Undulating, technical course suits the characteristics of former cyclocross World champion Lars Boom (Rabobank) took the opening prologue of this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné around the streets of St-Jean-de-Maurienne. The former World cyclocross champion blitzed the deceptively undulating 5.4km course […]
German rider will contend for victory in race’s two TT tests Recognised as one of the top time trial riders in the world, Tony Martin (HTC Highroad) will fight for the win in today’s prologue of the Criterium du Dauphine […]
Briton in good form heading into Tour de France warm-up event Being much happier with his pre-Tour preparation this year than he was twelve months ago, Sky Procycling rider Bradley Wiggins will line out in tomorrow’s opening prologue of the […]
Many of cycling’s top names to line out in prologue tomorrow The Criterium du Dauphine gets underway tomorrow with a star studded line up that mimics a mini Tour de France. Cadel Evans, Ivan Basso, Alexandre Vinokourov, Robert Gesink, Bradley […]
Doesn’t want to put pressure on himself Ivan Basso (Liquigas – Cannondale) has been gradually building his form this season to peak in the summer with the hopes of winning the Tour de France. The Italian’s progression has been steady, […]
Two training camps help Irish pro to get important pre-Tour work done Compared to 2010, Nicolas Roche has had a quiet spring but the Irishman believes that he has now got back on track and he should be set for […]
Giro form points to strong race After finishing a fine fifth overall in the Giro d’Italia, Joaquim Rodriguez will seek to use his good form to ride strongly in the Critérium du Dauphiné. Unlike many of the other big names […]
Australian will target strong rides on key stages Having placed second overall in the race in 2007, 2008 and 2009, Cadel Evans will once again use the Criterium du Dauphiné as his final preparation for the Tour de France. The […]
Belgian’s task will be all the tougher with list of top riders set to start Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto) starts the Critérium du Dauphiné on Sunday, hoping that the weeklong race will spur him on to a high […]
Slovenian will ride race as preparation for July Defending champion Janez Brajkovic has confirmed that he will return to the Criterium du Dauphiné this year, but has said that he will delay peaking his form until the Tour de France. […]
Time trial identical to Tour de France’s Tour de France contenders will have even more reason to race the Criterium du Dauphiné this year. The organiser announced the route yesterday, June 5 to 12, with a time trial identical to […]
Dutch climber considering contesting both Tour and Vuelta in 2011 Robert Gesink will be Rabobank’s big leader at the Tour de France this season, with Denis Menchov having moved to Team Geox at the end of 2010. The Dutchman is […]
Says rider used Clenbuterol after the Dauphiné to lose weight Belgian magazine Humo has published claims from an individual with the Astana team, who alleges that Alberto Contador used Clenbuterol after the Criterium du Dauphiné as part of a weight-loss […]
Omega Pharma Lotto rider will fill gulf left after departure of Cadel Evans Belgian hope Jurgen Van den Broeck had a welcome boost to his morale at the weekend when he finished a fine fourth overall in the Dauphiné Libéré. […]
Impressive Dauphiné performance leads to first Grand Tour HTC-Columbia’s Tejay Van Garderen came away from last week’s Criterium du Dauphiné with an incredible third place overall. The 21 year old, who had been racing for the Rabobank Continental team for […]
Dauphiné performers are the big movers in the UCI’s flagship classification With last week’s Critérium du Dauphiné the only counting event, it’s not surprising that the big performers there are this week’s big movers in the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) […]
Jani Brajkovic takes overall win Team Sky’s Edvald Boasson Hagen catapulted to a stellar solo victory on the former World Championship circuit in Sallanches to show that he’s not only back – he’s back at 100%. Behind, safely tucked in […]
Three French riders receive time penalties as well Portuguese rider, Manuel Cardoso of Footon-Servetto, got his season off to a sensational start in January with a sprint victory over Alejandro Valverde and Cadel Evans in Stage 3 of the Tour […]
