Kittel at Tour de France: “This is absolutely awesome and I really cannot believe it”
Second Tour going to plan for German rider, Kristoff rues missed opportunity Sick during last year’s Tour and abandoning on the fifth stage with 25th place in the opening time trial as his best result, Marcel Kittel has quickly surpassed […]
Kittel grabs first Tour de France stage win, Greipel, Cavendish and Sagan held up
Chaos on opening stage of Tour de France with jammed team bus and big bunch pileup Staying out of trouble in a chaotic final ten kilometres and avoiding a crash which delayed Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step), Peter Sagan […]
Nicolas Roche interview: All for Contador in the Tour de France
Irishman embraces new role on Team Saxo Tinkoff, tips compatriot Dan Martin for success He’s finished twelfth and fourteenth in the past and taken second and third on stages but, as the first stage of the Tour de France plays […]
Contador escapes serious injury in Tour de France crash, pleased not to lose time
“These are the typical first-day jitters…at least we are all on the same time” Many riders were held up by the crash on today’s opening stage of the Tour de France, but the sight of GC contender Alberto Contador trailing […]
Dan Martin Interview: ‘To win Catalunya is great…I am a rider who feeds off confidence’
Garmin-Sharp rider believes race success will have a lasting effect on his career Winner yesterday of the WorldTour Volta a Catalunya ahead of riders such as Joaquim Rodriguez and Bradley Wiggins, Dan Martin has underlined how important the success is […]
Dan Martin Interview: Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner in the zone as Tour de France begins
Garmin-Sharp rider chasing first Irish stage win in 21 years Things have changed hugely for Dan Martin in the past twelve months, and that transformation from talented outsider to one of the big guns in the sport mean he starts […]
Evans believes he’s much fresher than when he did last Giro d’Italia in 2010
Australian anticipates ‘some interesting action’ in opening Tour stages Playing down any concerns that he might be below par in the Tour as a result of riding the Giro d’Italia, Cadel Evans has said that he feels competing in that […]
Video: National champions Brammeier and Spath look forward after weekend triumphs
Irish riders planning on continuing to race well this season and into 2014 Having both successfully defended the Irish road race championship titles they took last year, Matt Brammeier and Melanie Spath are aiming to ride strongly for the remainder […]
WADA: There’s nothing to prevent an independent anti-doping body policing cycling
Agency contradicts McQuaid’s assertion that Cookson’s proposal is impossible The World Anti Doping Agency has countered a claim made yesterday by Pat McQuaid, in which he said that Brian Cookson was incorrect in promising a fully independent anti-doping agency to […]
Christina Watches ‘highly surprised’ not to be selected for Tour of Denmark
Team says it will weigh up its future after missing out on wildcard slot Using the points clocked up this year to make an argument that it has been unfairly excluded from the Tour of Denmark, the Christina Watches team […]