Argos Shimano rider wants to seize sprint opportunities this week Winner of stage one of this year’s Tour, Marcel Kittel is keen to add another victory in the race to his palmares and now has three or possibly four chances [...]
UCI president outlines his manifesto, Cookson states he already had two terms to actRaising the spectre of cycling being left out of the Olympic Games, Pat McQuaid has sought to make a direct connection between his re-election in September and [...]
Spaniard explains inaction on yesterday’s stage; says he never dopedPointing out that he has previously felt stronger in the third week of some of the Grand Tours he has ridden, Alberto Contador continues to insist that he has a chance [...]
Basque rider looking to continue impressive run of Grand Tour finishesThe 100th edition of the Tour de France was the debut race for Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and if the 29-year-old plans to add to his quietly impressive résumé in three-week [...]
Must-watch: Orica GreenEdge team releases viral AC/DC tribute videoAggressive and riding through several groups until he was clear out front alone, Vuelta a España mountain jersey winner Simon Clarke made a big push for the Tour’s polka dot jersey yesterday [...]
Team says it remains committed to being part of the MPCC organisation and to following its rulesThe Astana team has dismissed suggestions today that Fränk Schleck is on the way to the team for the remainder of the season, and [...]
“We were attacking like crazy at the start. I think that maybe we pissed a lot of people off!”Scooping victory fifty years after Shay Elliott triumphed into Roubaix, and becoming only the fifth Irishman to win a stage of the [...]
A year of work sees Dutchman go from hospital bed to mountain stage 7th placeAfter cracking and losing over nine minutes on Saturday’s opening mountain stage to Ax 3 Domaines, Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) bounced back on Sunday’s grueling follow-up, finishing [...]
Spanish team gets its revenge on Team Sky but fails to get time Froome or win stageHaving been outmanoeuvred by Team Sky at the end of yesterday’s first Pyrenéen stage, Movistar turned the tables today and put the British team [...]
Danish rider gaining confidence: “I think we still have a lot of surprises in our legs in the next two weeks.”Having said that he was determined to bounce back after a disappointing first day in the Pyrenees, Jakob Fuglsang did [...]
American sheds some of her lead but not enough to deny a second Giro titleMara Abbott (United States) was officially crowned the champion of the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile, taking her second victory in the sole women’s Grand Tour, as [...]
Maillot Jaune weathers the storm as Movistar gets its revenge on Team Sky Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) took his first victory in the Tour de France with a two-up sprint victory against Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) in the ninth stage of the [...]
Team suggests he erred in trying to follow more explosive riders yesterdayAlthough he cracked on yesterday’s final climb and lost over two and a half minutes, Astana rider Jakob Fuglsang remains determined to fight on in this year’s Tour and [...]
23-year-old Australian to “go home and rest and recover” after “huge honour” of race startRohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp) will not start today’s ninth stage of the Tour de France, between Saint-Girons and Bagnères-de-Bigorre, as he is to withdraw from the race. [...]
Red hot favourite confirms his status on the race’s first mountain stageChris Froome (Team Sky) confirmed his status as red hot favourite for the 2013 Tour de France as he stamped his authority over the race on the final climb [...]
Leopard SA states Luxembourg rider was fully aware he would need to look elsewhereResponding to Fränk Schleck’s recent criticism of the RadioShack Leopard decision regarding his future, plus his threats of legal action, the team owners have said that the [...]
Irishman could have seen GC chances leak away on yesterday’s stageIrish climber Dan Martin will hope to advance on his current overnight position of fifteenth overall in the Tour de France today, but things were close to being very different [...]
Slovakian has biggest points advantage at this point of the race in over a decadeThe first week of the Tour de France is yet to conclude, there are still fourteen stages to be completed, but Andre Greipel, Alexander Kristoff, Marcel [...]
