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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
