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Star McEwen retires to coaching role

4:00 AM | LOS ANGELES, California - Australian cycling star Robbie McEwen has retired after finishing the Tour of California, ending a decorated 17-year professional career that yielded 12 Tour de France stage victories.

Sport - Cycling

Clarke takes opening stage of Tour of Japan

4:00 AM | CAMPBELL Town cyclist Will Clarke struck first blood for his Hong Kong-based Champion System team winning the opening stage of the Tour of Japan.

Sport - Cycling

Breakaway pays off for Rabottini

4:00 AM | LECCO, Italy _ Italian Matteo Rabottini's bold 150 kilometres breakaway ride was rewarded with victory in the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia, the 172-kilometre run from Busto Arsizio to Lecco yesterday.

Sport - Cycling

Goss pulls out of Giro

20 May 12 | CERVERE, Italy _ Top Australian sprinter Matt Goss pulled out of the Giro d'Italia after stage 13 as the GreenEDGE cyclist prepares for the Tour de France and Olympics.

Sport - Cycling

Clements hears call of the wild

18 May 12 | A NATIONAL call-up and the wilds of West Sumatra both await Launceston cyclist Alex Clements.

Sport - Cycling

Stearnes to Europe for experience

17 May 12 | LAUNCESTON cyclist Joel Stearnes will experience racing in Europe for the first time when he heads to Belgium at the end of this month.

Sport - Cycling

Sulzberger sees early success

17 May 12 | TASMANIAN cyclist Bernard Sulzberger has had a podium finish in the first round of the tour series in Great Britain. The series involves 10 criteriums with the opening round held in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.

Sport - Cycling

Pile-up cuts short Goss bid for stage victory

16 May 12 | MATT Goss and his team were refusing to point fingers despite the Launceston sprinter being an innocent victim of a dramatic pile-up that prevented him from battling for another stage win in the Giro d'Italia.

Sport - Cycling

D'Italia rival causes Goss to crash

16 May 12 | FROSINONE, Italy (AFP) - Tasmanian Matt Goss and British world champion Mark Cavendish crashed out on the last bend of the ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia yesterday, won by Spain's Francisco Ventoso.

Sport - Cycling

Olympic dream on hold for Fry

15 May 12 | LAUNCESTON mountainbiker Rowena Fry's Olympic dream remains on hold after she finished outside the top 50 in the penultimate round of the cross-country world cup series, which is pivotal for qualification for the London Games.

Sport - Cycling

Ride to Bicheno state's richest

10 May 12 | WITH more than $3000 in prizemoney spread over two days of racing, the East Coast Cycle Weekend is the richest event on the 2012 Cycling Tasmania Road Calendar.

Sport - Cycling

Calls for Ferrari expulsion

09 May 12 | MELBOURNE _ Rival cyclists want Italian Roberto Ferrari thrown off the Giro d'Italia after he caused a massive crash at the end of stage three yesterday.

Sport - Cycling

Christmas comes early for Goss and GreenEDGE

09 May 12 | MATT Goss's team owner has revealed the conversation that helped the Launceston rider finally shake-off his bridesmaid tag with a dramatic win in the Giro d'Italia.

Sport - Cycling

Burnie riders on podium

09 May 12 | THE City of Burnie Cycling Club and SERS Sheetmetal and Roofing Services hosted the 81st running of the Burnie 80cycle race at Stowport on Saturday.

Sport - Cycling

Goss wins Giro d'Italia stage

08 May 12 | Launceston cyclist Matt Goss has taken out an incident-packed third stage of the Giro d'Italia. |

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Sport - Cycling

Goss ready to shed bridesmaid tag

08 May 12 | LAUNCESTON cyclist Matt Goss is confident he can shed his bridesmaid tag during this month's Giro d'Italia after picking up another runner-up finish in the Grand Tour's first road stage.

Sport - Cycling

Goss key for GreenEDGE

02 May 12 | LAUNCESTON sprinter Matt Goss will hold the key when Australia's new pro cycling team makes its grand tour debut this weekend fresh from securing its future with a multi-million dollar deal.

Sport - Cycling

Earle claims second stage win in Borneo

02 May 12 | TASMANIAN cyclist Nathan Earle has claimed his second stage victory of the Tour of Borneo.

Sport - Cycling

Stowport to provide tough terrain for cyclists' road race

02 May 12 | JUNIOR cyclists will test themselves over a tough road course on Saturday as part of the SERS Sheetmetal and Roofing Burnie 80.

Sport - Cycling

No crash pain for sprint king Goss

01 May 12 | A crash at the end of the Tour of Turkey couldn't prevent Matt Goss claiming the event's sprinter's jersey.

Sport - Cycling

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