Historic day for US ProTeam It’s been at times a frustrating year for Thor Hushovd, but the momentum which started with his stage win in the Tour de Suisse continued today when the big world champion helped power his Garmin-Cervélo [...]
RadioShack's Robbie Hunter started the Tour of Austria off perfectly for the American team by sprinting to victory in the race's opening stage. The South African powered to the finish line in Götzis ahead of Team Sky's Christopher Sutton and [...]
Cadel Evans misses race lead by agonising single second as Argyle team takes its first ever Tour stageThor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo) has exchanged his rainbow jersey for the yellow one after the American team took a close victory in the team [...]
Dutch champion takes her second stage and a huge lead after hilly stage across Marche hinterland Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) seized back the race lead in the Giro d’Italia Femminile, with an emphatic victory in the third stage between Potenza [...]
American rider believes collective strength is a major advantageMany are tipping Garmin-Cervélo, Team Sky and HTC Highroad for today’s team time trial, but another squad which will be in the hunt for a stage win and the yellow jersey is [...]
Spaniard gets backing of UCI ProTeamAlthough he was frustrated in his stated goal of aiming for the opening stage of the Tour de France, Fran Ventoso has reason to celebrate with the announcement of an extension to his contract with [...]
White jersey for Geraint Thomas while the British team's key riders avoid losses as crashes split the raceTeam Sky enjoyed a relatively fortunate day in the first stage of the Tour de France. The crashes that split the peloton to [...]
Lieuwe Westra in the race’s first breakaway but five riders brought down in crashesVacansoleil-DCM had something of a mixed day as it made its debut in the Tour de France. The Dutch team managed to get one of its aggressive [...]
A bad team time trial could make things complicatedAlberto Contador, the number one favorite for the 2011 Tour de France, lost 1 minute and 20 seconds on the race's opening stage today, conceding more than twice his margin of victory [...]
Australian's strong on uphill finish to end the first day in second place overallCadel Evans has had his share of bad luck in the Tour de France in the past, but has nothing to complain about after day one in [...]
Tour favourite caught behind big crash as stage one splits to piecesIn the confusion of the crash-strewn finish to the first stage of the Tour de France, it was tough to work out exactly who had lost time to whom, [...]
Belgian drops two colors off his driekleur jersey to take first-ever yellow for himPhilippe Gilbert once again withstood the pre-race favorite pressure to take a commanding stage-on win in the 98th Tour de France. On the uphill finish, the Belgian [...]
Crashes late in the stage see many race favourites lose timePhilippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) seized the stage win and the first yellow of the 2011 Tour de France at the top of the Mont des Alouettes, in a result that [...]
Saxo Bank-SunGard director says a Contador stage win is out of the questionDespite his team captain Alberto Contador being the outstanding favourite for the overall Tour de France title, and the uphill nature of stage one’s finish suiting many of [...]
Schleck brothers chasing Tour glory“First of all we are not here to beat Alberto [Contador], we are here to win the Tour de France.” Those were words spoken by Leopard Trek team co-leader Frank Schleck at the pre race press [...]
Young Australian believes he’s on the perfect team for his developmentTimothy Roe’s best finish so far in his debut professional season is tenth in the Australian Road Race Championships. Apart from that he’s had to spend his time during races [...]
RadioShack rider to shift focus to the VueltaRobbie Hunter missed out on an opportunity to start his ninth Tour de France when he was not selected for the race by his team, RadioShack. The South African was signed to the [...]
Spaniard targeting win on stage oneFrancisco Ventoso (Movistar) has announced his intentions of winning stage one when the Tour de France gets underway in Vendée today. In doing so, the Spaniard could join an elite club of professional cyclists who’ve [...]
