Danny Van Poppel earns Tour stage podium at age 19
Surprising Vacansoleil-DCM selection pays off with stage one finish He may have been the final man picked for the Vacansoleil-DCM Tour de France roster, but Danny Van Poppel turned his surprise selection into a solid stage placing on Saturday’s first […]
Contador escapes serious injury in Tour de France crash, pleased not to lose time
“These are the typical first-day jitters…at least we are all on the same time” Many riders were held up by the crash on today’s opening stage of the Tour de France, but the sight of GC contender Alberto Contador trailing […]
Tour de France: Tony Martin down but not out
Several injuries to world time trial champion but no decision yet about withdrawing from race Although earlier reports suggested that Tony Martin’s Tour de France is at an end, his Omega Pharma Quick Step team have confirmed that no decision […]
Cavendish relieved to avoid Tour stage one crash but concerned for team-mates
Trentin and Terpstra become Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s alternative options After going in to stage one of the Tour de France with the yellow jersey as his goal, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was simply relieved to have all of his […]
Kittel at Tour de France: “This is absolutely awesome and I really cannot believe it”
Second Tour going to plan for German rider, Kristoff rues missed opportunity Sick during last year’s Tour and abandoning on the fifth stage with 25th place in the opening time trial as his best result, Marcel Kittel has quickly surpassed […]
Tour de France: Orica-GreenEdge DS Matt White explains team bus mishap
Team bus had come in after finish gantry had been lowered to stage finish position The finish to stage one of the Tour de France was as hectic and unconventional as any in recent memory, due to a large crash […]
Kittel grabs first Tour de France stage win, Greipel, Cavendish and Sagan held up
Chaos on opening stage of Tour de France with jammed team bus and big bunch pileup Staying out of trouble in a chaotic final ten kilometres and avoiding a crash which delayed Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step), Peter Sagan […]
Tour de France: Greipel chasing yellow on stage one
Van den Broeck feeling good after recent illness German sprinter Andre Greipel is relishing the possibility of grabbing the yellow jersey in this year’s Tour de France, recognising that today’s opening stage will almost certainly end in a bunch sprint […]
Tour riders protest to French sports minister about focus on doping in the past, say cycling is being harmed
CPA issues statement protesting at unfair treatment, says current riders shouldn’t pay for sins of the past Protesting at what they see are the skeltons of the past being used to haunt today’s sport, members of the peloton and of […]
Nicolas Roche interview: All for Contador in the Tour de France
Irishman embraces new role on Team Saxo Tinkoff, tips compatriot Dan Martin for success He’s finished twelfth and fourteenth in the past and taken second and third on stages but, as the first stage of the Tour de France plays […]