Tag: cycling
Bike race under ‘thumbtack attack’
Police in Oppland were investigating what they called sabotage against a major highway cycling race on Saturday, after large amounts of thumbtacks were found...
‘Tour of Norway’ cycling race caused traffic chaos
Norwegian cycling star Edvald Boasson Hagen won the weekend's cycling race "Tour of Norway" (Glava Tour) but that didn't cheer motorists who got stranded...
Heiberg ‘disgusted’ with Armstrong
Gerhard Heiberg, the Norwegian business and sports leader who's a longtime member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), says he's "disgusted" by the doping...
Hushovd cuts off former chief
Norway's best-known cyclist, Thor Hushovd, told reporters Wednesday that he doesn't think he wants to have any more contact with the man who's been...
Doping hits Norwegian cycling
Norwegian cycling has been on a roll lately, but the sport careened into the gutter on Tuesday when the sports chief of Norway's own...
Cyclist’s sport on a roll
Norwegian cycling star Edvald Boasson Hagen has won another major victory, and commentators claim it shows how Norwegian cycling in general is on a...
Cyclist proud of Norway’s first medal
Alexander Kristoff surprised his fellow Norwegians by being the first on the country's Olympic team to win a medal at the summer games that...
Cyclist sets sights on Rio, not London
UPDATED: Norway's star cyclist Thor Hushovd has had to accept that a mysterious virus has ruined his chances of competing in the upcoming Olympics....
Thor forced to give up the Tour
Headline writers have had fun for years writing "Thor de France," when reporting on the success of Norwegian cyclist Thor Hushovd at the world's...
Home-town hero wins big bike race
Edvald Boasson Hagen was the Norwegians' favourite in this year's Glava Tour of Norway bicycle race, and he didn't disappoint. Now he's gearing up...
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