Tour de France: Pierrick Fédrigo repeats into Pau as the break takes stage 15
“Nez de Marmande” wins in the gateway to the Pyrénées as he did in 2010 while the peloton shuts off again Pierrick Fédrigo (FDJ-BigMat) put the disappointment of missing the previous year’s Tour de France behind him as he repeated […]
Pierre Rolland: “I am respectful of the codes and internal rules of the peloton”
Europcar climber explains his attack on the neutralised peloton as tacks disrupted stage 14 As 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 […]
Bradley Wiggins: “No one wants to benefit from someone else’s misfortune”
Tour de France race leader puts the brakes on the peloton after tacks on the road threaten his rivals Stage 14 of the 2012 Tour de France saw controversy of a kind not seen since the early days of the […]
Fractured rib for Tom Boonen puts Olympic participation in doubt
Belgian champion has injury confirmed on return home from Tour of Poland Tom 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 […]
Tour of Poland: Double day for Moreno Moser on hilly sixth stage
Time bonuses see Italian snatch back race lead from Michal Kwiatkowski Moreno Moser (Liquigas-Cannondale) took his second stage of the 2012 Tour of Poland as he won the uphill sprint at the end of the sixth stage in Bukowina Tatrzanska. […]
Michael Mørkøv on Tour breakaway: “I know my dad would be proud”
Danish rider chases difficult solo stage victory on the anniversary of his father’s death Danish rider Michael Mørkøv (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) was in his fifth breakaway of the 2012 Tour de France, in the thirteenth stage between Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux and Le […]
Tom Boonen abandons Tour of Poland with aftereffects of stage one crash
Belgian champion taking no chances ahead of Olympic Games road race Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was forced to pull out of today’s hilly fifth stage of the Tour of Poland, between Rabka Zdroj and Zakopane, still feeing the aftereffects […]
Tour of Poland: Number two for Ben Swift on uphill stage five battle
Michal Kwiatkowski holds onto overall lead by a single second After being disappointed for missing out on stage four, Ben Swift (Team Sky) bounced back to take victory in the hilly fifth stage of the Tour of Poland between Rabka […]
Tour de France: André Greipel makes it three as the shattered peloton sprints into Cap d’Agde
German Gorilla holds off Peter Sagan to match Slovakian champion’s win tally in a less than conventional stage finish André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) took his third victory in the 2012 Tour de France, as he won a less than conventional sprint […]
The French go on the attack on Quatorze Juillet
Everybody wants to win on the host country’s national day but the stage looks like going abroad as usual Quatorze Juillet, the 14th of July, is the biggest day of the year in France. The anniversary of the Prise de […]
