Welsh rider awarded combativity prize for his break over the Tourmalet Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas was awarded the prix de la combativité at the end of the twelfth stage of the Tour de France, thanks to the part he played […]

Astana’s Czech rider couldn’t quite make it to the front group but lives to fight another day Roman Kreuziger (Astana) was one of the many victims of the first week’s crashes. On stage seven he came down hard on his […]

Quick Step’s French champion attacks on the race’s first big mountain on his country’s national day Having passed a miserable few days, nursing the injuries he sustained in a crash on stage five, Quick Step’s Sylvain Chavanel is beginning to […]

Thomas Voeckler clings on to Bastille Day yellow as the Schleck brothers lay down the law Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) took a lone victory at the top of Luz-Ardiden to claim the twelfth stage of the Tour de France. The Olympic […]

Mark Cavendish beats André Greipel on a rainy day in the Tarn Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) took his revenge over former teammate André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto), beating him to the line on the eleventh stage of the Tour de France between […]

Regulations tightened to avoid a repeat of Sunday’s Hoogerland/Flecha incident Jean-François Pescheux, the Tour de France director of competition, has reminded everybody in the convoy how they are to conduct themselves in the race. Regulations are being tightened in order […]

Yellow jersey explains the reason why Team Europcar did so little work on stage ten The pattern for a transitional stage in the first half of the Tour de France where the day is likely to end in a sprint […]

Rest day helps Rabobank leader recover from injuries sustained early in the race Rabobank’s Robert Gesink is one of the many riders coming out of Monday’s rest day feeling an improvement to the injuries he sustained in crashes earlier in […]

Philippe Gilbert’s late attack blows holes into HTC-Highroad leadout train Less than a week after Omega Pharma-Lotto was having to play down suggestions of divisions in its triple-headed team, André Greipel and Philippe Gilbert are showing a united front. The […]

Gorilla outpaces big rival Cavendish to win in his debut in the race André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) put one over on his former teammate and rival Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) to the finish in Carmaux to take the tenth stage of […]