Veelers and Cavendish react to stage ten finishing straight crash
Argos-Shimano rider points finger at Manx Missile; “I hope he’s okay anyway,” says British champion Unsurprisingly, the two riders involved in the incident that saw Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano) hit the tarmac in the finishing straight of the tenth stage of […]
Tour de France: Marcel Kittel wins the German duel in Saint-Malo in messy sprint finish
Tom Veelers crashes in the final metres after collision with Mark Cavendish Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) took his second victory in the 2013 Tour de France as he won the tenth stage, between Saint-Gildas-des-Bois and the port of Saint-Malo, in an […]
Time running out for Euskaltel Euskadi team, Basque squad needs new sponsor or it stops
Negotations ongoing with several companies but no guarantees of success Involved in cycling for almost two decades, the Euskaltel Euskadi team is in real danger of fizzling out and has approximately a month and a half to find a new […]
McQuaid suggests that if he is not re-elected, cycling may be open to being dropped from Olympics
UCI president outlines his manifesto, Cookson states he already had two terms to act Raising the spectre of cycling being left out of the Olympic Games, Pat McQuaid has sought to make a direct connection between his re-election in September […]
Interview: Martin says pressure is off after first Tour de France stage win, but looks certain to attack again
“We were attacking like crazy at the start. I think that maybe we pissed a lot of people off!” Scooping victory fifty years after Shay Elliott triumphed into Roubaix, and becoming only the fifth Irishman to win a stage of […]
Contador on Froome: “His form is very strong but a lot of things can happen in the last week”
Spaniard explains inaction on yesterday’s stage; says he never doped Pointing out that he has previously felt stronger in the third week of some of the Grand Tours he has ridden, Alberto Contador continues to insist that he has a […]
Astana dismisses reports that it will sign Fränk Schleck, describes stories as imaginative
Team says it remains committed to being part of the MPCC organisation and to following its rules The Astana team has dismissed suggestions today that Fränk Schleck is on the way to the team for the remainder of the season, […]
Clarke aggressive in hunt for mountains jersey in Tour de France, Meyer may hold back in time trial
Must-watch: Orica GreenEdge team releases viral AC/DC tribute video Aggressive and riding through several groups until he was clear out front alone, Vuelta a España mountain jersey winner Simon Clarke made a big push for the Tour’s polka dot jersey […]
Tour de France debut for Mikel Nieve off to a solid start
Basque rider looking to continue impressive run of Grand Tour finishes The 100th edition of the Tour de France was the debut race for Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and if the 29-year-old plans to add to his quietly impressive résumé in […]
Tour de France: Poels bounces back to go top ten on stage 9
A year of work sees Dutchman go from hospital bed to mountain stage 7th place After cracking and losing over nine minutes on Saturday’s opening mountain stage to Ax 3 Domaines, Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) bounced back on Sunday’s grueling follow-up, […]