Third overall continues upwards trend heading towards Vuelta Carlos Sastre has had a quiet season today date with his Geox TMC team but his form appears finally to be on the up after a strong display in the Tour of [...]
RadioShack leader plans to continue in race Team RadioShack’s one remaining leader is having a less-than-ideal run-up to the Pyrenees, with Andreas Klöden suffering a back injury during yesterday’s ninth stage of the Tour de France. The German rider was [...]
Successful operation for Astana leader The first rest day of this year’s Tour will be used by the riders to recover from what has been a particularly tough opening week, with crashes, bashes, cuts and bruises added to the usual [...]
Fractured femur for Vino, team pledges to fight onConfirming that this is indeed his final Tour de France and that his crash won’t cause a change of mind, Alexandre Vinokourov has said that he is saddened to bid farewell to [...]
Dutch phenomenon becomes first Netherlands rider to take women’s Corsa RosaMarianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) confirmed her overall victory in the Giro d’Italia Femminile with third place in the 16.2km final stage time trial in San Francesco al Campo, just north [...]
No comment for now from teams, Hoogerland gives his reactionHaving considered the serious incident involving a France Television 2/3 car plus Johnny Hoogerland and Juan Antonio Flecha, the expected decision has been taken to exclude the vehicle and its driver [...]
Defending champion hopes to recover over the rest dayAlberto Contador crashed in today's stage nine of the Tour de France to Saint Flour, his third fall in this year's race. The Spaniard is starting to feel the effects of it, [...]
Crashes and incidents strike the peloton again as more favourites knocked outLuis León Sanchez (Rabobank) won the ninth stage of the Tour de France between Issoire and Saint-Flour, at the end of a long breakaway. The Spanish time trial champion [...]
Riders clipped by overtaking vehicle at Tour de FranceOn a day when big name riders such as Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana), Jurgen Van den Broeck (Omega Pharma Lotto) and Dave Zabriskie went out of the Tour de France due to crashes, [...]
Kessiakoff's biggest success in his careerDaniele Bennati (Leopard Trek) sprinted to victory in front of the famous Vienna Burgtheater on the eighth and final stage of the Tour of Austria. The Italian was a clear winner over Martin Velits and [...]
Accidents continue to thin out list of overall contendersWhat appears to be one of the most dangerous Tours in years has seen more big names abandon from the race, with Astana leader Alexandre Vinokourov, Omega Pharma Lotto captain Jurgen Van [...]
German hangs in well with the favoritesTony Martin of the HTC Highroad team currently lies in seventh place overall in the Tour de France, just 13 seconds off Thor Hushovd's yellow jersey. The German has a top ten goal and [...]
Movistar rider takes biggest ever win after “unfair” doping banRui Costa (Movistar) marked his return from what he felt was an unfair doping ban in style, taking the eighth stage of the Tour de France at Super-Besse, as it headed [...]
Kessiakoff remains firmly in overall lead with one day to goBert Grabsch powered to a clear time time trial victory on the pancake flat 30-kilometer course in the seventh stage of the Tour of Austria. The German was 22 seconds [...]
Team gives contract to espoir Paris-Roubaix winnerThe Skil-Shimano cycling team has confirmed that Kenny van Hummel will leave the team at the end of the season. The Dutch team will not offer the sprinter a new contract when his current [...]
Key names have difficult moments in first weekIt’s often said the Tour de France can’t be won in the first week but the race can be lost. That has possibly rung true for a number of favourites this year with [...]
Rider faces long road back due to cognitive defectsThree weeks and two days after his serious crash at the Tour de Suisse, Team Movistar rider Mauricio Soler has been transferred from Switzerland to the Clínica Universitaria de Navarra in Pamplona, [...]
Australian learning from Freire and BosMichael Matthews won the World Under 23 Road Race Championships in October last year, ahead of John Degenkolb and Taylor Phinney. Matthews has managed to successfully carry that form into his debut year in the [...]
