Ji Cheng’s tenth professional season might well be his last, as the first ever Chinese cyclist to start and complete a Grand Tour has retirement in sight at the age of 29, with a possible future in ...

Team Giant-Shimano rider Ji is not unfamiliar with breaking new ground, having become the first man from his country to start in a Grand Tour, taking part in the Vuelta a España in 2012. He also rode ...

Cheng Ji (Giant-Shimano) made it to the finish of the first Alpine stage of the Tour de France just behind the gruppetto after again helping his teammates Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb during the ...

MOLA DI BARI, Italy (AP) -- The first Chinese rider to enter the Giro d'Italia, Ji Cheng, has withdrawn before the start of the sixth stage because of a fever. MOLA DI BARI, Italy (AP) -- The first ...

He's one of the attractions of this Tour de France as the first Chinese to take part in the race. And Cheng Ji is well aware that he is both a pioneer and a symbol for a country that might well become ...

PARIS -- Cheng Ji will become the first Chinese rider to race in the Tour de France when he lines up for Team Giant-Shimano at the start July 5 in Leeds, England. Cheng was included Wednesday on the ...