Adrie Visser takes her first HTC-Columbia win in Thüringen stage 3
Dutch rider outsprints breakaway after tough stage Adrie Visser (HTC-Columbia) won the third stage of the Thüringen Rundfahrt, the Rund um Greiz, after outsprinting the rest of the breakaway. She beat compatriot Iris Slappendel (Cervélo TestTeam) and 2007 World champion […]
Tour de France: Jurgen Van Den Broeck’s brush with power as French president steps in
Belgian rubs shoulders with Nicolas Sarkozy on his way to his nation’s best Tour finish in 24 years Jurgen Van Den Broeck (OmegaPharma-Lotto) is poised to become Belgium’s first rider to finish in the top-five of the Tour de France […]
Tour de France: Gifts on the Tourmalet as Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador go head to head
Saxo Bank rider tries all he can to drop yellow jersey as the race’s best two riders fight out the Tour’s toughest stage Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) won the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France between Pau and the […]
Tour de France: Lucien Van Impe criticises polka dot mountains jersey classification
Six time polka-dot jersey winner decries the lack of overall contenders in classification Going into the final mountain stage, the competition for the polka-dot mountains jersey is wide open. Current jersey holder Anthony Charteau (Bbox-Bouyges Telecom) leads Christophe Moreau (Caisse […]
Edita Pucinskaite takes Thüringen stage 2 as Emma Johansson abandons with illness
Lithuanian outsprints breakaway companion to take victory as race leader taken out by railway tracks Edita Pucinskaite (Gauss-RDZ-Ormu) won the second stage of the Thüringen Rundfahrt, the Rund um Gera, after outsprinting Olga Zabelinskaya (Safi-Pasta Zara). The pair escaped from […]
Emma Johansson wins Thüringen Rundfahrt opener
Swedish champion outsprints breakaway on uphill finish to take stage and race lead Emma Johansson (RedSun Cycling) won the first stage of the Thüringen Rundfahrt, the Rund um Altenberg after escaping the rest of a breakaway group in the closing […]
Tour de France: Pierrick Fédrigo outsprints the breakaway to spoil Lance Armstrong’s retirement party
A sixth win for France as Lance Armstrong and Christophe Moreau go on one last attack Pierrick Fédrigo (Bbox Bouyges Telecom) won the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France between Bagnères-de-Luchon and Pau as he outsprinted the rest of […]
Tour de France: Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck bury the hatchet, but not in each other
Good friends off the bike don’t want to let “Chaingate” spoil their relationship After yesterday’s controversial incident, where Alberto Contador (Astana) continued with an attack after yellow jersey Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) dropped his chain, the riders have made peace […]
Tour de France: The French Revolution continues on home soil
Six stage wins so far show that the Tour’s host nation is on the rise once more Twenty-five years ago Bernard Hinault won the Tour de France. Laurent Jalabert retired in 2002. Those two events represent the last time a […]
Tour de France: Jens Voigt crashed hard on descent 2.0
Saxo Bank veteran hit the tarmac in a freak accident that harks back to last year Saxo Bank’s Jens Voigt suffered from a real sense of déjà vu today as he hit the road hard on a mountain descent for […]
