Belgian will continue current position until end of 2012 seasonFormer pro and current directeur sportif with the BMC Racing Team, Rik Verbrugghe has been confirmed as moving across to the new under 23 squad, which will make its debut next [...]
AG2R La Mondiale rider back on track after Paris-Nice shoulder blade and skull fracturesAfter being on the attack for more than 100km of today’s second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, between Lamastre and Saint-Félicien, AG2R La Mondiale’s Blel Kadri [...]
Olympic champion endures a day of suffering with pain in his ribsSamuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was an uncertain starter in the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, between Lamastre and Saint-Félicien, after his crash on stage one. The Olympic champion [...]
Schleck loses more time in punchy finaleUnleashing his sprint at the perfect moment, the Spaniard Dani Moreno grabbed an important career victory today on stage two of the Critérium du Dauphiné. The Katusha rider hit the line first in Saint-Félicien, [...]
Believes himself and Dan Martin are logical choices for two of the three places With three riders due to be told this week that they have been selected for the Olympic road race, Nicolas Roche is hoping that the criteria [...]
Androni Giocatoli team considers rider’s Giro withdrawal wasn’t warrantedHaving made clear on the day of Jose Rujano’s sudden withdrawal from the Giro that he was not impressed with the rider’s actions, Androni Giocattoli manager Gianni Savio has dismissed last week’s [...]
Emerging Italian rider will aim for Flèche Wallonne and best young rider in Giro d’ItaliaLampre-ISD announced yesterday that it has resigned Diego Ulissi for another season, and the Italian will spend his fourth professional year with the Italian squad. The [...]
Frenchman gives insight on American team’s Tour de France selectionsAmaël Moinard (BMC Racing) is in the middle of his second season with the American team, supporting Cadel Evans currently in the Critérium du Dauphiné, and hoping for his second consecutive [...]
Frenchman sparks risky breakaway that sticks, loses out in sprint to Tour championWhen he attacked the peloton with four kilometers to race, Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) brought some age and experience with him, as both Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) and Andrey [...]
Teams say that further examinations will determine riders’ chancesAlthough both riders were very sore after limping into the finish of today’s first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, it has been confirmed that Dan Martin (Garmin Barracuda) and Samuel Sanchez [...]
BMC Racing Team says virus is the reason for rider’s poor form this springWinner of two stages last year and member of the best overall team, Thor Hushovd will have no such success at this year’s Tour de France with [...]
RadioShack Nissan chief confirms last year’s runner-up will definitely ride TourReacting with greater diplomatically than he’s shown recently, Johan Bruyneel has played down the significance of Andy Schleck’s lack of pace on today’s stage one of the Critérium du Dauphiné. [...]
Defending champion a little reluctant to assume the race lead after stage oneAfter just missing out in yesterday’s Critérium du Dauphiné prologue, defending champion Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) was slightly reluctant to take over the race lead at the end [...]
Tour de France champion fastest of a late three-man move; Bradley Wiggins moves into the leadCadel Evans (BMC Racing) put the slight disappointment of the previous day’s prologue performance with victory in the first road stage of the Critérium du [...]
Belgian satisfied with prologue performanceAs was the case last year, Jurgen Van Den Broeck has gone into the Critérium du Dauphiné following a block of altitude training; as was also the case, he’s getting back into the racing groove, and [...]
Plays down overall GC while Lelangue suggests it could be an aimDefending Tour de France champion Cadel Evans had a solid showing in yesterday’s opening prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné, clocking a time of six minutes 45 seconds over [...]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step and Rabobank in good shape after early testThe changes in the weather throughout the day weren’t severe, but many of the top finishers in yesterday's prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné were the men who went off [...]
‘Show me that you still exist…but little or nothing changes’Stijn Devolder said after a frustrating Classics campaign that he wanted to show what he could do in the Tour de France but his Vacansoleil DCM team isn’t convinced by the [...]
