Cycling Central

Road world champion Mark Cavendish is still expected to make his season debut at the Tour of Qatar tomorrow despite skipping training on the eve of the race due to illness.

Australian track sprinter Kaarle McCulloch continues to impress on the road to the London Olympics as she develops into one of the nation’s preeminent riders in her discipline.

US prosecutors said Friday they had dropped their investigation into seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and other cyclists without bringing criminal charges.

Time-trial world champion Judith Arndt left nothing to chance before winning the Ladies Tour of Qatar overnight in what was an historic victory for the fledgling GreenEDGE-AIS team.

On Cycling Central this week, Sunday on SBS ONE at 5pm, we've got the road, the track, mountain biking and BMX all covered.

Overall winner of the 2007 Le Tour de Langkawi, Frenchman Anthony Charteau will return to Malaysia for the Tour de Langkawi after a four year absence.

The Real Insurance MTBA National Series continues this weekend with downhill action in Round 3 of the Gravity Cup in the ACT.

Time-trial world champion Judith Arndt is confident she can deliver the fledgling GreenEDGE-AIS team its first international victory after taking the second leader’s jersey of the Ladies Tour of Qatar overnight.

Race organiser Christian Prudhomme has pledged to give cycling fans suspense right to the end of Paris-Nice thanks to the return of the Col d'Eze final stage time-trial.

The Tour of Qatar has lost one of its marquee names after Germany's Andre Greipel pulled out of the race due to illness.

Tour de France champion Cadel Evans will open his new season at the Mallorca Challenge, starting Sunday.

Australian national road champion Amanda Spratt received her coveted green and gold jersey just in time for the opening stage of the Ladies Tour of Qatar overnight.

Cycling legend Eddy Merckx has described the field for the Tour of Qatar as “very open” ahead of the first international sprint showdown of the 2012 season.

Two-time champion Kirsten Wild edged out Australian sprinter Chloe Hosking to win the opening stage of the Ladies Tour of Qatar.

Tour de France champion Cadel Evans has been handed a potential duel with former three-time champion Alberto Contador when the pair line up for the Tirreno-Adriatico race in March.

Spain's Alejandro Valverde says he is ready to take aim at some of the most prestigious podiums in cycling this season as he looks to put the disgrace of a two-year doping ban behind him.

Australia's world champions Leigh Howard and Cameron Meyer have won the 101st edition of Berlin's Six Days track cycle race.

Sid Taberlay has won the Pure Tasmania Wildside MTB by the barest of margins after overcoming a puncture in the final kilometres of the 2012 event.

The door remains open, but the gap is tightening for Australian track cyclists on the fringe of Olympic selection.

Spain plans to take "urgent" action to bring its legislation into line with World Anti-Doping Agency guidelines, the country's new Sports Minister said.