Tour de France: Battle for green intensifies as Alessandro Petacchi snatches it back

With the yellow jersey down to a two-horse race the sprinters keep things interestingWith the contenders for the yellow jersey observing something of a truce on the flat stages between the Alps and Pyrénées, the battle between the sprinters comes [...]

2010-07-15T00:00:00+00:00July 15th, 2010|

Tour de France: Mark Renshaw ejected from race on heels of Cavendish victory

Cavendish loses his trusty leadout man as he surpasses sprinting legendsHTC-Columbia sprinter Mark Cavendish has suffered a huge loss despite his stage eleven victory today, as leadout man Mark Renshaw was disqualified from the Tour de France for actions in [...]

2010-07-15T00:00:00+00:00July 15th, 2010|

Tour de France: Fränk Schleck angry and frustrated with ASO route choices

Says spectacle at the cost of rider safety is unacceptableTeam Saxo Bank leader Fränk Schleck has lashed out at the organizers of the Tour de France, Amaury Sports Organization [ASO], for trying to sensationalize their race by adding some cobblestone [...]

2010-07-15T00:00:00+00:00July 15th, 2010|

Boonen has knee operation, faces a lengthy break from competition

Quick Step competitor can’t train for at least three weeks, worlds chances could be affectedBelgian rider Tom Boonen faces a further delay in his return to racing after having been forced to undergo an operation this morning. The surgery was [...]

2010-07-15T00:00:00+00:00July 15th, 2010|

Tour de France: Bjarne Riis's Saxo Bank troops try to exploit crosswinds

Effort proves ultimately fruitless, but shows that no stage is without its opportunities for Grand Tour hopefulsAhead of Thursday's Stage 11, Saxo Bank team manager, Bjarne Riis, had expressed hope that his team would get an easier day en route [...]

2010-07-15T00:00:00+00:00July 15th, 2010|

Tour de France: Hat trick for Cavendish as sprinters make their return

Manx Missile fires another winning shot to the lineMark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the eleventh stage of the Tour de France between Sisteron and Bourg-lès-Valance in a fast bunch sprint. The Manx Missile took his third victory in this year’s race [...]

2010-07-15T00:00:00+00:00July 15th, 2010|

Tour de France: Even the team wasn’t told about Cadel Evans’ fractured arm, says Karsten Kroon

World champion's injury kept from his teammates to stop the word from spreadingWhen Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) started stage 9 between Morzine-Avoriaz and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, his one and only day in yellow in this year’s Tour, he did so with a [...]

2010-07-15T00:00:00+00:00July 15th, 2010|

Tour de France: disappointment for Garmin Transitions as Hunter is forced out

Fractured elbow proves to be too much to handleThe battle-scarred Garmin Transitions team today lost one of its key riders from the Tour de France, with South African sprinter Robbie Hunter being forced to pull out due to a cracked [...]

2010-07-15T00:00:00+00:00July 15th, 2010|

Tour de France: Pineau battles on in hunt for mountains jersey

Two way battle with Charteau keeps French happyFrench riders missed out on the chance to take a fourth stage victory on Bastille Day, but Jérôme Pineau nevertheless ensured that the home nation had a good representation on the stage-end podium [...]

2010-07-15T00:00:00+00:00July 15th, 2010|

BMC signs top Belgian climbing talent Yannick Eijssen

Ronde de l'Isard winner opts for Rihs's team over three other ProTour possibilitiesPreviously, it was presented as a possibility that both Cofidis's Amael Moinard and Omega Pharma's Greg Van Avermaet could move to Andy Rihs's BMC Racing Team in 2011, [...]

2010-07-15T00:00:00+00:00July 15th, 2010|

Tour de France: Aerts and Devenyns cannot pull off Belgian stage win in Gap

Attacks come too early from the Belgian ridersMario Aerts and Dries Devenyns were the two Belgians in the six-man break that dominated today's stage 10 of the Tour de France between Chambéry and Gap. But neither could prevent the victory [...]

2010-07-14T00:00:00+00:00July 14th, 2010|

Tour de France: Sergio Paulinho spoils France’s Bastille Day fireworks as the big boys take a day off

Portuguese rider wins on France's national holiday to salvage RadioShack's miserable Tour so farSergio Paulinho (RadioShack) provided a bright spot in an otherwise miserable Tour for his team so far by winning the tenth stage of the Tour de France [...]

2010-07-14T00:00:00+00:00July 14th, 2010|

Kohl’s former manager due in court next month on doping charges

Faces a possible three year prison sentence if convictedStefan Matschiner, the Austrian who helped several top riders and athletes dope, will appear in court on August 12th to answer charges relating to the practice. The former business manager of Bernhard [...]

2010-07-14T00:00:00+00:00July 14th, 2010|

Tour de France: Jurgen Van Den Broeck battles through a difficult day

Young Belgian sits in 5th overall as race heads out of the AlpsAfter quietly ascending the general classification standings to a surprising 4th place overall heading into the first rest day of the 2010 Tour de France, Jurgen Van Den [...]

2010-07-14T00:00:00+00:00July 14th, 2010|
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