Prologue crashes too much for the duo The Tour de France was already incomplete at the start due to the Cervélo TestTeam pulling its rider Xavier Florencio. The prologue cost two more riders a chance of reaching Paris, as the […]

Belgian visits Quick Step team in Rotterdam Tom Boonen had great hopes of winning stages in the Tour de France and even winning them in his own country. Instead, the Quick Step rider has to sit out the race with […]

American is deluxe helper for Evans in Tour de France The goal for BMC is clear, with the whole team centered around its captain Cadel Evans for the Tour de France victory. One of the team’s key players is George […]

Australian knows that chasing dreams can take a long time Cadel Evans will start the 2010 Tour de France as one of the main favorites, having finished second of the three-week tour through France twice in his career. He joined […]

German sets early best time, but has to settle for second Tony Martin was the 11th of 197 riders to leave the Tour de France prologue start ramp in Rotterdam, Netherlands, today. As an early starter, it is not hard […]

Rider’s mistake costs him Tour de France participation The Cervélo TestTeam will have to start the Tour de France with only eight riders, after it send home Xavier Florencio a day before the start of La Grande Boucle. For Florencio, […]

Contador not worried about cobbles after special prep with Peter van Petegem Alberto Contador and teammate Benjamín Noval checked out the first 100km of Sunday’s stage one, along the windy dikes in the Netherlands. Contador, one of the top favorites […]

Spaniard wins second road title nine years after first one Iván Gutiérrez won today’s men’s road race in the Spanish national championships, nine years after taking the first road title. Gutiérrez successfully attacked his breakaway companion Carlos Barredo four kilometers […]

Late attack gives him solo win on hot day Christian Knees attacked his three-man break with a little less than one 10km lap to go to become German road Champion for the first time in his career. In the sprint […]

Spaniard satisfied after final training camp The goal for Astana’s captain Alberto Contador is the third Tour de France title and the teammates to help him achieve the goal have been announced. Alexandre Vinokourov, David De la Fuente, Andriy Grivko, […]