The former World champion puts an unfortunate spring behind him 2008 World Champion, Alessandro Ballan, appears to still be suffering from the curse of the rainbow jersey – and he’s not even wearing it anymore. The rider endured a forgettable […]

Looking for a change of scenery in 2011 At 24-years-old, Roman Kreuziger heads into this year’s Tour de France with hopes of bettering last year’s 9th place overall finish. 2010 has been a classy season already for the Liquigas rider […]

Stage glory could result in overall success Euskaltel-Euskadi’s reigning Olympic road race champion, Sammy Sanchez, feels, like Alberto Contador, that July’s Tour de France will be decided in the final week when the race passes through the Pyrenees. Sanchez believes […]

Says second place in final time trial was a better performance than first day victory Fabian Cancellara took a look back at the recently completed tour of his home country of Switzerland on his website on Sunday. The World Time […]

Admits that the decision is driving him crazy While Jakob Fuglsang and the rest of the Saxo Bank team wonder about their future with Bjarne Riis’s squad, the former Tour de France winner has an extra woe to go along […]

Looking for three King of the Mountains titles in a row Cofidis’s David Moncoutie has had more than enough of the Tour de France. The rider, who is enjoying great form at the moment following victory at last week’s Route […]

Dedicates win to fallen compatriot, Kim Kirchen Fränk Schleck continued his impressive June run with one of the biggest victories of his career on Sunday: the overall at the Tour de Suisse. His victory margin of 12 seconds over seven-time […]

Move to make Belgian squad a sprinting force seems eminent The Gazet van Antwerpen reports that Andre Greipel is in late stage negotiations with the Belgian Omega Pharma-Lotto team. Greipel, winner of 11 races in 2010 so far, has openly […]

Mass exodus from Liquigas, Italians flock to British team, Horner Shacks up somewhere else? According to Dutch website, Sportdome, Roman Kreuziger is looking to make a move to Astana and not the Belgian Omega Pharma-Lotto team as previously reported. Kreuziger […]

Believes that Alpine stages won’t separate the top riders As has been widely reported, Astanta’s Grand Tour dominator, Alberto Contador, spent the early part of this week reckoning the Tour de France’s stages in the Alps. After taking in the […]