Yesterday's performance has American team positioned wellAfter getting off to a rough start in the Tour de France’s opening week, the Garmin-Cervelo GC hopes have rebounded in the Alps, with strong showings by both Tom Danielson and Ryder Hesjedal which [...]
Former winner thinks time advantage is not sufficient for Leopard Trek riderHaving won one of the closest ever Tours de France in the final time trial in 1987 (pictured), Stephen Roche believes that Cadel Evans will also come from behind [...]
German was victorious on same course in Critérium du DauphinéHis hopes of a high overall placing didn’t translate into results during this year’s Tour de France, but Tony Martin believes he has a chance to end his race on a [...]
Italian again shows promise in the big mountainsAfter several years spent limping through Grand Tours and listening to critics call him just a hilly classics specialist, Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) is back in the top ten of a three-week race, a [...]
AG2R La Mondiale fighting to hold onto second placeJean-Christophe Péraud (AG2R La Mondiale) slipped out of the top ten yesterday in the overall classification of this year’s Tour de France. The Frenchman, who is the highest placed rider from AG2R [...]
Father Johnny Schleck concedes Cadel Evans is a stronger time trialist, outcome uncertainWith everything coming down to today’s concluding 42.5 kilometre time trial in Grenoble, Andy Schleck could be part of one of the closest Tours de France in history. [...]
Trademark pistol doesn't leave holster after a valiant effortAs some predicted, Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank–SunGard) went on the offensive in today’s short but violent stage nineteen to Alpe d’Huez, but he was forced to accept a consolation of third place [...]
Swiss believes final glory awaits his rider in Paris BMC Racing Team owner Andy Rihs will be a very happy man this evening, believing that as Cadel Evans kept in touch with the Schleck brothers on today’s final mountain stage, [...]
Belgian great says if Voeckler holds yellow on Alpe d’Huez, he can win the raceCycling’s top champion Eddy Merckx has applauded the attack made by Andy Schleck on yesterday’s stage of the race, saying that it took guts to strike [...]
World time trial champion escapes breakaway companions to finish alone; Emma Johansson holds overall leadEmma Pooley (Garmin-Cervélo) won the fourth stage of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, the Rund um Zeulenroda, in a solo breakaway. The British rider marked her return to the [...]
Two-time runner up just has 42km against the clock between himself and yellow in ParisAfter coming close to the yellow jersey with his solo attack to the Col du Galibier on stage eighteen, Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) well and truly [...]
Olympic champion misses out on a second stage victory but has the consolation of the polka-dot jerseySamuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) just missed out on a second stage victory in this year’s Tour de France, as he was dropped in the final [...]
Europcar rider pays tribute to Thomas Voeckler as he takes the Alpe d’Huez stage and the lead in the young riders’ classificationAfter serving as a faithful lieutenant to yellow jersey Thomas Voeckler for the past ten days, Europcar’s Pierre Rolland [...]
Tenacious Frenchman says he’ll give everything today Midway through the post race press conference two days ago, Thomas Voeckler reached behind his neck, pulled down a zipper and started take off the yellow jersey he had been presented with minutes [...]
Contador tears the race apart on the Télégraphe; Voeckler finally cracks; Andy Schleck into yellowPierre Rolland (Europcar) took the host nation’s first stage of the 2011 Tour de France, and he took the biggest one of the race on Alpe [...]
Leopard Trek rider jumps right back into contention, close to yellowSideswiping perceptions in recent days that the Schleck challenge may have been faltering somewhat at the Tour de France, Andy Schleck pulled off a superb victory on today’s second Alpine [...]
Points deduction for Cavendish gives José Joaquín Rojas hopeWith Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) proving the fastest sprinter in this year’s Tour de France, with four stage victories in the race so far, his opponents in the green points jersey competition are [...]
Leopard Trek rider attacks on penultimate climb; Contador cracks; Voeckler clings to yellowAndy Schleck (Leopard Trek) took the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France to the Col du Galibier in an old fashioned attack over the top of the [...]
