Tour de France: Cavendish takes number two as Froome loses a minute in the crosswinds
Stage thirteen proves unlucky for Valverde, but lucky for others as Saxo-Tinkoff goes on the offensive Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) finally took his second victory of the 2013 Tour de France, between Tours and Saint-Amand-Montrond, as the flat 13th […]
Contador knows Tour de France GC is still a long shot
Happy to gain some time back but acknowledges attacking in the Alps will be a must It would take the infliction of much more damage to maillot jaune Chris Froome and his Sky Procycling troops to wrestle the jersey away […]
Cookson responds to McQuaid’s veiled threat that cycling could be dropped from Olympics if he is not re-elected
Says claim sport could go is ‘poor quality scaremongering’ Pat McQuaid’s rival for the position of UCI president, Brian Cookson, has responded to the Irishman’s recent intimation that if he is voted out, that cycling could lose its place in […]
Greg Henderson and Bart de Clercq sign two year extensions with Lotto Belisol
Team continues to solidify around Andre Greipel, de Clercq also looking to possible GC goals Andre Greipel’s lead out man Greg Henderson has been given a two year extension to his current contract with the Lotto Belisol team, as has […]
Stage 13 reconnaissance sees Belkin’s Mollema and ten Dam move up
Dutch team helps to eliminate Valverde and makes the winning break to gain on Froome Belkin Pro Cycling managed to eliminate general classification rival Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in the crosswinds of stage 13, between Tours and Saint-Amand-Montrond, and – as […]
Marcel Kittel: “We’ve been working a long time for this”
Loaded Argos-Shimano sprint train getting better with age and experience Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) blasted to stage victory number three in the 2013 Tour de France, with all three of his career Tour stage wins coming in this 100th edition of […]
Tour de France: Marcel Kittel pips Mark Cavendish in chaotic stage twelve Tours sprint
Crash with three to go stops most of the peloton but most sprinters get around Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) sprinted to his third victory in the 2013 Tour de France, as he won a chaotic sprint at the end of stage […]
Juan Antonio Flecha: “It's nice to know that I could stay ahead for so long.”
Breakaway specialist still searching for a second Tour stage, ten years after his first Juan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil-DCM) ended the day on the podium of the twelfth stage of the 2013 Tour de France, but not in the way he […]
Evans and Rodriguez react to disappointing time trials, hope for better showings in mountains
“I hope to be in my best shape during the last week, in order to try something in the Alps” Cadel Evans said prior to yesterday’s time trial that the test would be ‘a really good indicator for the rest […]
Rolland and Schleck set sights on chasing stages after slow time trials
Mountain specialists rebuilding morale after difficult struggles against the clock Pierre Rolland and Andy Schleck reinforced the perception of them as pure climbers yesterday when each lost bundles of time to the general classification riders in the Tour. Both riders, […]