Right to Play declares Ride to the Tour a success
Fifty amateur cyclists ride from London to Les Herbiers for international children’s charity International charity Right to Play has declared its annual ride the Tour de France a spectacular success, with fifty riders covering 350 miles in four days to […]
Ivan Basso: “We’ve only had one off day”
Liquigas-Cannondale leader has kept himself safe in the Tour de France’s crash-filled first week and is now ready for the race to really start Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) has staked his season on a strong performance in the Tour de France. […]
Kevin De Weert extends with Quick Step through 2013
Belgian team’s classification rider could be the Tour’s top Belgian this year One piece of good news to come out of the somewhat beleaguered Quick Step team at the Tour de France is that Kevin De Weert has signed a […]
UCI welcomes IOC decision on “No Needles Policy” for London 2012
Olympic Games to follow cycling in the banning of non-medical injections The International Cycling Union (UCI) has welcomed the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban the possession and use of syringes outside medical areas in the next […]
Giro Donne: Marianne Vos secures overall prize as Ina Teutenberg wraps up final time trial
Dutch phenomenon becomes first Netherlands rider to take women’s Corsa Rosa Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) confirmed her overall victory in the Giro d’Italia Femminile with third place in the 16.2km final stage time trial in San Francesco al Campo, just […]
Tour de France: Victory in Saint-Flour for Luis León Sanchez as Voeckler rides into yellow
Crashes and incidents strike the peloton again as more favourites knocked out Luis León Sanchez (Rabobank) won the ninth stage of the Tour de France between Issoire and Saint-Flour, at the end of a long breakaway. The Spanish time trial […]
Marianne Vos again, takes final mountain stage in Giro d'Italia Femminile
Only time trial left before dominating Vos can celebrate final general classification victory Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) continued her Merckx-like domination of the Giro d’Italia Femminile with her fifth stage victory on the steep climb to Ceresole Reale. The Dutch […]
Tour de France: Rui Costa finds redemption in Super-Besse to win stage eight
Movistar rider takes biggest ever win after “unfair” doping ban Rui Costa (Movistar) marked his return from what he felt was an unfair doping ban in style, taking the eighth stage of the Tour de France at Super-Besse, as it […]
Tour de France: Déjà vu for Mark Cavendish in Châteauroux
Manx Express repeats 2008 maiden victory at the end of nine-man HTC-Highroad train Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) repeated his 2008 maiden victory in the city of Châteauroux, winning the seventh stage of the Tour de France, taking his second in this […]
Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins out of race with broken collarbone
Team Sky’s bid for yellow over after British champion taken out on stage seven Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) has been forced to abandon the Tour de France, midway through the seventh stage, with a broken collarbone. The British champion was […]
