Tour de France: Contador aware that one bad day can end the winning dream
Spaniard confident that current gap can be overcome in final time trial Tomorrow Alberto Contador and his rivals head into the Pyrenees for the decisive part of the 2010 Tour de France. Four days will likely shape the final general […]
Tour de France: Escape specialist Thor Hushovd back in green jersey
Hushovd gets back green from Petacchi through intermediate sprints Thor Hushovd of the Cervélo TestTeam knows exactly how the green jersey is won: It is not only the final dash to the line that counts but also the intermediate sprints […]
Tour de France: Aggressive Luis León Sánchez shows up on front in fast stage 13 final
Spaniard tries to move on final hill The final of today’s stage 13 in the Tour de France was quite active, with attacks flying left and right on the final ascent, the côte de Saint-Ferréol. Before Alexander Vinokourov made his […]
Tour de France: Sánchez survives tough day, still sits on podium spot
Third-placed rider fights heat and headwind Olympic Champion Samuel Sánchez from the Basque Euskaltel-Euskadi team is still in third place overall after stage 10 of the Tour de France today. 179 kilometers were taxing, but the fight against the elements […]
Tour de France: Evans continues race with broken elbow
Australian feeling better in stage 10 World Champion Cadel Evans was targeting the Tour de France as a contender for the overall victory. But in a déjà vu to his 2008 crash, Evans had to bury his overall chances in […]
Tour de France: Aerts and Devenyns cannot pull off Belgian stage win in Gap
Attacks come too early from the Belgian riders Mario Aerts and Dries Devenyns were the two Belgians in the six-man break that dominated today’s stage 10 of the Tour de France between Chambéry and Gap. But neither could prevent the […]
Hushovd in hunt for green, but another stage win high on priority list
Cervélo goes for points and the overall with Sastre Thor Hushovd finished ninth in today’s bunch sprint at the Tour de France’s fourth stage from Cambrai to Reims. It wasn’t what the Cervélo TestTeam rider had expected, especially after gaining […]
Tour de France: Iban Mayoz makes the break of day
Riders get caught with three kilometers to go In the fourth stage of the Tour de France, the typical break of the day formed after less than two kilometers into the 153.5km stage. Iban Mayoz was one of the riders […]
Riccardo Riccò wins queen stage in Tour of Austria
Italian extends lead in the overall classification to almost two minutes Riccardo Riccò stormed away on the queen stage up to the Großglockner climb in the Tour of Austria in a convincing defense of his leader’s jersey. The Italian put […]
André Greipel storms to Tour of Austria stage one win
Greipel’s answer to Tour de France elimination André Greipel was expecting to ride in the Tour de France this weekend, after 11 race wins so far. But the HTC Columbia rider made the best of it, storming to victory in […]