Women’s stars petition ASO for their own Tour de France

Marianne Vos and Emma Pooley add their weight to Kathryn Bertine’s campaignWorld and Olympic champion Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant), former World time trial champion Emma Pooley (Bigla) have added their weight to an online petition, set up by St Kitts and [...]

2013-07-12T00:00:00+00:00July 12th, 2013|

Cavendish bursting with pride after thrilling stage 13 victory

“I barely made it,” says Cav of the winning break initiated by Saxo-TinkoffAfter winning stage 13 of the Tour de France, his second triumph of the race, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) released a torrent of positive emotions that had [...]

2013-07-12T00:00:00+00:00July 12th, 2013|

Stage 13 reconnaissance sees Belkin’s Mollema and ten Dam move up

Dutch team helps to eliminate Valverde and makes the winning break to gain on FroomeBelkin Pro Cycling managed to eliminate general classification rival Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in the crosswinds of stage 13, between Tours and Saint-Amand-Montrond, and - as Saxo-Tinkoff [...]

2013-07-12T00:00:00+00:00July 12th, 2013|

Tour de France: Cavendish takes number two as Froome loses a minute in the crosswinds

Stage thirteen proves unlucky for Valverde, but lucky for others as Saxo-Tinkoff goes on the offensiveMark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) finally took his second victory of the 2013 Tour de France, between Tours and Saint-Amand-Montrond, as the flat 13th stage [...]

2013-07-12T00:00:00+00:00July 12th, 2013|

Greg Henderson and Bart de Clercq sign two year extensions with Lotto Belisol

Team continues to solidify around Andre Greipel, de Clercq also looking to possible GC goalsAndre Greipel’s lead out man Greg Henderson has been given a two year extension to his current contract with the Lotto Belisol team, as has the [...]

2013-07-12T00:00:00+00:00July 12th, 2013|

Cookson responds to McQuaid’s veiled threat that cycling could be dropped from Olympics if he is not re-elected

Says claim sport could go is ‘poor quality scaremongering’Pat McQuaid’s rival for the position of UCI president, Brian Cookson, has responded to the Irishman’s recent intimation that if he is voted out, that cycling could lose its place in the [...]

2013-07-12T00:00:00+00:00July 12th, 2013|

Rusvelo team hit by three positive tests at Russian national championships

Solomennikov, Maikin and Ovechkin provide positive A samples for unnamed substanceAfter an earlier positive test in April, the Russian Pro Continental team Rusvelo is under increasing pressure now after three more of its riders failed tests in recent weeks. The [...]

2013-07-12T00:00:00+00:00July 12th, 2013|

Kelly: Cavendish isn’t slowing, it’s just that Kittel has an unbelievable turn of speed in the last 100 metres

“Cavendish is desperate for stages. There will be a real drive today by his team to get a stage win with him”Four time winner of the Tour de France’s green jersey Sean Kelly has said that he believes this year’s [...]

2013-07-12T00:00:00+00:00July 12th, 2013|

Marcel Kittel: “We’ve been working a long time for this”

Loaded Argos-Shimano sprint train getting better with age and experienceMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) blasted to stage victory number three in the 2013 Tour de France, with all three of his career Tour stage wins coming in this 100th edition of the [...]

2013-07-11T00:00:00+00:00July 11th, 2013|

Tour de France: Pileup sees Greipel lose chance towards end of stage twelve

German remains upright but misses out on sprint to lineGunning to improve on Tuesday’s runner-up slot by taking his second stage win of the race, Andre Greipel instead got caught up in a big crash which occurred just inside the [...]

2013-07-11T00:00:00+00:00July 11th, 2013|

Juan Antonio Flecha: “It's nice to know that I could stay ahead for so long.”

Breakaway specialist still searching for a second Tour stage, ten years after his first Juan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil-DCM) ended the day on the podium of the twelfth stage of the 2013 Tour de France, but not in the way he [...]

2013-07-11T00:00:00+00:00July 11th, 2013|

Edvald Boasson Hagen out of the Tour with fractured shoulder from stage twelve crash

Former Norwegian champion’s injury sees Team Sky reduced to seven ridersEdvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) is out of the 2013 Tour de France after fracturing his right shoulder in the mass pile up at the end of stage twelve into [...]

2013-07-11T00:00:00+00:00July 11th, 2013|

Tour de France: Marcel Kittel pips Mark Cavendish in chaotic stage twelve Tours sprint

Crash with three to go stops most of the peloton but most sprinters get aroundMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) sprinted to his third victory in the 2013 Tour de France, as he won a chaotic sprint at the end of stage 12, [...]

2013-07-11T00:00:00+00:00July 11th, 2013|

Rolland and Schleck set sights on chasing stages after slow time trials

Mountain specialists rebuilding morale after difficult struggles against the clockPierre Rolland and Andy Schleck reinforced the perception of them as pure climbers yesterday when each lost bundles of time to the general classification riders in the Tour. Both riders, who [...]

2013-07-11T00:00:00+00:00July 11th, 2013|

Evans and Rodriguez react to disappointing time trials, hope for better showings in mountains

“I hope to be in my best shape during the last week, in order to try something in the Alps”Cadel Evans said prior to yesterday’s time trial that the test would be ‘a really good indicator for the rest of [...]

2013-07-11T00:00:00+00:00July 11th, 2013|

Dan Martin: "After eleven days of racing, to be two minutes twenty off second place is far above what I expected”

Irishman refuses to get downbeat after difficult time trialSitting eighth overall before the stage, Dan Martin’s hope of a solid performance in yesterday’s Tour de France time trial fell some way short, with the Irishman placing 62nd in the test. [...]

2013-07-11T00:00:00+00:00July 11th, 2013|
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