Schumacher in yellow after fourth stage win
Germany’s Stefan Schumacher of the Gerolsteiner team stunned the big time trial favourites to win the Tour de France fourth stage and pull on the leader’s yellow jersey Tuesday. Schumacher clocked a winning time of 35min 44sec over the windy, […]
McEwen and his bunch eye a rare stage victory
The thrilling first week of the Tour de France will be cranked up a notch Wednesday when the race prepares for the first serious climbs. But ahead of Thursday’s potentially hazardous racing terrain hosts an appetiser to the Pyreneean stages […]
Evans taking a guarded approach to yellow jersey
He might be small in height, but the imposing figure of a Belgian police inspector with magic hands could play a major role in Cadel Evans’ yellow jersey bid on the Tour de France. For the last five years of […]
Speedy Schumacher forced to defend drugs claims
Germany’s Stefan Schumacher pulled on the Tour de France yellow jersey here Tuesday, and was then forced to defend himself quickly over a positive test for amphetamines. Schumacher, who rides for the Gerolsteiner team, took the race lead after stunning […]
Menchov mishap gives Evans a nasty reminder
Cadel Evans was reminded of just what it takes to win, and lose, the Tour de France after a hectic third stage here Tuesday which saw one of his potential rivals lose 38 seconds. On paper, Denis Menchov isn’t the […]
Valverde abdicates, but keeps yellow at hand
Yellow jersey hopeful Alejandro Valverde gave up the Tour de France lead willingly on Tuesday, but admitted he had raced the hectic third stage with one eye on the crucial fourth stage. “We controlled things in the first part of […]
Menchov's yellow jersey hopes dented at Tour
Russian Denis Menchov became the first victim of the Tour de France’s yellow jersey contenders here Monday when he got caught napping in a hectic finish to the 208km stage. Menchov, a two-time Tour of Spain winner, found himself in […]
French sprinter in yellow as Dumoulin wins stage three
Frenchman Romain Feillu took the biggest accolade of his career Monday when a successful breakaway that foxed the sprinters’ teams handed him the Tour de France yellow jersey Monday. Compatriot Samuel Dumoulin, of Cofidis, won the third stage – a […]
Garmin counting on Millar for yellow jersey bid
Britain’s David Millar is quietly building hopes of ending his eight-year wait to pull on the Tour de France yellow jersey. Millar last wore the coveted tunic in 2000 when he won the prologue at Futuroscope, and on Tuesday’s 29.5km […]
Steegmans to ditch Quick Step for Tinkoff
Belgian sprinter Gert Steegmans, a former stage winner here at the Tour de France, will join the Russian Tinkoff team on a two-year deal, it was revealed at the race here Sunday. Steegmans is currently a teammate of former world […]
