Mollema fighting illness, suffering in Tour de France week three
Dutchman drops to sixth overall after cracking on Alpe d’Huez Bauke Mollema (Belkin) has seen his hopes for a podium place in Paris begin to disintegrate over the course of the difficult third week of the Tour de France. The […]
Froome accepts twenty second time penalty but moves closer to Tour de France win
Illegal feed deemed worthwhile by weakened Maillot Jaune Tour de France race leader Chris Froome lost time to the Colombian rider Nairo Quintana today, being dropped by the Movistar competitor and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) on the final climb of Alpe […]
Nairo Quintana: “The objective is still to finish on the podium. It's a dream for me to achieve that.”
Colombian all but wraps up white jersey classification and closes in on polka-dots Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was the general classification rider that came out of today’s 18th stage of the Tour de France on top. The 23-year-old Colombian finished the […]
Surgery needed for Peraud after time trial fall
Rider had been ninth overall and best Frenchman in Tour de France The Tour de France continues today with what is certain to be a very decisive stage to Alpe d’Huez, but does so without France’s best rider in the […]
Belgian rider Daisy Depoorter seriously injured in Thüringen training crash
20-year-old CyclelivePlus-Zannatta rider hit by a truck on eve of Amy Gillett anniversary Daisy Depoorter (CyclelivePlus-Zannatta) was seriously injured yesterday when she was hit by a truck while out training on the morning before the third stage of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, […]
Tour de France: Tejay van Garderen speaks about near-miss on Alpe d’Huez
“There are a million things you could do to say I could have won the stage” After what has been a difficult Tour de France for the BMC Racing Team, Tejay van Garderen picked up the team’s first top three […]
Tour de France: Chris Froome takes a narrow victory in mountainous stage 17 time trial
Maillot Jaune beats Contador by just nine seconds as rain makes descending treacherous Chris Froome took his third victory in the 2013 Tour de France as he took the stage 17 time trial, between Embrun and Chorges. The British rider, […]
Tour de France: Schleck takes advantage of suitable time trial
Luxembourger and team-mate Monfort take top 15 places Predicted rainstorms occurred but had little impact on the standings at the conclusion of the stage 17 time trial from Embrun to Chorges, and it was the climbers and general classification men […]
Tour of Turkey winner Sayar claims EPO positive for earlier race may be a French conspiracy
Says irregularities in testing procedure took place, and that French lab may be trying to ensure rider from that country wins The winner of this year’s Tour of Turkey, Mustafa Sayar, has denied doping in the earlier Tour of Algeria, […]
Riders’ association CPA sides with Froome over doping allegations
“It’s only in cycling where it’s quite normal to investigate and tarnish the image of athletes of the present and of the past” Protesting at the media for discussing if Chris Froome’s domination of this year’s Tour de France is […]
