Lance Armstrong has openly admitted using performance-enhancing drugs in his seven Tour de France wins.

Watch as disgraced cyclist Armstrong loses himself in his host's deep, trusting eyes, writes Toby Manhire. Watch as the tears roll authentically down his contrite face.

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong is on a contrition tour every bit as emotionally gruelling as the seven he won in France.

I had intended to avoid the subject of Lance Armstrong in this column, writes Dana Johannsen. But, like most of us, I've been sucked into the hype generated by the Oprah machine.

A study for Auckland Transport has calculated the "social cost" of cycle crashes for the region's biking routes.

Julian Dean's final race as a professional was always going to be an emotional event for him - and for another rider, too.

He has been shot at, headbutted at high speed and his injuryography would read like a double-album of smash hits - but that hasn't stopped Julian Dean from having a blast these past 17 years.

It won't be a stylish honeymoon, but Kat and Steve Turner hope to be sweet upon the seat of a bicycle made for two - for 38,000 kilometres.