Report: Three year contract extension for Cancellara with Trek, salary cut for Schleck brothers
American bicycle manufacturer wants to use Swiss rider as new figurehead Following on from the confirmation that Trek will buy the current RadioShack Leopard WorldTour licence from Flavio Becca, more details have emerged about the likely structure of the team […]
Tour de France: Hesjedal ‘as okay as you can feel’ after crash
Canadian continues in Tour after early scare Memories of Ryder Hesjedal being forced to withdraw from last year’s Tour de France after a crash came flooding back yesterday when the Canadian came a cropper towards the end of the opening […]
Froome okay after early scare, Tour favourite shrugs off crash
“It’s about staying out of trouble and looking after ourselves in the peloton” Like several others, Chris Froome hit the deck on yesterday’s opening stage of the Tour de France, but the Briton did so before the race even started. […]
Evans feeling good in Tour de France, Gilbert and van Garderen escape serious injury
Pandemonium of stage one doesn’t cause any time losses Although he hasn’t raced since finishing third in the Giro d’Italia, Cadel Evans has said that he had good sensations on yesterday’s opening leg of the Tour de France and felt […]
Injured Tony Martin takes to start of stage two of Tour de France
Rider had suffered concussion yesterday, but doctors deem it safe for him to continue Having waited until this morning to assess his condition once again, the Omega Pharma Quick Step team and its doctors have given Tony Martin a green […]
Tour de France: Greipel chasing yellow on stage one
Van den Broeck feeling good after recent illness German sprinter Andre Greipel is relishing the possibility of grabbing the yellow jersey in this year’s Tour de France, recognising that today’s opening stage will almost certainly end in a bunch sprint […]
Tour riders protest to French sports minister about focus on doping in the past, say cycling is being harmed
CPA issues statement protesting at unfair treatment, says current riders shouldn’t pay for sins of the past Protesting at what they see are the skeltons of the past being used to haunt today’s sport, members of the peloton and of […]
Contador ‘extremely motivated, mentally focussed’ in advance of Tour de France start
Video: Spaniard fired up in bid for third title Double race winner Alberto Contador has said that he believes his team is up to the task of helping him win the 2013 Tour de France, and that he personally is […]
McQuaid on Armstrong allegations: He needs to back up claims of corruption in cycling
UCI President says he has nothing to hide, and that an independent examination of the sport will happen Responding to today’s article in Le Monde, where Lance Armstrong said that Pat McQuaid, Hein Verbruggen and the UCI itself had much […]
Armstrong: "Our system was very simple, very conservative, and not evil"
Texan says that McQuaid, Verbruggen and the UCI have much to fear from a Truth and Reconcilliation process Still portraying himself as a victim of the system, Lance Armstrong has claimed that the actions of USADA have done nothing to […]
