Samantha Lane

Samantha Lane is a sports writer with The Age's sports section. She joined The Sunday Age's sports team in 2005, where she specialised in the coverage of Australian Rules football, before joining the daily Age in 2007. She has a wealth of multi-media broadcasting experience since starting her journalism career in 2002 at www.afl.com.au. She is also a panellist on Network Ten's Before the Game. Samantha covered the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympics and will be reporting extensively on the 2012 London Olympics.

Cycling

Teen ace takes patient path

Samantha Lane Teenage sprint sensation Caleb Ewan becomes the youngest winner of the Bay Cycling Classic, but the aspiring professional is content to sit out this year's Tour Down Under provided he is considered...

Cycling

Tour feels the heat

Samantha Lane Forecast for hot weather moves organisers to start a 108-strong peloton on a 148-kilometre journey two hours earlier than originally scheduled.

Cycling

Durbridge packs a punch in a bunch

Samantha Lane MORE accustomed to beating a clock than a bunch, national time-trial champion Luke Durbridge excelled in the unfamiliar territory, giving the men's Orica GreenEDGE team its first Bay Cycling Classic...

Cycling

Durbridge gets home

Samantha Lane Men's Orica-GreenEDGE team records its first Bay Cycling Classic stage victory.

Cycling

Sprinter Ewan impresses again

Samantha Lane In the same place, at the same time, Caleb Ewan did precisely what he did 12 months ago.

Cycling

Stage win just what the doctor ordered to advance career

Samantha Lane A DOCTOR pursuing a lifelong dream to cycle professionally made the perfect start to the year by upstaging more experienced rivals to win the opening race of the year.

Cycling

Doctor has the perfect remedy: win

Samantha Lane Kimberley Wells made the perfect start to 2013 by upstaging more experienced rivals.

Cycling

Howard revving up inner mongrel

Samantha Lane On the eve of the Bay Cycling Classic, Leigh Howard says it's all about intent.

Cycling

Women secure prize equality

Samantha Lane Equal prize money to be awarded to male and female world champions from next year.

Cycling

Australians fume at UK bike secrecy

Samantha Lane Australia's high-performance boss has accused Britain's cycling team of breaking rules.

Cycling

Academy to help budding professionals

Samantha Lane Cycling Australia is creating a new academy to grooming budding road professionals.

Cycling

Women mad for madison

Samantha Lane Australian women will race for what would be a landmark national madison title.

Cycling

Ryan bags footy codes over drugs

Samantha Lane Owner of Australia's Orica-GreenEDGE team says the sport does more than most to eradicate doping.

O'Grady to be quizzed

Samantha Lane Stuart O'Grady faces more questioning as part of government body's investigation into doping in cycling.

Cycling

Cycling is cleaner than AFL, NRL - Ryan

Samantha Lane IN AN impassioned defence of cycling - still grappling with the crisis of Lance Armstrong's lifetime ban - the owner of Australia's Orica-GreenEDGE team, Gerry Ryan, says the sport does more than...