Ullrich faces disciplinary procedure from Swiss
Germany’s retired former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich is to be the subject of a disciplinary procedure by the Swiss anti-doping commission Tuesday’s edition of German daily Suddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reveals. Gerhard Walter, president of the Swiss Olympic Committee’s […]
Contador caused the crucial split
A dramatic racing incident that has put seven-time champion Lance Armstrong within sight of the race’s yellow jersey has been blamed, ironically, on Alberto Contador. Contador, the 2007 champion who is Armstrong’s teammate at Astana, was among a handful of […]
Cav phones new sponsor with a win, Armstrong shows his wisdom
Make it two days in a row for Columbia-HTC’s star sprinter Mark Cavendish winning the stage over Thor Hushovd and Cyril Lemoine in the 196.5 kilometer wind swept ride from Marseille to La Grande-Motte. With a gesture of appreciation to […]
Boonen bides his time
Belgium’s Tom Boonen said Sunday he was more concerned about staying on his bike than sprinting for victory after a crash just before the finish of the second stage of the Tour de France. A right hand bend just under […]
Lancaster says Napolitano behaved like an 'amateur'
As bunch sprints go, it could have gone much better for Australian Brett Lancaster and his Cervelo team on the Tour de France on Sunday. While yellow jersey contender Cadel Evans expressed his relief at avoiding one of several crashes […]
Armstrong yet to endorse Contador as leader
Lance Armstrong endured his first testing day of racing on his return to the Tour de France before avoiding a potentially dangerous finish among the safety of the main peloton. The 37-year-old was given the same finishing time of 4hr […]
Cavendish opens up his account, no changes on GC
Columbia-HTC’s Mark Cavendish has taken his fifth stage victory in the Tour de France today with no challenge from second placed Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) who was several bike lengths back followed by a charging Romain Feillu of Agritubel who closed […]
Menchov talks to Austrian police
Rabobank team boss Erik Breukink confirmed at the Tour de France on Sunday that star rider Denis Menchov recently gave evidence to Austrian police investigating a suspected blood doping. During last month’s Tour of Italy Menchov was handed a summons […]
Cancellara takes yellow while Contador confirms favorite status
Just like he did in 2004 and 2007 Swiss rider and Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara of team Saxo Bank took the first yellow jersey of the Tour de France during the opening test against the clock in Monaco, besting […]
Stress takes its toll on Belgian Champion
Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen, who was only given the green light to ride in Saturday’s opening stage of the Tour de France the day before, has been beset by diarrhoea and abdominal pains. The 2009 Tour begins with a 15.5km […]
