Dutch star to keep fighting for successRobert Gesink says he won’t quit the Tour de France and will keep fighting, despite enduring a crash-filled first week while also seeing his overall victory hopes dashed on the Col Du Tourmalet. Up [...]
Young Aussie hopes to bounce back stronger than ever Travis Meyer (Garmin–Cervélo) has undergone successful surgery on his leg that has stopped him from riding comfortably at a professional level this season. The Australian has had problems with an artery [...]
Spaniard to return to the peloton in January 2012Quick Step team manager Patrick Lefevere has stated his interest in Alejandro Valverde, wanting to sign the rider when he is eligible to return to racing next year. The Spaniard is currently [...]
Belgian Champion talks of late attack on stage 13Philippe Gilbert has made his intentions clear for the remainder of the Tour de France, and that’s to win the green points jersey. The Belgian champion is currently ninth overall in the [...]
Believes Samuez Sanchez and Ivan Basso are both improving as Tour goes onThird overall in the second half of the Tour de France and to the fore of the GC contenders, Cadel Evans knows that he could take the yellow [...]
FDJ’s breakaway star reflects on being denied a stage victory inside the final three kilometresThree kilometres from the finish of stage thirteen of the Tour de France in Lourdes, Jérémy Roy (FDJ) was heading for a glorious stage win. Less [...]
Spaniard triumphed on Plateau de Beille in 2007 Alberto Contador has said that his rivals Frank and Andy Schleck must ride aggressively in tomorrow’s Plateau de Beille mountain stage of the Tour de France, stating that the onus is on [...]
World champion catches Jérémy Roy after the descent of the Col d’Aubisque as the peloton takes the day offThor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo) took the ninth, and probably biggest, Tour de France stage victory of his career, across the Col d’Aubisque to [...]
Bruyneel speaks of team’s bad luckHaving already lost Janez Brajkovic and Chris Horner due to crashes in the opening week of the race, and seen Levi Leipheimer lose time to another fall, the RadioShack team was hit by a further [...]
Omega Pharma-Lotto domestique re-evaluates his own expectations but knows his job for the rest of the raceJelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) was as surprised as anybody to be battling for the stage win on Luz-Ardiden with Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) yesterday. The [...]
Quick Step rider’s broken wrist from stage five confirmed after x-rays in PauQuick Step’s Gert Steegmans has been forced to abandon the Tour de France, on the morning before the thirteenth stage, due to a broken scaphoid bone in his [...]
Irishman philosophical about losing time on first mountain stageHaving targeted a top ten overall finish in Paris, Irish pro Nicolas Roche continued his move up the general classification yesterday when he went from thirteenth to tenth overall in the Tour [...]
Welsh rider awarded combativity prize for his break over the TourmaletTeam Sky’s Geraint Thomas was awarded the prix de la combativité at the end of the twelfth stage of the Tour de France, thanks to the part he played in [...]
Thomas Voeckler clings on to Bastille Day yellow as the Schleck brothers lay down the lawSamuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) took a lone victory at the top of Luz-Ardiden to claim the twelfth stage of the Tour de France. The Olympic champion [...]
Klöden crashes again, RadioShack leader under pressureHe came into the race with high hopes of a podium place, but Robert Gesink’s battered body saw him lose pace with the Tour de France favourites on the slopes of the Tourmalet. The [...]
Boasson Hagen pledges his supportWith Bradley Wiggins out of the race, the Sky Procycling team will instead put its full backing behind Rigoberto Uran in the mountains of the Tour de France. The Colombian rider started today’s stage 36th overall, [...]
Frenchman believes Taaramäe can win the white jerseyDavid Moncoutié (Cofidis) has returned to the Tour de France after a two-year absence, ready to tackle the mountains. The Frenchman, who has won the mountains classification jersey in the Vuelta a España [...]
Tour de France champion confident his knee has recoveredToday marks a pivotal point in the Tour de France as the race encounters its first mountain stage. The race favourites will have three ascents where vigilance will be needed, as attacks [...]
