Vinokourov aiming for farewell stage win, Brajkovic wants to secure top ten overallTour de France King of the Mountains Fredrik Kessiakoff is five stages away from his biggest result in the sport, and has said he will fight tooth and [...]
Time bonuses see defending champion Emma Johansson take overall leadIna Teutenberg (Specialized-lululemon) took an important pre-Olympic sprint victory in the first stage of the 2012 Thüringen-Rundfahrt, in Neustadt/Orla. The former German champion was fastest at the end of the hilly [...]
Final decision yet to be madeNine days after he withdrew from the Tour de France due to injuries sustained in a crash, 2008 Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez has raised hopes that he might be able to defend his title. The [...]
Country requests replacement with RadioShack-Nissan teammate Laurent DidierAfter it was announced by his RadioShack-Nissan team last week, that participation in the Olympic Games would be out of the question, Andy Schleck has been officially withdrawn by the Luxembourg Cycling Federation [...]
Polician’s office states that unnamed individual ‘laid out concerns’ about caseWith USADA’s case against Lance Armstrong currently delayed from going to arbitration due to the latter’s application to a court in Texas to try to overturn the action, the Texan’s [...]
He, David Millar and Dan Martin determined to make most of last days of Tour Runner up to Pierrick Fedrigo on yesterday’s stage to Pau, Christian Vande Velde has said that he isn’t too discouraged by not winning and that [...]
Former World time trial champion takes early lead in last major pre-Olympic stage raceLocal favourite Hanka Kupfernagel (RusVelo) won the opening 3.3km prologue of the 25th Thüringen-Rundfahrt around the streets of Zwickau, in Eastern Germany. The 2007 World time trial [...]
World champion misses out on another sprint stage as he works for the Maillot JauneTour de France leader Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) paid tribute to teammate Mark Cavendish at the end of today’s 15th stage, between Samatan and Pau, as [...]
Long distance break caught late as heavy rain falls on Kraków finaleJohn Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) returned his 2012 season to winning ways with victory in the final stage of the Tour of Poland in the centre of the city of Krakóv. [...]
“Nez de Marmande” wins in the gateway to the Pyrénées as he did in 2010 while the peloton shuts off againPierrick Fédrigo (FDJ-BigMat) put the disappointment of missing the previous year’s Tour de France behind him as he repeated his [...]
2010 world champion to miss London 2012, Vergard Stake will take his placeAs anticipated, the 2010 world road race champion Thor Hushovd has confirmed he won’t ride this year’s Olympic Games due to a lack of form. The BMC Racing [...]
Full photo sequence from yesterday’s accident The 2012 Tour's run of bad crashes looked to have come to an end once the time trial established a firmer status quo among the contenders for the various classements. But stage 14 saw [...]
Outcome will determine if US Postal Service investigation will be decided by USADA arbitration panelThe United States district court in Austin, Texas has set a date for the hearing in relation to an application lodged by Lance Armstrong and his [...]
tales of trouble and strong reactions to the sabotage from the pelotonLotto-Belisol has defended its interruption of the race neutralization implemented by Sky Procycling and race leader Bradley Wiggins after Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) and numerous others picked up flat [...]
Izagirre, Minard no match for multiple stage-winning Spaniard or green jersey Peter SaganOnce every July since 2009, Sandy Casar (FDJ-BigMat) has been matched up with Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) in a winning breakaway of the Tour de France, with the [...]
Europcar climber explains his attack on the neutralised peloton as tacks disrupted stage 14As tacks thrown on the road threatened to ruin the Tour de France of a number of riders, including defending champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing), race leader [...]
Tour de France race leader puts the brakes on the peloton after tacks on the road threaten his rivalsStage 14 of the 2012 Tour de France saw controversy of a kind not seen since the early days of the race, [...]
Belgian champion has injury confirmed on return home from Tour of PolandTom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) sustained a fractured rib in his crash in the first stage of the Tour of Poland on Tuesday. The Belgian champion came down in [...]
