Dauphiné stage win adds to increasing confidence of German rider First in the Volta ao Algarve, first in Paris-Nice, second overall in the Tour de Romandie and now a stage winner in the Critérium du Dauphiné; Tony Martin’s excellent 2011 […]
Astana rider defiant after losing yellow jersey He’s won big time trials in the past but the Maillot Jaune of race leadership wasn’t enough to help Alexandre Vinokourov take a top ten finish in today’s time trial at the Criterium […]
Dutch climber does reconnaissance ride of Tour de France stage in competition Climber Robert Gesink has not had a perfect Criterium du Dauphiné so far, losing time on the hilly stages. But the Dutchman and his Rabobank team are not […]
Briton finishes time trial in second place, ahead of teammate Boasson Hagen Bradley Wiggins (Sky) lost out on the win on the third stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné time trial by 11 seconds to Tony Martin (HTC). But with […]
German specialist takes consolation for disappointing race so far, but Bradley Wiggins takes the yellow jersey Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) took a resounding victory in the third stage time trial of the Critérium du Dauphiné in the city of Grenoble. The […]
New technique to recover used by French team Heading towards its biggest goal of the year, the Tour de France, the Ag2r la Mondiale team has been utilising some space age technology in a bid to recover after stages from […]
Important test on same course as Tour de France TT The overall contenders and TT specialists are gearing up for a major clash in today’s time trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné, a 42.5 kilometre test which is long enough […]
Team Katusha rider expects to lose time in TT today As expected, Joaquim Rodriguez has benefited from his Giro d’Italia form in the Critérium du Dauphiné, riding strongly in the finale of stages one and two and chasing a victory. […]
Schedule for today’s big testGrenoble – Grenoble, 42.5km: 12:55 – Balint Szeghalmi (Lampre)12:56 – Vitaliy Kondrut (Lampre)12:57 – Jason McCartney (Radio Shack)12:58 – Tomas Vaitkus (Astana)12:59 – Andy Cappelle (Quick Step)13:00 – Sergei Ivanov (Katusha)13:01 – Maxim Belkov (Vacansoleil)13:02 – […]
AG2R La Mondiale sprinter realises that there was no beating John Degenkolb Sébastien Hinault (AG2R La Mondiale) was the only rider in today’s race that had previously experienced the finish at Lyon’s Côte de la Croix-Rousse, having finished sixth there […]
Late puncture means Belgian hope gets peloton’s time and loses out to race leader A late puncture for Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto) could have spelled disaster for the winner of stage one. Thankfully though, he was well inside […]
Road furniture and an uphill finish put the cat among the pigeons but German sprinter keeps his cool and times it perfectly John Degenkolb (HTC-Highroad) won the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné between Voiron and Lyon at the […]
Dutch climber lost time on first mountain stage Finding it difficult to click into racing mode after a two week period of altitude training, Robert Gesink has conceded that his chances of winning the Critérium du Dauphiné are over. The […]
Australian complements Van Den Broeck, tips Boasson Hagen Seventh in yesterday’s prologue, Cadel Evans has jumped up four places in the general classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné after a strong peformance in the first mountain stage. The Australian BMC […]
Sixth on first mountain stage It’s been a mixed spring for Edvald Boasson Hagen due to injury, but indications are that the summer will be far better for him in terms of results. The talented 24 year old Norwegian rider […]
Kazakh hunting for a second race victory twelve years after his first With prologue winner Lars Boom (Rabobank) losing 2’27” to stage winner Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto) on the steep climb to the finish, fourth place on the […]
‘Purito’ hoping to capitalise on strong post-Giro form Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) came within just six seconds of catching stage winner Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto) at the finish of the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse. […]
Solo victory for Belgium’s Tour hope but overall lead goes to Alexandre Vinokourov Jurgen Van Den Broek (Omega Pharma-Lotto) escaped on the final climb to the finish at Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse to take a solo victory in the first stage of the […]
