Cadel Evans is bracing himself for a crucial two days of racing in the French alps after giving up the Tour de France yellow jersey here on Sunday. On the first day of three in the Alps the 31-year-old Aussie […]

Australian Simon Gerrans caused a minor sensation here on Sunday by winning the tough 15th stage of the Tour de France on the race’s third mountain finish in the Italian Alps. The 28-year-old from Melbourne, however, was quick to give […]

Towns decked in yellow, and even dogs and their owners decked out in symbols of the race’s famous jersey. That was Italy’s welcome to the Tour de France here Sunday. The 15th stage of the race began in Embrun at […]

Spain’s 2006 champion Oscar Pereiro suffered shoulder injuries after crashing spectacularly out of the 15th stage of the Tour de France here on Sunday. According to a first official diagnosis Pereiro has a sprained shoulder but has not injured his […]

Tour de France standings after stage 15:          1. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC)                   63h57min 21sec      2. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST)                    at      0:07.      3. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL)                              0:08.      4. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB)                            0:38.      5. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GAR)                    […]

Luxembourg’s Frank Schleck took hold of the Tour de France yellow jersey from Cadel Evans here on Friday after a thrilling 15th stage in the Alps which blew the race wide open. Australian Simon Gerrans, of the Credit Agricole team, […]

Quadruple stage winner Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the Tour de France prior to the 15th stage, the first of three days in the Alps here Sunday, according to his Columbia team. Cavendish has been one of the stars […]

Olympic road race champion Paolo Bettini won the 63rd edition of the Trofeo Matteotti (4h45m Average 42.841km/h). At the finish line in Pescara, the World Champion sprinted ahead of Francesco Reda (NGC Medical) and Pasquale Muto (team Miche Silver Cross) […]

Spaniard Oscar Freire should now have a better idea of whether he can keep the Tour de France green jersey, after some in-race consultation with sprint rival Mark Cavendish. Cavendish, the winner of four sprint stages so far, was conspicuous […]

Kenyan-born Briton Chris Froome hit out at Barloworld teammate Moises Duenas here on Saturday after the Spaniard’s positive doping control at the Tour de France. Duenas’s positive test for the banned blood booster EPO (erythrpoietin) on stage four has been […]