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Pello Bilbao wins rapid stage seven of the Giro d'Italia 2019

Valerio Conti holds on to the pink jersey after an unrelenting day of racing

By Jonny Long Published 17 May 19

Vincenzo Nibali draws 2014 season to a close

Vincenzo Nibali to race Tour of Almaty in Kazakhstan this weekend

By Gregor Brown Published 30 September 14

Mikel Landa, Vincenzo Nibali and Romain Bardet to face off at Giro del Trentino

The three WorldTour teams at the Giro del Trentino will send strong squads to the four-day stage race in Italy next week

By Stuart Clarke Published 15 April 16

Astana: 'Something's broken' with Vincenzo Nibali

Astana hand the Tour de France leadership over to Jakob Fuglsang after Vincenzo Nibali falls further behind race leader Chris Froome

By Gregor Brown Published 15 July 15

Jakob Fuglsang extends contract with Astana

Jakob Fuglsang has extended his contract with Astana, having ridden the best season of his career.

By Alex Ballinger Published 21 August 19

Vincenzo Nibali unfazed by Giro d'Italia mountain time trial loss

Italian Giro d'Italia hope Vincenzo Nibali says he's looking ahead to the final week of the race after losing time in the mountain time trial

By Gregor Brown Published 22 May 16

Fabio Aru's 'never give up' spirit wins the Vuelta a España

Fabio Aru explains how team-work on the penultimate stage of the Vuelta a España netted him the lead

By Gregor Brown Published 12 September 15

Jakob Fuglsang triumphs on Tirreno-Adriatico stage five as Adam Yates extends overall lead

Adam Yates finishes second on the stage to extend his lead as Fuglsang wins from solo attack

By Stephen Puddicombe Published 17 March 19

Alexey Lutsenko wins on Green Mountain after yet another tense stage at the Tour of Oman

French breakaway rider Fabien Grellier caught in the final 50 metres of stage five

By Owen Rogers Published 20 February 19

Astana ejected from MPCC over doping issues

Kazakh team was suspended in July and has now been fully removed from the Movement for Credible Cycling group

By Jack Elton-Walters Published 4 September 15

Mikel Landa takes over Astana leadership as Aru fades at the Giro d'Italia

As Astana team leader Fabio Aru has struggled in the Giro d'Italia's mountains, the squad's Mikel Landa has flourished, taking two stage wins

By Gregor Brown Published 26 May 15

Michele Ferrari issues new denial of involvement with riders in Padova investigation

By Gregor Brown Published 11 December 14

Chris Froome confronts Nibali over 'unsportsmanlike' Tour de France attack

Chris Froome went to confront Vincenzo Nibali after the finish of stage 19 of the Tour de France with the Brit angry over the Italian's attack on the Croix de Fer

By Gregor Brown Published 24 July 15

Vincenzo Nibali takes Tour de France lead after stage two win

Late attack nets Vincenzo Nibali the stage win ahead of his general classification rivals

By Nigel Wynn Published 6 July 14

Miguel Ángel López will leave Astana as team can’t afford him

Miguel Ángel López will be leaving Astana at the end of the season because the team can’t afford him. 

By Alex Ballinger Published 22 September 20

Giro boss confident Astana case will be settled before May

Mauro Vegni, the Giro d'Italia race director, says Brian Cookson agrees that the Astana licence situation needs to be resolved before the year's first Grand Tour

By Gregor Brown Published 17 March 15

Astana promises to investigate 'disappointing' doping within team

Astana says it wants to reaffirm its 'absolute zero-tolerance policy towards all incidents of doping and unethical activity' in wake of Iglinskiy brothers' EPO positives

By Gregor Brown Published 11 October 14

Astana rider lucky to escape serious injury in scary Flèche Wallonne crash (video)

Astana rider Michael Valgren was lucky to escape serious injury, only requiring stitches to his face after a nasty crash in La Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday.

By Henry Robertshaw Published 20 April 17

Vinokourov: Too easy for people to just point the finger at Astana

Astana team manager questions the absence of six WorldTour teams from the Movement for Credible Cycling

By Richard Windsor Published 3 February 15

Astana's WorldTour licence still under review, but IAM Cycling are in

UCI confirms 16 teams in 2015 WorldTour, with Astana and Europcar licences pending further review

By Nigel Wynn Published 4 December 14

Miguel Ángel López crashes into road sign after riders neutralise racing on descent at Tour de France

Miguel Ángel López collided with a road sign after the peloton opted to temporarily neutralise the racing on stage one of the Tour de France 2020. 

By Alex Ballinger Published 29 August 20

Vincenzo Nibali in "rage" after Astana doping revelations

Tour de France 2014 winner says that his first reaction to finding out about his Astana teammates' positive tests was "rage"

By Gregor Brown Published 23 October 14

Dario Cataldo wanted to stay at Team Sky

By Gregor Brown Published 19 February 15

Primož Roglič cedes overall lead as Ion Izagirre wins select sprint on stage four of Tour of the Basque Country 2021

Ion Izagirre took stage four of the Tour of the Basque Country 2021 in a photo finish ahead of fellow Basque rider Pello Bilbao from a select group that went away on the descent of the final climb.

By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published 8 April 21

'I had a job to do': Tour de Yorkshire marshal got up and continued to wave his flag after Astana car near miss

The marshal who was nearly hit by an Astana car at the Tour de Yorkshire has revealed that he got up and continued to do his job following the incident.

By Henry Robertshaw Published 8 May 18

Henderson: Nothing I can do about Fabio Aru lawsuit

Greg Henderson admits there's nothing he can now do about Fabio Aru's defamation lawsuit, he just has to wait and see what happens

By Gregor Brown Published 19 May 15

Fabio Aru wins on summit finish of Tour de France stage five as Chris Froome takes overall lead

Italian champion Fabio Aru attacked a group of GC favourites to take victory on the Tour de France's first summit finish

By Richard Windsor Published 5 July 17