Iris Slappendel wins Thüringen finale as Olga Zabelinskaya takes the overall
Dutch rider solos to victory in last stage as Russian secures victoryIris Slappendel (Cervélo TestTeam) won the sixth and final stage of the Thuringen Rundfahrt, the Rund um Zeulenroda, after attacking the breakway with 20km to go. Trixi Worrack (Noris […]
Tour de France: Mark Cavendish takes number five in Paris as Alberto Contador confirms number three
Manx Missile fires again on Champs-Elysées ahead of Astana rider’s overall victory Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the twentieth, and final, stage of the Tour de France between Longjumeau and Paris Champs-Elysées to take his fifth stage of the race this […]
“Jerseygate” adds a sour taste to the end of Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France career
Race officials rule that RadioShack team cannot race Tour’s final stage in special “cancer awareness” jersey In an incident that almost seemed to sum up Lance Armstrong’s 2010 Tour de France, the RadioShack team was prevented from wearing a special […]
Sarah Düster gets Thüringen stage 5 as Adrie Visser disqualified
German rouleur awarded stage win after Dutch rider ruled to have sprinted irregularlySarah Düster (Cervélo TestTeam) won the fifth stage of the Thüringen Rundfahrt, the Rund um Schmölln, from a breakaway group of three. The German was awarded the victory […]
Tour de France: Fabian Cancellara reigns as time trial king, while Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck fight it out
World champion destroys the field as a close Tour de France goes to the wire Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) won the stage 19 time trial of the Tour de France between Bordeaux and Pauillac. The World champion blitzed the flat, […]
Tour de France: Tomorrow will be a tough day, says Alberto Contador
Tour champion expects a hard time against the clock in his stage 19 showdown with Andy Schleck After 3487.4km of racing, Alberto Contador (Astana) and Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) are separated by just 8 seconds. With Sunday’s stage to the […]
Hanka Kupfernagel takes Thüringen stage 4 time trial on local roads
Former World time trial champion uses local knowledge before rain disrupts the later starters Hanka Kupfernagel (German National Team) won the fourth stage time trial, the Rund um Schleiz. The 2007 World time trial champion beat Regina Bruins (Cervélo TestTeam) […]
Tour de France: Manx Missile fires again as Mark Cavendish takes number four in Bordeaux
HTC-Columbia rider is the class of the field in the sprinter’s city after surviving tough times in the mountains Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France between Salles-de-Béarn and Bordeaux in a mass bunch sprint. […]
Tour de France: Maarten Tjallingii’s meat-free journey through France
Rabobank team chef cooks special dishes for vegetarian rider France thinks of itself as the centre of the culinary World, each region has it’s own speciality dishes and its restaurant’s are the envy of the World. What all this haute […]
Tour de France: 2009 vs 2010, what does the Tourmalet have that Ventoux doesn’t?
How come this year’s final mountain stage delivered such drama, when last year’s version couldn’t? Today’s stage between Pau and the Col du Tourmalet gave us the kind of dramatic mano a mano battle rarely seen in the Tour de […]
