Tour de France: Joaquin Rodriguez climbs to victory in Mende as Alberto Contador goes on the offensive
Spanish rider takes stage victory after fireworks on Jalabert’s climb see defending champion attack yellow jersey Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) won the twelfth stage of the Tour de France between Bourg-de-Péage and Mende as he escaped on the steep climb to […]
Dauphine casualties, Michel Kreder and Jean-Christophe Peraud, set to return
Kreder to return at Brixia Tour and Peraud to make comeback in Poland Two riders who were forced to leave June’s Criterium du Dauphine as a result of injury are set to return to racing. Garmin’s young Dutch talent, Michel […]
World championships Melbourne course suits Oscar Freire, says Paolo Bettini
Italian coach predicts a fast finish, but not by a pure sprinter New Italian head coach Paolo Bettini has returned from checking out this year’s World Championships road course in Melbourne. He proclaims it a good circuit for sprinters, according […]
Björn Leukemans stays with Vacansoleil to maintain Classics triple-threat
Dutch team will maintain Classics specialist for two more years Belgian Björn Leukemans is set to remain with the Vacansoleil team for two more years, the team announced today. Leukemans has been with the Dutch formation since it’s inception in […]
Rabobank will likely not renew contract with Nick Nuyens
Team manager, Erik Breukink, admits disappointment in Belgian Classics specialist Belgian Nick Nuyens’s stay with Rabobank looks set to end two years after it started. Nuyens moved over to Rabobank from Cofidis with a lot of hope and promise, but […]
Bruyneel regrets disappointing turn-around for Armstrong, tips Contador for victory
Belgian believes defending champion will get upper hand over Schleck Team RadioShack manager Johan Bruyneel has conceded that this year’s Tour has been a very disappointing one for him, with the Belgian expressing sadness at Lance Armstrong’s crash and at […]
Stijn Devolder leaves Quick Step, bound for Vacansoleil
Belgian champion will not be riding for Belgium’s top team Newly minted Belgian national champion Stijn Devolder will be leaving Patrick Lefevere’s Quick Step outfit for the Vacansoleil team in 2011, according to the Gazet van Antwerpen. The Dutch team […]
Tour de France: Schleck and Contador to resume GC battle in Mende tomorrow?
3.1 km, 10.1% average finishing climb of the Montee Laurent Jalabert should provide fireworks The relative tranquility of the past two transition stages should end tomorrow with the 210.5 kilometer stage starting in Bourg-de-Peage and finishing high above Mende on […]
Tour de France: Battle for green intensifies as Alessandro Petacchi snatches it back
With the yellow jersey down to a two-horse race the sprinters keep things interesting With the contenders for the yellow jersey observing something of a truce on the flat stages between the Alps and Pyrénées, the battle between the sprinters […]
Tour de France: Mark Renshaw ejected from race on heels of Cavendish victory
Cavendish loses his trusty leadout man as he surpasses sprinting legends HTC-Columbia sprinter Mark Cavendish has suffered a huge loss despite his stage eleven victory today, as leadout man Mark Renshaw was disqualified from the Tour de France for actions […]