Brajkovic unfazed by Contador’s attacks Astana captain Alberto Contador made it two in a row for his Kazakh team in stage six of the Critérium du Dauphiné today, by adding his name to the list of distinguished winners atop the […]
Two stage wins show that form is coming along nicely Alberto Contador took an excellent win atop the Alpe d’Huez on Saturday over a tenacious Jani Brajkovic, but couldn’t quite wrest free of the grip of the tiny Slovenian. The […]
Spaniard gets his first victory as a professional Spaniard Daniel Navarro showed the Astana team had more than one arrow in its quiver in stage five of the Critérium du Dauphiné today when he attacked early on the hors category […]
Bbox Bouygues Telecom’s Nicolas Vogandy won the 212 kilometer third stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné today with a well-timed attack on the climb to Risoul just under 2 kilometers from the finish. The Frenchman was soon followed by young […]
Will fight for podium in mountains Brit David Millar (Garmin-Transitions) dreams of conquering France’s Critérium du Dauphiné over the next four days. Yesterday, he made progress towards the overall victory thanks to a second place in the race’s time trial. […]
Tour de France hopeful coming good at the right time The questions were plentiful following an up and down first part of the season for Denis Menchov. After a volatile opening to the season, a third place overall at the […]
Young Dane hoping for head start on climb to Risoul Less than two weeks ago, Anders Lund was still racing the Giro d’Italia. 11 days after the finish of the Giro, where he finished 64th overall, Saxo Bank’s Anders Lund […]
Three riders meet their Dauphine demise on Wednesday Wednesday’s Stage 3 time trial at the Criterium du Dauphine turned out to be the end of the road for the week for three riders: Caisse d’Epargne’s Mauricio Soler, Omega Pharma’s Jean-Christophe […]
Tour champion attacks in Dauphine Following a slightly disappointing time trial performance yesterday, Tour de France champion Alberto Contador let fire several attack’s on the final climb of today’s stage of the Dauphiné Libéré. However the efforts to get time […]
Slovenian champion flies round rolling course to seize yellow jersey Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) shrugged off a mid-course bike change to win the stage 3 time trial of the Criterium du Dauphiné between Monteaux and Sorgues. In windy conditions, the Slovenian […]
Tour favourite didn’t find uneven Dauphiné roads to his liking, but is he playing possum? Having won the Critérium du Dauphiné prologue on Sunday Alberto Contador (Astana) went into today’s 49km as one of the hot favourites. The fact that […]
Spaniard has shown consistently good TT abilities Alberto Contador will today start last in the Criterium du Dauphiné time trial, clad in the yellow jersey of race leader and having an opportunity to further extend his advantage. The Team Astana […]
Argentinian sprinter wins second stage by comfortable margin after breakaway caught close to the finish Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) put the disappointment of being delayed behind yesterday’s crashes to win the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné between […]
Dutch team loses two riders in crash ridden first stage Crashes in the closing kilometers of yesterday’s first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné cost Rabobank two of its riders. The most serious was Paul Martens who came down in […]
Welshman remains fourth overall after another good day Team Sky rider Geraint Thomas has impressed greatly with a second strong performance in the Criterium du Dauphiné. The 24 year old Welshman sprinted into Saint-Laurent-du-Pont in third place yesterday, crossing the […]
Bronchitis interfered with buildup Rabobank team leader Denis Menchov had a quiet enough prologue yesterday in the Criterium du Dauphiné, finishing 24 seconds behind the winner Alberto Contador (Astana) in placing 35th. The Russian has had a complicated spring; he […]
Hard work in mid stage came to nothing for Danish team as both sprinters delayed A crash in the final 20km of today’s first stage of the Criterium du Dauphiné ended the chances of Saxo Bank’s sprinters, with Baden Cooke […]
Lampre’s Slovenian sprinter takes stage as peloton chases down late break Grega Bole (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné between Evian-les-Bains and St Laurent du Pont in a bunch sprint. He outsprinted Peter Velits (HTC-Columbia) […]
