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 [...]
Second Grand Tour of 2010 loomsThe quest for the elusive Giro/Tour Double doesn't allow much time between victory at the Giro and the start of an earnest look at the Tour de France. Ivan Basso began his bid for the [...]
Italian rider undergoes major surgery after last week’s training crashItalian cyclist Marina Romoli underwent an operation on her spine lasting more than 7 hours at the San Rafaelle Hospital in Milano, Italy. The operation was reportedly a complete success and [...]
Takes unexpected fourth in GP Canton d’ArgovieNicolas Roche earned himself plenty of new fans during last year’s Tour de France, riding aggressively in his debut in the race and netting stage placings of second, fourth, eighth, eighth and tenth on [...]
Bronchitis interfered with buildupRabobank team leader Denis Menchov had a quiet enough prologue yesterday in the Criterium du Dauphiné, finishing 24 seconds behind the winner Alberto Contador (Astana) in placing 35th. The Russian has had a complicated spring; he got [...]
Says repeat victory will be difficultFabian Cancellara put in a fairly quiet race at the Tour of California last month. The 2010 winner of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix took a well-earned break following his success and used California [...]
No cause for concern given by team...Following several reports that 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre would take part in this year's edition of the race, Cervélo TestTeam has released a statement today to clarify that his participation is [...]
Another valuable lieutenant for Armstrong injured in crashTeam RadioShack’s Haimar Zubeldia was caught up in a massive crash near the end of today's stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné. The team is reporting that Zubeldia has suffered a distal radius [...]
Hard work in mid stage came to nothing for Danish team as both sprinters delayedA crash in the final 20km of today’s first stage of the Criterium du Dauphiné ended the chances of Saxo Bank’s sprinters, with Baden Cooke being [...]
Lampre's Slovenian sprinter takes stage as peloton chases down late breakGrega Bole (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné between Evian-les-Bains and St Laurent du Pont in a bunch sprint. He outsprinted Peter Velits (HTC-Columbia) and [...]
Set to return after breaking collarboneCervélo TestTeam's Thor Hushovd will be making his return to the peloton for the Tour de Suisse on June 12th in Lugano. The Norwegian broke his collarbone while out training in Italy last month after [...]
Will return to France following a difficult Giro d'ItaliaCervélo Test team has confirmed that Carlos Sastre will be at the start of the Tour de France in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on July 3rd. For months there has been much speculation [...]
Dutch team wants former Belgian champion for a bigger 2011Vacansoleil is the latest team to enter the battle for the signature of Quick Step’s two-time Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Stijn Devolder. The Dutch team claims to be in advanced talks [...]
