Tour de France: Andy Schleck strikes the first blow in the Alps as Lance Armstrong cracks; Cadel Evans takes yellow
Luxemburger’s late attack on the road to Avoriaz takes stage win and initiative in the race to Paris Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) won the eighth stage of the Tour de France between Station des Rousses and Morzine-Avoriaz on the first […]
Mara Abbott rules on the Stelvio to secure Giro Donne victory
Tappa e Giro for US champion on the legendary pass as she outclimbs everyone once moreMara Abbott (United States) won the ninth stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile between Livigno and the Passo dello Stelvio. The US champion took her […]
Tour de France: Sylvain Chavanel gets second stage victory and snatches back yellow in the Jura mountains
French Quick Step rider breaks away on the Tour’s first day in the mountains to take back what he lost on the cobbles of the north Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) won the seventh stage of the Tour de France between […]
Tour of Austria: André Greipel sprints to victory number two on stage 6
André the Gorilla keeps the pressure on Cavendish by matching him win for win Just as Mark Cavendish was taking his second stage win at the Tour de France, André Greipel (HTC-Columbia) was matching his big rival and teammate with […]
Mara Abbott tears Giro Donne apart in the mountains, seizes pink
US champion attacks on first of three high mountain passes to take control of the raceMara Abbott (United States) won the eighth, and hardest, stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile so far between Chiavenna and Livigno, after an emphatic solo […]
Tour de France: Mark Cavendish wins stage six as the Manx Missile fires again
Manx Express wins again in sprinters’ last chance stage Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the sixth stage of the Tour de France between Montargis and Gueugnon in another bunch sprint. After a difficult first few days of the race, the Manxman […]
23 Teams announced for 67th Tour of Poland
Vacansoleil and Skil-Shimano finally get big race invitation The organisers of the Tour de Pologne, the Tour of Poland, have announced the list of 23 teams that have been invited to this year’s race, which runs from August 1st to […]
Giovanni Visconti closing in on second consecutive European Tour crown
New Italian champion poised to keep hold of UCI’s most prestigious Continental title Italian champion Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) maintains his hold in the European Tour classification and looks set to claim victory in the competition for the second year in […]
Tour de France: Alberto Contador visits RadioShack bearing gifts for Lance Armstrong and Johan Bruyneel
Tour champion delivers belated thank you gift to former teammate and director Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Astana) paid a visit to the RadioShack team bus before the start of stage 5 in Épernay this morning. The Spaniard was […]
Tour de France: Alberto Contador is the most talented, says Lance Armstrong
American acknowledges young Spaniard’s superiority as former adversaries put past conflicts behind them The conflict between seven-time winner Lance Armstrong and current number one Alberto Contador is no more, the American told Het Laatse Nieuws. Problems arose while the two […]
