Tour de France hopeful coming good at the right timeThe questions were plentiful following an up and down first part of the season for Denis Menchov. After a volatile opening to the season, a third place overall at the Tour [...]
Young Dane hoping for head start on climb to RisoulLess than two weeks ago, Anders Lund was still racing the Giro d'Italia. 11 days after the finish of the Giro, where he finished 64th overall, Saxo Bank's Anders Lund is [...]
Three riders meet their Dauphine demise on WednesdayWednesday's Stage 3 time trial at the Criterium du Dauphine turned out to be the end of the road for the week for three riders: Caisse d'Epargne's Mauricio Soler, Omega Pharma's Jean-Christophe Peraud, [...]
Tour favourite didn't find uneven Dauphiné roads to his liking, but is he playing possum?Having won the Critérium du Dauphiné prologue on Sunday Alberto Contador (Astana) went into today’s 49km as one of the hot favourites. The fact that he [...]
Russian team wants top GC riderAs a Russian team with a Russian set of sponsors, Denis Menchov has long been a logical target for the Katusha squad. It wants to win the Tour de France with a rider from that [...]
Spaniard has shown consistently good TT abilitiesAlberto Contador will today start last in the Criterium du Dauphiné time trial, clad in the yellow jersey of race leader and having an opportunity to further extend his advantage. The Team Astana rider [...]
Ruptured tendon in left knee repairedCervélo TestTeam Marcel Wyss had successful surgery today on a ruptured the patellar tendon in his left knee as a result of a crash last Sunday in the GP Gippingen. He was planning to ride [...]
Team confirms the Manx Missile is ready to fireHTC-Columbia is heading to the Tour de Suisse in Lugano, Switzerland this weekend hunting for stage wins in the nine-day race. Last year the overall classification was won by Saxo Bank's Fabian [...]
Slovenian champion flies round rolling course to seize yellow jerseyJanez Brajkovic (RadioShack) shrugged off a mid-course bike change to win the stage 3 time trial of the Criterium du Dauphiné between Monteaux and Sorgues. In windy conditions, the Slovenian champion [...]
German team releases initial selection with nine riders fighting for three remaining placesThe Milram team has released the list of 15 riders, from which its final Tour de France roster of 9 will be drawn. Of those 15, the team [...]
Former professional cleared of any wrongdoingFormer World champion Mario Cipollini has been acquitted of tax evasion charges by the Court of Appeals in Florence, Italy. The flamboyant Italian was sentenced to 22 months in prison by the court in his [...]
Saxo Bank rider recovered from near-fatal motorbike accidentNine months after suffering a near-fatal motorbike accident, Saxo Bank rider Jonny Bellis will resume racing this month when he competes in the British National Road Race championships in Pendle on June 27. [...]
Not much hope for a ride in the Tour de FranceHTC-Columbia sprinter Peter Velits crashed and broke his collarbone in the finale of the Critérium du Dauphiné's second stage today in Bourg-Saint-Andeol. The 25 year old Slovakian was second place [...]
Dutch champion outclasses breakaway companions in Spanish raceMarianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) won the 9th edition of the Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, in Durango, near Bilbao in the northwest Basque region of Spain. The Dutch champion easily outsprinted the other three members [...]
Young OmegaPharma-Lotto rider looking forward to riding the sport's biggest raceJurgen Roelandts (OmegaPharma-Lotto) is riding this week’s Critérium du Dauphiné to prepare himself for his first ever ride in the Tour de France. The 24-year-old Belgian is looking forward to [...]
Argentinian sprinter wins second stage by comfortable margin after breakaway caught close to the finishJuan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) put the disappointment of being delayed behind yesterday’s crashes to win the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné between Anonnay [...]
Dutch team loses two riders in crash ridden first stageCrashes in the closing kilometers of yesterday’s first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné cost Rabobank two of its riders. The most serious was Paul Martens who came down in a [...]
Welshman remains fourth overall after another good dayTeam Sky rider Geraint Thomas has impressed greatly with a second strong performance in the Criterium du Dauphiné. The 24 year old Welshman sprinted into Saint-Laurent-du-Pont in third place yesterday, crossing the line [...]
