Luis Leon Sanchez ready for final pre-Tour de France test
Caisse d’Epargne rider looking to hone form in Switzerland Caisse d’Epargne’s Luis Leon Sanchez started his last preparation before the Tour de France with a modest 67th place finish in today’s first stage time trial of the Tour de Suisse […]
HTC-Columbia's Tony Martin modest about Tour de Suisse ambitions
Says he will focus on a few stages along with final time trial HTC-Columbia’s Tony Martin, last year’s second place finisher behind Andy Schleck in the best young rider classification at the Tour de France, heads into today’s opening time […]
Nicole Cooke and Marianne Vos take stage wins in Bira tour double day
HTC-Columbia’s Judith Arndt leads overall with one day to goSaturday’s eventful double day at the Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira stage race in the Basque Country included a morning 5.9 km difficult uphill time trial, followed by an afternoon stage of 70 km […]
Tour de Suisse: Fabian Cancellara takes Stage 1 time trial
8th career stage win for Cancellara at Tour de Suisse World Time Trial Champion, Fabian Cancellara, put in a sizzling second half in the 7.6 km opening day time trial in Lugano to turn an eight second deficit into a […]
Chances of Tour de France start improving for RadioShack's Zubeldia
Basque climber has three weeks to prepare Five days after RadioShack’s Haimar Zubeldia broke the radius in his arm, his prognosis is taking a distinct turn for the better. After an initial trip to the hospital in Voiron, France yielded […]
Alejandro Valverde refuses to negotiate with UCI
Lawyers advise rider to turn down UCI deal According to the Spanish publication, Meta2Mil, Alejandro Valverde has refused to negotiate with the UCI and accept what would amount to a very nice deal. In turn for giving up his appeal […]
Sylvain Chavanel to return at Tour de Suisse
Tour de France start still a possibility Sylvain Chavanel suffered a frightening crash in the closing moments of Liege-Bastogne-Liege just over six weeks ago. Chavanel crashed into a team car, as he was working his way through the caravan to […]
Andrey Kaschechkin to return with Lampre-Farnese?
Hoping to race the Tour de France DiarioVasco.com reports that Andrey Kaschechkin is in talks with Lampre about a return to cycling. The former 3rd place overall finisher and stage winner at the Vuelta Espana, tested positive for blood doping […]
Colorado town of Black Hawk bans bicycle riding
City cites desire to “promote safety” It seems like it shouldn’t be possible, but a small mountain town in Colorado has “approved an ordinance banning bicycle riding on almost every street.” The historic mining city of Black Hawk, population 118, […]
Rabobank's Denis Menchov aces first test
Tour de France hopeful coming good at the right time The questions were plentiful following an up and down first part of the season for Denis Menchov. After a volatile opening to the season, a third place overall at the […]