Tour de France: Tony Martin gets confident with first mountains covered
German hangs in well with the favorites Tony Martin of the HTC Highroad team currently lies in seventh place overall in the Tour de France, just 13 seconds off Thor Hushovd’s yellow jersey. The German has a top ten goal […]
Tour de France: Overall contender Gesink has rough day in the office
Suffering Dutchman drops precious time in young rider’s competition Robert Gesink’s lead over Rein Taaramäe in the young rider’s competition dropped by 54 seconds on the eighth stage of the Tour de France that finished atop the climb of Super-Besse […]
Carlos Sastre satisfied with podium spot in Tour of Austria
Spaniard moves up from fourth in his non-discipline, a flat time trial Carlos Sastre (Geox-TMC) lost 2’26 on today’s flat time trial in the Tour of Austria to winner Bert Grabsch, but moved up from fourth to third in the […]
Bert Grabsch powers to time trial victory in Tour of Austria's stage seven
Kessiakoff remains firmly in overall lead with one day to go Bert Grabsch powered to a clear time time trial victory on the pancake flat 30-kilometer course in the seventh stage of the Tour of Austria. The German was 22 […]
Greg van Avermaet takes his first win since 2008 in Tour of Austria stage six
Small break holds off peloton by a few seconds Greg van Avermaet took his first win since the 2008 Vuelta a España when he sprinted to victory in stage six of the Tour of Austria. Van Avermaet jumped to the […]
Tour de France: Movistar's mostly good day sees Rojas in third and Gutiérrez win the most combative rider award
Good news only hampered by loss of green points jersey to Gilbert after disqualification in intermediate sprint Movistar had a good day at the Tour de France’s fifth stage, with Jose Joaquin Rojas sprinting to a third place behind Mark […]
Saxo Bank's Contador crashes twice on fifth stage of Tour de France
More unhappy about teammate Nicki Sørensen’s fall due to a photographer Alberto Contador crashed twice during today’s fifth stage of the Tour de France, held between Carhaix and Cap Fréhel. The Spaniard was able to continue without suffering major injuries […]
Tour de France: BMC's Cadel Evans stays out of trouble in crash-marred fifth stage
Ride from the front gives him 11th place in bunch sprint Cadel Evans (BMC) finished 11th in stage five of the Tour de France, which ended in a bunch sprint. Evans is not a sprinter but his guideline was to […]
Evans is off to a good start in the 2011 Tour de France
Australian’s strong on uphill finish to end the first day in second place overall Cadel Evans has had his share of bad luck in the Tour de France in the past, but has nothing to complain about after day one […]
Tour de France: Gilbert powers into yellow with commanding stage one uphill win
Belgian drops two colors off his driekleur jersey to take first-ever yellow for him Philippe Gilbert once again withstood the pre-race favorite pressure to take a commanding stage-on win in the 98th Tour de France. On the uphill finish, the […]
