But seeing the less glamorous side of his job as well Marcel Kittel is riding in his first year as a professional with the Skil Shimano team. The German had a perfect start to his season, winning stage three of […]
Hydration pack could have given Luxembourger 2 seconds a kilometre says Gazzetta dello Sport The International Cycling Union (UCI) is investigating the use of a hydration pack by Leopard Trek’s Fränk Schleck in the time trial of the Critérium International, […]
German beats Wiggins – Fränk Schleck holds on to overall win Andreas Klöden of the RadioShack team blitzed around the 7.8-kilometer time trial to win the final stage of the Critérium International. Klöden’s time of 8’46 was four seconds faster […]
Big success for Vacansoleil neo-pro The time trial is yet to be concluded but with no mountain points on offer, Vacansoleil rider Pim Ligthart is set to be crowed the final winner of the KOM classification at the Critérium International. […]
Frank Schleck easily defends his yellow jersey ahead of decisive afternoon time trial Simon Geschke of the Skil-Shimano team sprinted to his first professional win in stage two of the Critérium International. The German beat Murilo Fisher (Garmin-Cervélo) and Laurent […]
Believes time gaps could be hard to overcome in time trial Until the final four kilometres, Cofidis rider Rein Taaramäe looked like he was going to be Frank Schleck’s chief rival for stage one of the Critérium International and, with […]
German said he had to attack far out on opening stage Jens Voigt started today’s first stage of the Critérium International determined to try to land a record sixth edition but, with the race taking place on hillier terrain than […]
Leopard Trek rider nets second victory of the day for new team Showing that his Grand Tour form is building well, Frank Schleck was best of the big guns on stage one of Critérium International. The Luxembourg road race champion […]
German scouted out decisive climb on eve of two-day race on Corsica Jens Voigt has won the Critérium International five times, putting him on equal numbers with Frenchmen Emile Idée and Raymond Poulidor. This year, the German has the chance […]
Riders will join competitive field in Corsican event The Astana and RadioShack teams have sent some of their strongest riders to Corsica for the Criterium International, which begins tomorrow with a 198 kilometre stage from Porto-Vecchio to the top of […]
Kilometres and climbs added over 2010 route The opening stage of this weekend’s Critérium International will be even tougher this year as race organiser ASO has added almost 25km, and two more climbs, to its length. The stage between Porto-Vecchio […]
Race organiser ASO confirms invitations for the mini Tour de France Race organiser ASO has announced the list of sixteen teams that have been invited to this year’s Critérium International. The eightieth edition of the two-day, three stage, race will […]
“Mini Tour de France” presence on the island increases speculation that the real thing might call soon Having moved to the island for the first time this year, the Criterium Interntional will be held on Corsica for the next three […]
Spanish Tour winner to take a break, bids farewell to Astana Celebrating a new two-year contract with the Saxo Bank-Sungard team, Alberto Contador grabbed victory in the Castillon-la-Bataille criterium in France this evening, and has now put an end to […]
Russel Downing took the sprint in the short, 75km stage two of the Critérium International. Overall leader Pierrick Fédrigo finished third to take two more bonus seconds. He now leads Tiago Machado by 17 seconds and Samuel Sánchez by 23 […]
RadioShack’s team captain Lance Armstrong wasn’t impressed with Tour de France favorite Alberto Contador’s performance in this weekend’s Critérium International, and said that if the Spaniard’s aim was to provoke him, it failed. “If it was a provocation [against me], […]
RadioShack’s manager Johan Bruyneel was impressed with new recruit Tiago Machado’s performance at this weekend’s Critérium International, but doesn’t see him as being a part of the Tour de France team this year. The promising young Portuguese rider leapt away […]
Pierrick Fédrigo (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) won the Critérium International overall title by placing 13th in the final time trial. David Millar won the 7.7km race against the clock, ahead of Alberto Contador and Michael Rogers. Fédrigo had a 17-second margin […]
