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Alejandro Valverde: “The Tour is not won or lost until we get to Paris”

Content with second overall after complicated first week; would swap stage wins for final podiumAlejandro Valverde (Movistar) ended the first phase of the 2013 Tour de France in second place overall, trailing Maillot Jaune Chris Froome (Team Sky) by just [...]

2013-07-09T00:00:00+00:00July 9th, 2013|

Gaining in strength and confidence, Andy Schleck believes a Tour de France stage win could be possible

RadioShack Leopard rider accepts podium could be an outside possibilityHe was mocked on social media for months due to his lack of form after his pelvic fracture suffered last year, but Andy Schleck may well have the last word. The [...]

2013-07-09T00:00:00+00:00July 9th, 2013|

Kittel enthusiastic about chance to grab second Tour stage win

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 [...]

2013-07-09T00:00:00+00:00July 9th, 2013|

McQuaid suggests that if he is not re-elected, cycling may be open to being dropped from Olympics

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 [...]

2013-07-08T00:00:00+00:00July 8th, 2013|

Contador on Froome: “His form is very strong but a lot of things can happen in the last week”

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 [...]

2013-07-08T00:00:00+00:00July 8th, 2013|

Tour de France debut for Mikel Nieve off to a solid start

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 [...]

2013-07-08T00:00:00+00:00July 8th, 2013|

Clarke aggressive in hunt for mountains jersey in Tour de France, Meyer may hold back in time trial

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 [...]

2013-07-08T00:00:00+00:00July 8th, 2013|

Astana dismisses reports that it will sign Fränk Schleck, describes stories as imaginative

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 [...]

2013-07-08T00:00:00+00:00July 8th, 2013|

Interview: Martin says pressure is off after first Tour de France stage win, but looks certain to attack again

“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 [...]

2013-07-08T00:00:00+00:00July 8th, 2013|

Tour de France: Poels bounces back to go top ten on stage 9

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 [...]

2013-07-07T00:00:00+00:00July 7th, 2013|

Fuglsang goes close to stage win in Tour de France, pushing hard to get into top ten overall

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 [...]

2013-07-07T00:00:00+00:00July 7th, 2013|

Giro Rosa: Mara Abbott secures overall victory as Ellen van Dijk takes final time trial

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 [...]

2013-07-07T00:00:00+00:00July 7th, 2013|

Tour de France: Daniel Martin takes stage nine Pyrenéen classic as Froome comes under fire

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 [...]

2013-07-07T00:00:00+00:00July 7th, 2013|

Disappointing first mountain stage for Fuglsang, who insists Tour is not over

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 [...]

2013-07-07T00:00:00+00:00July 7th, 2013|

Rohan Dennis pulls out of debut Tour de France a day earlier than planned

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. [...]

2013-07-07T00:00:00+00:00July 7th, 2013|

Tour de France: Evans and Rodríguez suffer “disappointing” day in Ax 3 Domaines

General classification hopefuls put to the sword by Team Sky on final climbStage eight between Castres and Ax 3 Domaines saw hot favourite Chris Froome (Team Sky) put time into all of his general classification rivals, but some suffered more [...]

2013-07-06T00:00:00+00:00July 6th, 2013|

Giro Rosa: Marianne Vos takes number three in stage seven Corbetta circuit race

World champion secures consolation of Maglia Ciclamino after disappointment of losing Rosa Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) took her third victory in the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile, as she won the bunch sprint at the end of the seventh stage in Corbetta, [...]

2013-07-06T00:00:00+00:00July 6th, 2013|
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