Cycling

Retirement is not a word that Peter Grandiek understands. He still works hard on his deer farm near Invercargill.

Alberto Contador is considering appealing against the two-year ban he was handed by Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for failing a dope test during his victorious 2010 Tour de France campaign.

Alberto Contador's Tour de France dreams were shattered today when he was stripped of one of his three titles and banned for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for failing a dope test during the 2010 race.

Alex McGregor clocked speeds of over 75kmh to win category one of the Palmerston to Dunback return 60km mass start in warm and windy conditions on Saturday.

Australian Jay McCarthy had the biggest win of his career today when he took out the New Zealand Cycle Classic in Palmerston North.

Justin Stott completed a rare double with victory in the annual James Faulding Memorial 67km road race yesterday.

Recent road races and training tips from a running champion paid off for Justin Stott when he won the New Zealand Cup on Wheels at the Seddon Park velodrome on Saturday.

The New Zealand Cup on Wheels is wide open this year, with most of the country's leading riders preparing for that big event in London later this year.

The New Zealand men's and women's pursuit teams will ride off for bronze medals at the UCI World Cup event in Beijing.

The Milford Mountain Classic will be a regular on the cycling calendar after this week's inaugural race attracted elite and recreational riders from around the country.