Bradley Wiggins re-confirms that he wants a Giro/Tour double

Defending champion may support Froome in July but won’t “won’t swing off and lose 30 minutes” Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) has once again raised the spectre of a Lemond/Hinault battle with teammate Chris Froome in this year’s Tour de France, [...]

2020-04-09T20:18:25+00:00April 29th, 2013|

Responding to Wiggins, Froome says he has full backing of Sky management to win Tour de France

“I have no doubt that the strongest and most willing riders will be there to support me” Commenting in the wake of Bradley Wiggins’ assertion today that he does want to achieve the Giro/Tour double this year, Chris Froome has said that [...]

2020-03-25T07:07:19+00:00April 29th, 2013|

Team Colombia: “We are going to the Giro to show off and put up a big show”

South American team targeting the mountains as it makes its Grand Tour debutThe Colombia team has named its nine-man line up for the Giro d’Italia, which starts on Saturday, May 4th, with the intention of putting on a show in [...]

2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00April 29th, 2013|

Vini Fantini-Selle Italia offering Giro d’Italia swan song to Garzelli and Di Luca

Two former race winners to support the ambitions of aggressive young teamVini Fantini-Selle Italia has historically been more associated with the performances of its ambitious youngsters at the Giro d’Italia, but the headline for the ‘giallo-fluo’ team at this year’s [...]

2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00April 29th, 2013|

UCI/CADF and French AFLD agree cooperation for testing at Tour de France and other events

An important cooperation for drug testing has been confirmed for major French races this season, with the Cycling Anti Doping Foundation linked to the UCI plus the French agency for the fight against doping (AFLD) agreeing to work together in [...]

2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00April 29th, 2013|

Video: Chris Juul Jensen stepping things up in year two in professional ranks, hopes for Vuelta ride

Danish rider building experience and strength Chris Juul Jensen has expressed satisfaction with his season thus far, saying that he is encouraged by his second year as a pro with the Team Saxo Tinkoff squad. The 23 year old has [...]

2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00April 29th, 2013|

Video: Sayar may consider a bigger team after Presidential Tour of Turkey win

Talks about health, buildup to race and says he’s not happy to face questionsHaving picked up a bundle of UCI points for the biggest-ever success of his career, Presidential Tour of Turkey victor Mustafa Sayar said yesterday that he may [...]

2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00April 29th, 2013|

Kittel: Argos Shimano sprint train is improving constantly, Tour de France is major goal for team

German rider wants to take on Cavendish in the Tour; says he and Greipel have mutual respectHe missed out on a stage win last year; this time round, he was the best sprinter with three successes in the race. Marcel [...]

2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00April 29th, 2013|

Bradley Wiggins re-confirms that he wants a Giro/Tour double

Defending champion may support Froome in July but won’t “won’t swing off and lose 30 minutes”Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) has once again raised the spectre of a Lemond/Hinault battle with teammate Chris Froome in this year’s Tour de France, as [...]

2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00April 29th, 2013|

Responding to Wiggins, Froome says he has full backing of Sky management to win Tour de France

“I have no doubt that the strongest and most willing riders will be there to support me”Commenting in the wake of Bradley Wiggins’ assertion today that he does want to achieve the Giro/Tour double this year, Chris Froome has said [...]

2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00April 29th, 2013|

Movistar to back Cobo in Giro d'Italia, but admits uncertainty about how he will fare

Intxausti will also fill a leadership role in raceWinner in 2011 at the Vuelta a España, Juan Jose Cobo will enjoy protected status at the Giro d’Italia, but his Movistar team has conceded that it is not sure how he [...]

2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00April 29th, 2013|

Tour of Turkey: Marcel Kittel takes final Istanbul stage as Mustafa Sayar confirms overall

German sprinter wins third victory of the race; First Turkish winner for a decade Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) completed the near-total domination of the sprint stages of the 2013 Presidential Tour of Turkey by the Germans, as he powered to his [...]

2020-03-24T14:16:31+00:00April 28th, 2013|

Marcel Kittel press conference video: Looking forward to sprinting against Greipel

Won’t elaborate on his pointed tweet about race leader The two haven’t really gone head to head in this year’s Tour of Turkey, with crashes, obstructions in the finale and the tough terrain on some stages ensuring that they were [...]

2020-03-24T14:39:04+00:00April 28th, 2013|

Marianne Vos takes race and overall in final Esly Jacobs stage

World champion turns the tables on Giorgia Bronzini to confirm final victory Vos_Marianne_Fleche2013-1Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/GIant) won the second and final stage of the Festival Luxembourgeois du Cyclisme Féminin Elsy Jacobs, in Mamer, Luxembourg, as she jumped away from the peloton [...]

2020-03-24T13:28:39+00:00April 28th, 2013|

Tour de Romandie: Chris Froome wraps up overall as Tony Martin takes final time trial

World champion continues dominance of 2013 TTs; Froome follows in teammate Wiggins’ footsteps Chris Froome (Team Sky) followed in the footsteps of teammate Bradley Wiggins as he wrapped up overall victory in the 2013 Tour de Romandie in the final [...]

2020-03-24T14:21:45+00:00April 28th, 2013|

Marcel Kittel press conference video: Looking forward to sprinting against Greipel

Won’t elaborate on his pointed tweet about race leaderThe two haven’t really gone head to head in this year’s Tour of Turkey, with crashes, obstructions in the finale and the tough terrain on some stages ensuring that they were never [...]

2013-04-28T00:00:00+00:00April 28th, 2013|

Tour de Romandie: Chris Froome wraps up overall as Tony Martin takes final time trial

World champion continues dominance of 2013 TTs; Froome follows in teammate Wiggins’ footsteps Chris Froome (Team Sky) followed in the footsteps of teammate Bradley Wiggins as he wrapped up overall victory in the 2013 Tour de Romandie in the final [...]

2013-04-28T00:00:00+00:00April 28th, 2013|

Marianne Vos takes race and overall in final Esly Jacobs stage

World champion turns the tables on Giorgia Bronzini to confirm final victoryMarianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/GIant) won the second and final stage of the Festival Luxembourgeois du Cyclisme Féminin Elsy Jacobs, in Mamer, Luxembourg, as she jumped away from the peloton on [...]

2013-04-28T00:00:00+00:00April 28th, 2013|
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