UCI showing no favorable treatment to Armstrong or BruyneelThe International Cycling Union (UCI) announced today that it will go forward with disciplinary proceedings against the American RadioShack team for breaching the regulations governing riders’ clothing during the final stage of [...]
Unexpected end to a storied Tour de France careerThe RadioShack team came into the Tour de France with the intention of helping seven-time winner Lance Armstrong to his eighth Tour crown, but instead the American icon had to settle for [...]
Tour winner takes his position as World number oneHaving just won the Tour de France, the biggest race of the UCI’s World Calendar, it’s hardly surprising that Alberto Contador (Astana) has leapt to the top of the World Rankings. “El [...]
Seven-time winner felt a duty to finish despite bad luck and poor formLance Armstrong’s final appearance as a rider in the Tour de France didn’t go quite as he wanted, or expected, to say the least. Despite an illness and [...]
Irishman has mixed feelings about second TourIreland’s Nicolas Roche has expressed his satisfaction with his 15th overall in the Tour de France, although he admits to having ‘nightmares’ about the thoughts of what might have been. The 26 year old [...]
Fellow Spaniard hails Astana rider’s ability2008 Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre has said that he believes Alberto Contador will dominate the sport in the years to come, suggesting that he could even beat the seven Tour wins clocked up [...]
Race winner takes his yellow jersey home to SpainHundreds of fans greeted Tour de France winner Alberto Contador as he arrived at Madrid airport this afternoon. The 27-year-old then travelled into the capital to meet with Esperanza Aguirre, the President [...]
The "true" story behind the events of this year's Tour de France197 riders, 3642km, hills, cobbles, mountains and time trials. VeloNation takes a sideways, stage-by-stage look at what really happened in this year’s Tour de France. Prologue: Rotterdam, 8.9km Don’t [...]
Disappointed Briton modifies season programmeTeam Sky captain Bradley Wiggins has decided to shorten his season after what was a disappointing Tour de France campaign for him, and will pass over the chance to go for world championship and Commonwealth Games [...]
Manx Missile fires again on Champs-Elysées ahead of Astana rider's overall victoryMark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the twentieth, and final, stage of the Tour de France between Longjumeau and Paris Champs-Elysées to take his fifth stage of the race this year. [...]
Two Tour de France success stories set their sights on the Tour of SpainFollowing hugely successful Tours de France by two very different riders, it looks likely that both Mark Cavendish and Denis Menchov will be headed to the Vuelta [...]
Alberto Contador's team are top earners, Footon-Servetto lowestUnsurprisingly, the team of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, Astana, finished the Tour de France as the highest earning team in the 2010 Grand Boucle. The largest chunk of the money was [...]
Menchov third, Gesink sixthWith Denis Menchov set to take third overall and Robert Gesink finishing in sixth, their team celebrated the achievement with some champagne on Saturday night. "We deserved it, because this was a very good day and Tour,” [...]
Dutch rider solos to victory in last stage as Russian secures victoryIris Slappendel (Cervélo TestTeam) won the sixth and final stage of the Thuringen Rundfahrt, the Rund um Zeulenroda, after attacking the breakway with 20km to go. Trixi Worrack (Noris [...]
Petacchi follows in the footsteps of Franco Bitossi....42 years later.Alessandro Petacchi finally accomplished the trifecta of points jerseys at all three Grand Tours with his 2nd place on the Champs Elysees today. Coming in second behind Cavendish was more than [...]
Will concentrate on shorter stage races after disappointing TourMichael Rogers has given up any ambition of winning the Tour de France, with the Australian believing that he no longer has the ability to challenge for three week races. The HTC [...]
Race officials rule that RadioShack team cannot race Tour's final stage in special "cancer awareness" jersey In an incident that almost seemed to sum up Lance Armstrong’s 2010 Tour de France, the RadioShack team was prevented from wearing a special [...]
27-year-old Van den Broeck first since Criquielion in 1986 to finish in the top fiveWith 27-year-old Jurgen Van den Broeck's 5th place overall finish in Paris, 6 minutes and 54 seconds behind three-time winner Alberto Contador, he became the first [...]
