Frank Vandenbroucke lived in a world of excesses, which was fitting for cycling's go-go doping era of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Giro d'Italia climber's jersey turns blue; Simon a punchy French hope; Freire believes he can win another world championship

A French court of appeals has upheld the prison sentence of Bernard Sainz – also known as "Dr. Mabuse" – following his 2008 conviction on charges related to doping athletes in the late 1990s.

The three Senegalese citizens suspected of stealing from Belgian cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke, found dead in a hotel room in October, were acquitted Tuesday in a court in the west of the country.