Christian Knees looking to play vital role for Team Sky in Tour de France
Former German champion has capabilities to help Wiggins and Cavendish In the coming weeks, much speculation will surround Sky Procycling and its Tour de France selection process, as the squad has to accommodate both Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins. How […]
Tour de Suisse: Rabobank downplaying their disappointing Verbier result
Gesink, Kruijswijk, Mollema all concede time on Swiss mountaintop Rabobank is racing with all three of its potential leaders in the Tour de Suisse, but the trio has stumbled out of the starting gate, two stages in to the race. […]
Critérium du Dauphiné: Saur-Sojasun, Europcar lead the French teams
FDJ-BigMat, Cofidis, AG2R La Mondiale assess performances with the Tour on the horizon With the Critérium du Dauphiné completed and with Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) crowned the back-to-back champion, the participating French teams are looking at their performance over the […]
Mix of youth and experience for Lotto-Belisol in Tour de Suisse
Team Type 1-Sanofi looking to make noise in next big showcase With just two riders normally capable of placing in the top ten of the general classification of a stage race, and both currently racing the Critérium du Dauphiné, Lotto-Belisol […]
Egoi Martinez pleased with progress in view of the Tour de France
Basque veteran embraces role as ‘domestique extraordinaire’ Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) showed that his condition heading into the Tour de France is where it needs to be, as the Basque rider took part in his second breakaway of the Critérium du […]
Critérium du Dauphiné: Durbridge plays it safe after Achilles flare up
Abandon is precautionary measure for time trialist with future goals in mind The Critérium du Dauphiné for Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge) came to a premature end yesterday before the start of stage 5, the first true mountain stage of the week, […]
Diego Ulissi returning with Lampre-ISD in 2013
Emerging Italian rider will aim for Flèche Wallonne and best young rider in Giro d’Italia Lampre-ISD announced yesterday that it has resigned Diego Ulissi for another season, and the Italian will spend his fourth professional year with the Italian squad. […]
Amaël Moinard looking for second Tour invite in year two with BMC Racing
Frenchman gives insight on American team’s Tour de France selections Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing) is in the middle of his second season with the American team, supporting Cadel Evans currently in the Critérium du Dauphiné, and hoping for his second […]
Jérôme Coppel: “There is no shame in losing to Cadel”
Frenchman sparks risky breakaway that sticks, loses out in sprint to Tour champion When he attacked the peloton with four kilometers to race, Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) brought some age and experience with him, as both Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) and […]
Martin and Barredo benefit from weather changes in Dauphiné prologue
Omega Pharma-Quick Step and Rabobank in good shape after early test The changes in the weather throughout the day weren’t severe, but many of the top finishers in yesterday’s prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné were the men who went […]