Rabobank trying to salvage their Tour de France after stage six catastrophe
Gesink, Mollema, Kruijswijk all lose time, Wynants out After getting off to a fairly good, if uneventful start to the Tour de France, it has all gone wrong for Rabobank after a difficult stage six. The Dutch team had its […]
Argos-Shimano: a more flexible Tour de France jury would help
Dutch team rues more bad luck; Poels, Txurruka show their mettle After a particularly tough Tour de France stage into Metz, with a high-speed crash inside the final 30 kilometres affecting a large portion of the peloton, teams are growing […]
Tour de France: Sagan blasts to stage six win as crash tears GC to shreds
Slovak prodigy wins again but time losses to overall threats the big story Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) more than made up for missing out on the sprint yesterday, having been caught up in a crash, with a flat and fast sprint […]
Tour de France: Greipel goes two out of two in false flat drag race
Cavendish runs out of gas a bit short, Sagan caught up in late crash André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) punched his way to a second win in a row in the Tour de France, this time on stage five into Saint-Quentin. It […]
André Greipel scoops Tour de France stage four in crash affected finale
Cavendish taken out in crash with two kilometers to go, Cancellara holds yellow André Greipel used another great lead out from his Lotto-Belisol squad and this time blasted to victory, although stage two winner Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) was not […]
Tour de France: Sagan dominates chaotic climb into Boulogne-sur-Mer
Fireworks from thirty kilometers out as crashes decimate the field Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) sprung from the bunch on a right hand bend with 400 uphill meters to race on a chaotic stage three of the Tour de France, leaving plenty […]
Tour de France: Gesink and Mollema both vigilant and attentive in Seraing
Dutch GC hopes pleased after first stage, nothing broken for Sanchez after late stage crash Though it was an uphill finish, yesterday’s stage one of the Tour de France put up a run-in that was a bit too flat and […]
Alessandro Bazzana of Team Type 1-Sanofi takes stage one in Tour of Austria
bests Astana’s Francesco Gavazzi to net first leader’s jersey Alessandro Bazzana (Team Type 1-Sanofi) has opened his account for the season after taking stage one of the Österreich-Rundfahrt – the Tour of Austria – in Innsbruck today. The 27-year-old outdueled […]
Morkov accomplishes goal with Tour de France podium appearance
Dane will try to hold onto polka dot jersey in the coming flatter days Michael Mørkøv (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) set off on stage one with a goal in mind and crossed the finish line in Seraing having accomplished that goal, […]
British panel weighs in on Wiggins’ chances for yellow at the Tour de France
Dave Brailsford, Graham Jones, and Chris Boardman on the big British hope In Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling), Great Britain has likely its biggest hope ever at taking the yellow jersey in the Tour de France all the way to Paris. […]