But main goal is Tour de France in July Jérôme Coppel will prepare his second Tour de France by riding the Critérium du Dauphiné (June 5-12). The Saur-Sojasun rider finished fifth last year in the important build-up race to the […]

Katusha rider skips Tour de France in favor of Vuelta a España Daniel Moreno finished 29th in this year’s Giro d’Italia and he was quite happy with his performance. His main task was to help team leader Joaquím Rodríguez obtain […]

Leopard-Trek rider takes 2.7km prologue by five seconds over Gaudin Fabian Cancellara was the great favorite for the 2,7km prologue in the 2011 Tour of Luxembourg and the Swiss rider didn’t disappoint. He stormed around the course in 3’42, five […]

Swiss rider makes mountain biking an essential part of his training Johann Tschopp had another solid ride yesterday in stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia, finishing in 15th place, 8’44 behind stage winner Vasil Kiryienka. The Swiss rider especially enjoyed […]

Italian ready for a vacation Stefano Garzelli won the green jersey for the best mountain climber in this year’s Giro d’Italia. He took the competition by nine points over Alberto Contador. It is the second time Garzelli received the green […]

German joins break of the day in last mountain stage Sebastian Lang (Omega Pharma-Lotto) opened up the Giro for breakaways with a 219-kilometer escape in stage two. In stage 20, at the very end of the Giro, he was again […]

Moviestar rider wins with almost five minutes in Sestriere Vasili Kiryienka of the Movistar team made clear from the beginning of today’s 242-kilometer stage from Verbania to Sestriere that he wanted to be in the break of the day. He […]

Frenchman sits in fourth place with one day to go John Gadret (AG2R La Mondiale) sits in fourth place overall in the Giro d’Italia and has great chances of reaching Milano in the same spot. Gadret spoke to Velonation about […]

Craig Lewis and Marco Pinotti both hospitalised after crash After enjoying an excellent Giro d’Italia to date, the luck finally turned bad for the HTC-Highroad team on the rainy stage between Bergamo and Macugnaga. Having won the opening time trial […]

Spaniard sees his friend Paolo Tiralongo to the line Alberto Contador showed in stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia that he is not only the race’s dominator, but that he is also looking out for his friends in the peloton. […]