2006 U23 Paris-Roubaix winner stays with Pro Continental teamTom Veelers has signed a two-year extension with the Skil-Shimano team that will see the rider continue with the team through 2012. He rode well during the spring Classics, opening up the [...]
Top French rider from last year's Tour bound for American teamChristphe Le Mével is bound for the American Garmin-Transitions team for 2011, according to l’Equipe. The French rider is coming to the end of a two-year stint at Française des [...]
Former white jersey winner to target the Vuelta a España insteadTeam Katusha co-leader Vladimir Karpets has not been flying thus far in this year’s Tour, the reason for which became apparent yesterday afternoon when he had a scan on a [...]
Former Tour winner looks to be on track for a solid rideCarlos Sastre (Cervélo TestTeam) has ridden anonymously thus far in this year's Tour de France, but for the 2008 champion no news is good news with the race's foray [...]
Rainbow jersey has a shot at yellow for the first time since Greg LeMond in 1990World champion Cadel Evans went into the first rest day of the Tour de France having earned the coveted maillot jaune for the second time [...]
Danish team secure for another two years but may still lose the SchlecksTeam Saxo Bank owner Bjarne Riis confirmed that his team’s future is assured for another two years in a Tour de France press conference, according to feltet.dk. The [...]
Gains made yesterday strike the right balanceSitting second overall, just 20 seconds off the yellow jersey of Cadel Evans, Team Saxo Bank rider Andy Schleck is quietly confident about his chances of becoming the first Luxembourg winner of the Tour [...]
Chris Horner had one of the most disappointing days of his career yesterday, the Team RadioShack rider being visibly shaken after what was a torrid day for the American squad. The 38 year old spent much of the stage with [...]
Perennial top French Tour finisher now feels it's time to finishChristophe Moreau of Caisse d’Epargne has announced his intention to retire at the end of the current season, according to l’Equipe. The 39-year-old Frenchman, who has been a professional since [...]
Plays down 2010 Tour expectations but says fellow Welshman has very good potentialWhile Geraint Thomas didn’t succeed in his goal of taking the yellow jersey on Saturday’s lumpy stage of the Tour de France, the 24 year old has received [...]
Australian becomes the latest casualty of crash-ridden first weekSimon Gerrans of Team Sky is to become the latest rider to abandon the 2010 Tour de France, having sustained a broken arm in a crash during yesterday’s stage between Station des [...]
RadioShack forced to change their approach after Armstrong's unprecedented bad dayTeam RadioShack still has a card to play following the eighth stage of the Tour de France, where its leader Lance Armstrong hemorrhaged time on the way to Morzine after [...]
Evans back in yellow for the first time since 2008 and first World Champion to wear Yellow since Boonen in 2006After a solid ride to finish in the group of favorites 10 seconds behind the hard charging duo of Andy [...]
Battered Riccardo Ricco finishes race after breaking nose and receiving 12 stitches to his knee following crash in penultimate day time trial The final stage of the 2010 Tour of Austria finished in a bunch gallop after a 123 kilometer [...]
27-year-old sitting in strong position 4th overall, but struggling for respect amongst the race's veteransOmega Pharma's 27-year-old Tour de France general classification hope, Jurgen Van Den Broeck, rode capably to place himself comfortably in the middle of the group of [...]
Double stage winner sets his sights on third stage winSylvain Chavanel's second stage win at this year's Tour de France also earned him a triumphant second day in the Maillot Jaune. Chavanel's mighty solo effort to take the win atop [...]
US sprinter closes race as teammate becomes first American to win Italian tourShelley Evans (Unites States) won the final stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile between the Monza Motor Racing Circuit and the town of Monza itself in a bunch [...]
Luxemburger's late attack on the road to Avoriaz takes stage win and initiative in the race to ParisAndy Schleck (Saxo Bank) won the eighth stage of the Tour de France between Station des Rousses and Morzine-Avoriaz on the first true [...]
