Double day for Swedish champion as break takes five minutes on hilly stageEmma Johansson (Hitec Products-UCK) won the second stage of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, the Rund um Greiz, as she outsprinted the rest of a nine-woman breakaway. The Swedish champion beat [...]
Orange squad illuminates Alpine stageEuskaltel-Euskadi has had a very good Tour de France so far, with the Samuel Sánchez stage victory in Luz Ardiden the highlight. His teammate Rubén Pérez gives it a go in every break he can and [...]
But De Weert moves closer to top tenSylvain Chavanel and Kevin de Weert were both active on today's stage in the Tour de France that finished in Pinerolo, Italy. But ultimately neither one was able to bring home a prize [...]
Decision to be made later if he could miss race due to Olympic Games Amid speculation that Bradley Wiggins could pass up the chance to ride next year’s Tour in order to prepare for the London Olympics, Sky Procycling coach [...]
Spaniard with another decent descent, but fails to take time out of rivalsAlberto Contador (Saxo Bank) attacked on the descent into Pinerolo on today's 17th stage of the Tour de France. Together with Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) they created a gap [...]
Leopard Trek rider angry over final descent into Gap finish; lead over Contador cut to ironic 39 secondsThe big loser on today’s transitional stage between Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux was Leopard Trek team leader Andy Schleck. The Luxembourg rider, who came into the [...]
Norwegian nabs his second Tour stage win ahead of young compatriot Powering home at the end of a cold, grey, rainsplattered day in Gap, Thor Hushovd kicked for the line, threw his arms skywards and continued Garmin-Cervélo’s remarkable Tour de [...]
German champion gaps the rest to extend overall leadIna Teutenberg (HTC-Highroad) won the first stage of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, the Rund um Gera, in a bunch sprint. The German champion, wearing the yellow jersey that she took in the prologue team [...]
Belgian says he’s already exceeded his own expectationsTour de France mountains competition leader Jelle Vanendert is preparing himself for the most important three days of his professional career, with a victory in that classification on the cards if things go [...]
Welsh rider rewarded for increased success in 2011Geraint Thomas has signed a new three-year contract with Sky Procycling, the British team announced today. The 25-year-old from Cardiff, Wales, is currently in his second year with the team, and this new [...]
Defending Tour de France champion puts pressure on his rivals on the rainy climb and descent into GapAlberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) put in his first proper attacks of the 2011 Tour de France so far on the climb to the [...]
World champion takes stage sixteen as Contador and Evans put pressure on the SchlecksThor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo) took his second stage of the 2011 Tour de France on a filthy, wet day between Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux and Gap. The World champion outsprinted his [...]
Belgian champion likes winning too much to accept lessDespite a strong, aggressive showing in the Tour de France where he won a stage and wore each of the leader’s jerseys, Philippe Gilbert has said that he is unlikely to ever [...]
Collaboration with Tour de France organiser could prove important in the issue of a proposed team boycottThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has released details of the Tour of Beijing, which will be the newest event to be added to the [...]
Italian in contention for final win as race enters AlpsHe suffered through a tough pre-Tour de France buildup, but Ivan Basso (Liquigas Cannondale) has come through the first two weeks in a good position, and he will now prepare for [...]
Judith Arndt poised to add third victory in German stage raceThe HTC-Highroad team of Judith Arndt, Chloe Hosking, Amber Neben, Amanda Miller, Adrie Visser and Ina Teutenberg won the opening prologue team time trial of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt in Jena. The [...]
Quick Step rider recovered from Tour de France crash sooner than expected Quick Step’s Tom Boonen has recovered from injuries sustained in a crash in the Tour de France sooner than expected, and will line up at the start of [...]
Leopard Trek brothers confirm that one will sacrifice himself for the other in order to win the Tour de FranceFränk and Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) have confirmed that, if necessary, one of them will sacrifice himself for the other if [...]
