Disappointing first mountain stage for Fuglsang, who insists Tour is not over
Team suggests he erred in trying to follow more explosive riders yesterday Although he cracked on yesterday’s final climb and lost over two and a half minutes, Astana rider Jakob Fuglsang remains determined to fight on in this year’s Tour […]
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, […]
Giro Rosa: Mara Abbott secures overall victory as Ellen van Dijk takes final time trial
American sheds some of her lead but not enough to deny a second Giro title Mara Abbott (United States) was officially crowned the champion of the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile, taking her second victory in the sole women’s Grand Tour, […]
Tour de France: Daniel Martin takes stage nine Pyrenéen classic as Froome comes under fire
Maillot Jaune weathers the storm as Movistar gets its revenge on Team Sky Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) took his first victory in the Tour de France with a two-up sprint victory against Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) in the ninth stage of the […]
Rohan Dennis pulls out of debut Tour de France a day earlier than planned
23-year-old Australian to “go home and rest and recover” after “huge honour” of race start Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp) will not start today’s ninth stage of the Tour de France, between Saint-Girons and Bagnères-de-Bigorre, as he is to withdraw from the […]
Movistar Team comes out fighting in second Pyrenéen stage
Spanish team gets its revenge on Team Sky but fails to get time Froome or win stage Having been outmanoeuvred by Team Sky at the end of yesterday’s first Pyrenéen stage, Movistar turned the tables today and put the British […]
Tour de France green jersey competition analysis: Why Sagan’s rivals should be very worried
Slovakian has biggest points advantage at this point of the race in over a decade The first week of the Tour de France is yet to conclude, there are still fourteen stages to be completed, but Andre Greipel, Alexander Kristoff, […]
Tour de France: Chris Froome seizes control on the climb to Ax 3 Domaines
Red hot favourite confirms his status on the race’s first mountain stage Chris Froome (Team Sky) confirmed his status as red hot favourite for the 2013 Tour de France as he stamped his authority over the race on the final […]
Giro Rosa: Marianne Vos takes number three in stage seven Corbetta circuit race
World champion secures consolation of Maglia Ciclamino after disappointment of losing Rosa Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) took her third victory in the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile, as she won the bunch sprint at the end of the seventh stage in Corbetta, […]
RadioShack Leopard team owners contest Frank Schleck’s claim that he didn’t know he would be dropped
Leopard SA states Luxembourg rider was fully aware he would need to look elsewhere Responding to Fränk Schleck’s recent criticism of the RadioShack Leopard decision regarding his future, plus his threats of legal action, the team owners have said that […]