leads the field during the "Strade Bianche" cycling race from Siena to Siena, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)
The Latest: Copenhagen Tour de France start moved to 2022

By The Associated Press Aug. 03, 2020 08:49 AM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jul. 23, 2020 10:19 AM EDT
July 26 1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown. 1928...