Tour de France: GC contender Jurgen Van den Broeck out of race with injuries
Double top five finisher heading home, Maxime Bouet also forced to withdraw Although his Lotto Belisol team expressed cautious optimism yesterday that he would be able to continue in the Tour de France after his fall on stage five, Jurgen […]
Cavendish claims the pressure is off after notching up his first victory of this year’s Tour
“I didn’t feel great today but when the guys are committed like they were, it’s important to pay them back” Getting things right after several frustrating days at the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish clocked up his 24th individual stage […]
Gerrans hails work of Orica GreenEdge team, believes squad can continue to hold yellow jersey this week
“I think we’re more than capable of doing that for the next couple of days.” Mission accomplished: Simon Gerrans retained the yellow jersey of race leader in the Tour de France today and believes that it should be possible to […]
Goss aiming to add to Orica GreenEdge’s haul in the Tour
O’Grady: ‘We’re on a roll’ Following the stage three success of Simon Gerrans plus yesterday’s team time trial victory, Matt Goss is hoping to clock up another win for the Orica GreenEdge in the days ahead. The sprinter went close […]
Evans not happy with BMC Racing Team’s performance: ‘We weren’t fast enough”
Lelangue agrees, but says there’s still plenty of racing ahead Slipping back to 28th overall, 26 seconds behind the new race leader Simon Gerrans and dropping 23 seconds to Tour de France rival Chris Froome, Cadel Evans is clear that […]
Contador hails ‘good day’ for Team Saxo Tinkoff in Tour de France team time trial
Spaniard pleased with fourth place, says he’s getting over his crash injury His team finished outside the top three of the time trial but in netting fourth and conceding just six seconds to the Team Sky squad plus its GC […]
Roche dreaming of taking yellow jersey in Tour de France team time trial
Irishman best placed overall of Team Saxo Tinkoff squad Nicolas Roche spent much of his life growing up in the south of France, in the same area as today’s team time trial at the Tour de France, and has written […]
Cancellara confirms reports that he’ll be with new Trek team until 2016
“I’m in it for winning bike races, not sitting out until I retire” Following yesterday’s news that Fabian Cancellara had been linked to a three year contract with the planned Trek team, an evolution of his current RadioShack Leopard squad, […]
Orica GreenEdge stage win relieves pressure: ‘The monkey is off the back’
Australian team ready to chase more success after breakthrough victory with Gerrans Basking in the glow of Simon Gerrans’ win on yesterday’s stage three of the Tour de France, the Orica GreenEdge team considers a major goal has been achieved, […]
UCI confirms that McQuaid and Cookson are sole candidates for UCI President’s role
No more contenders come forward before cut-off date With the three month time limit prior to the UCI congress being reached in recent days, the UCI has officially confirmed that the incumbent Pat McQuaid and management committee member Brian Cookson […]
