Alberto Contador will be supported by Michael Rogers, Roman Kreuziger and Nicolas Roche as he bids for a third Tour de France title in a Team Saxo-Tinkoff squad without a Danish rider, the Denmark-based team revealed today.

After seven years Operation Puerto comes to a conclusion - but at what cost?

Team Sky Pro Cycling's Christopher Froome climbed to victory in today's fifth stage of this year's Tour of Oman when he beat Team Saxo-Tinkoff's Alberto Contador and yesterday's stage winner Joaquin Rodriguez (Team Katusha) in a sprint to the finish line.

Just days after Lance Armstrong's doping admission, professional cycling is set for more damaging revelations when the long-delayed Operation Puerto case finally goes to court in Spain.

Alberto Contador, a two-time winner of the Tour de France who was stripped of a third title for using a banned substance, says cycling needs to take something positive from the Lance Armstrong scandal.

Former Giro d'Italia winner Michele Scarponi has been banned for three months by the Italian Olympic Committee for consulting banned physician Michele Ferrari.

Just when you think the off-season news cycle might slow down, it kicks into overdrive.

Alberto Contador has asked Tour de France organizer A.S.O. if his Saxo-Tinkoff team will be invited to compete in the 2013 Tour de France.

It takes more than points to make it to the WorldTour.

Alberto Contador says he will boycott the 2013 Tour de France if Bjarne Riis' Saxo-Tinkoff Team isn't granted a WorldTour license for the 2013 season.