Longer time trials and a stint in yellow are top priorities for world championWorld time trial champion Tony Martin is regarded as one of the top favourite’s for today’s 6.4 kilometre time trial in Liège, but the German refuses to [...]
Swiss champion matches 2004 result over near-identical course; Wiggins second ahead of the other favouritesHistory repeated itself in the 2012 Tour de France prologue around the Belgian city of Liège, as Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) repeated his 2004 victory over a [...]
World number one increases overall lead over short, flat testMarianne Vos (Rabobank) continued her domination of the 2012 Giro d’Italia Femminile, with victory in the 6.6km stage two time trial in the Italian capital, Rome. On a steaming hot morning [...]
Will 2012 winning streak continue in cycling’s biggest event? Winner of the prologue and of three other stages in the Tour de Suisse, a performance that came on the heels of five stage victories in the Tour of California, Peter [...]
Entire French team outside prologue’s top-100 but waiting for more favourable terrainThe Europcar team failed to post a single rider inside the top-100 in today’s Tour de France prologue in Liège, Belgium. The French Professional Continental team’s best performance came [...]
Australian not concerned with dropping ten seconds to rival WigginsDefending Tour de France champion Cadel Evans may have finished outside of the top ten in today’s prologue of the Tour de France, dropping ten seconds to his chief rival Bradley [...]
New helmet to be debut’d by Specialized sponsored riders in Tour de France prologueFollowing on from its highly successful version of the Venge frameset, the partnership between US bike maker Specialized and British Formula 1 team McLaren continues with the [...]
Irishman talks about expectations and also his Irish championship silver medalAlthough the race features over 100 kilometres of time trials, Ireland’s Nicolas Roche begins his fourth Tour de France today believing that his good form could see him log a [...]
Russian rider back on track after disappointing Romandie and quiet Dauphiné Like defending champion Cadel Evans, Denis Menchov had his best-ever prologue finish in the Tour de France today. His margin of improvement was rather more dramatic than Evans’, though; [...]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step teammate Sylvain Chavanel flies the flag for France on his birthday with unexpected podium finishWorld time trial champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was cruelly denied a chance to take the first yellow jersey of the 2012 [...]
Vuelta champion Cobo says his own form is good and he’ll support Movistar captainAlthough his best finish to date is sixth place in the 2007 Tour, Alejandro Valverde returns to the race after a long absence aiming to net a [...]
Former world number one weighs up Hesjedal’s chances of taking rare doubleRegarded as one of the best analysts in the sport, Sean Kelly has echoed the assessment of others in stating that there are two clear contenders for this year’s [...]
American rider hopeful of hitting top form in raceHaving been sidelined due to a fracture but then showing strong form in the Tour de Suisse, netting third overall, Levi Leipheimer begins his tenth Tour de France knowing that he could [...]
Dave Brailsford, Graham Jones, and Chris Boardman on the big British hopeIn Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling), Great Britain has likely its biggest hope ever at taking the yellow jersey in the Tour de France all the way to Paris. In [...]
Iconic Italian framebuilder heading into fourth year with British teamContrary to rumours that it could be set to switch to Specialized next year, Team Sky has announced an extension to its partnership with Pinarello bikes through 2013. The Treviso, Italy, [...]
Belgian rider returns two years after taking fourth overall While most commentators focus on a Wiggins-Evans dual for the Tour de France crown, Belgian hope Jurgen Van den Broeck has been quietly preparing for a very important race for him. [...]
Dutch team's Tom Veelers set to get everything started at 14:00 local timeIn its first Tour de France since 2009, when they were called Skil-Shimano, wildcard invitee Argos-Shimano is looking for a season-defining stage win in the first week of [...]
Case likely to be heard before NovemberSixteen days after it became known that the US Anti Doping Agency was considering pressing serious doping charges against Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel and four others involved with the US Postal Service and Discovery [...]
