Two stages of the Tour de France 2014 are to take place in the county of Yorkshire, Northern England, on July 5 and 6, before a third stage is set to be hosted in London.

Former World Champion Emma Pooley has joined Swiss women’s team Bigla Cycling for the 2013 season.

Olympic road race champion Alexandre Vinokourov is under investigation for allegedly bribing a rival to fix a race, as ongoing fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping affair threatens to claim another of cycling's biggest names.

An Italian newspaper has printed e-mails and details of bank transfers that allegedly demonstrate how Alexandre Vinokourov paid off breakaway companion Alexandr Kolobnev to win the 2010 Liege-Bastogne-Liege cycling classic.