 BBC Sport | John Bishop ready for 'week of hell' for Sport Relief BBC Sport Bishop will start the first leg of his challenge by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, before cycling more than 185 miles to the coast in less than 24 hours. For the second leg, Bishop is hoping to row from mainland Europe to the UK - an ambitious task for ... |
Olympics-UK government workers test remote working Reuters "This is about encouraging staff to reduce the impact of their travel by either walking or cycling, changing their route of travel to and from work, re-timing their working day to avoid the busiest periods or working from home," he added. |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Cycling: Cavendish survives desert fever The Independent Then, while the noisy celebrations for the Belgian stage winner, Tom Boonen, and young British runner-up, Adam Blythe, continued, a stone's throw away Cavendish was plonked on the rear bumper of his team car, drained and trying to recover. Cavendish passed fit for Team Sky debut Boonen denies Blythe in Qatar Boonen wins opening stage of Tour of Qatar |
 Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | Alison Mowbray – from sporting disaster to Olympic champion, and beyond Norfolk Eastern Daily Press Throwing, running, cycling, hitting, swimming, catching, kicking. They had all been ruled out through years of school PE failure and Mowbray's focus on her studies, which now see her as a doctor in genetic engineering – a degree forged at Cambridge ... |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Cadel Evans has started his campaign for a second Tour de France victory The Daily Telegraph Ready to race: Tour de France champ Cadel Evans will make his return to racing in the Mallorca Challenge. Source: AP WHILE his team-mate raced onto the podium in the opening stage of the Tour of Qatar in soaring temperatures, Cadel Evans kicked off his ... Team boss says Evans is pacing himself to win a second Tour Evans takes it steady as he begins his tour pre-season |
 USA TODAY | Alberto Contador 98th on eve of verdict ESPN He has continued racing and stands to lose all his results if banned for more than a year, including winning the Giro d'Italia last season. The 29-year-old cyclist says steaks bought from a Basque producer and provided by a colleague explain his high ... Contador races Mallorca, returns home to await fate |
Director: Probe's end 'not a surprise' ESPN AP DOHA, Qatar -- Cycling teams at the Tour of Qatar welcomed the end of a US federal investigation into Lance Armstrong, saying Sunday they were hopeful the seven-time Tour de France champion could finally move on with his life. |
 AFP | Boonen wins first stage in Tour of Qatar AFP "That dragged on for months and then I broke bones in my hand in the Tour of Spain. "Today all that is behind me and at last I am free from injuries." The former world champion, however, said he had been surprised at winning on Sunday having spent ... |
 The Guardian | Mark Cavendish shrugs off illness for Team Sky debut in Tour of Qatar The Guardian The Manxman, who switched to the British-run team after winning the Tour de France's green jersey and the world championships last year, had fallen ill on the flight to Doha but was given the all-clear by team doctors. The Team Sky sports director, ... Tom Boonen wins first stage of Tour of Qatar Cavendish passed fit for Team Sky debut Mark Cavendish passed fit to start Tour of Qatar |
