The Vuelta a Espana, the last grand tour of the cycling season and the last ever for Lance Armstrong's Discovery Channel team, starts Saturday. Saddled between the Tour de France and the World Championships, the Vuelta sometimes misses out on...

Once home to the early 20th century's famous Graf Zeppelin factory, the southern German town of Friedrichshafen now plays host to retirees and tourists visiting Lake Constance and - once a year - to what is becoming one of the world's biggest bicycle industry trade shows.

VIGO, Spain (AP) - Just like the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the Spanish Vuelta will be without a defending champion at Saturday's start line due to doping controversies.

It has been more than 15 years since the Olney Bicycle Classic was formed as an annual event and this is the second consecutive year it will be held at Olney City Park.

Irritated that a bicycle organization went public with its plan to race the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad train and concerned about safety, the Allegany County commissioners and staff on Thursday offered little encouragement for the Oct. 13 event.

Kazakh cyclist Andrey Kashechkin sprints towards the finish line during the 94th Tour de France in July 2007. Kashechkin has been sacked by his Astana team following confirmation of a positive test for blood doping.

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong says cycling's premier race can recover from a series of doping scandals and come back even stronger.

The three-week Tour of Spain begins in Vigo this Saturday but last year's first three will be missing because of proven, or suspected doping offenses.

SAN FRANCISCO ( Map , News ) - Bicycling goes from the ridiculous to the sublime this weekend when Monday’s Metromint Giro de San Francisco closely follows today’s Critical Mass. Expect some crossover between the two events.

In the moral maze that is the fight to rid sport of drugs, Michael Rasmussen — kicked off this year’s Tour de France over missed drug tests with victory in sight — is depicted as a scheming villain, while Great Britain’s Christine Ohuruogu — gold medallist at the World Athletics Championships after serving a ban for missing out-of-competition tests — is portrayed as a wronged innocent, her ...