Italian has three contract offers for next season Team Katusha’s Filippo Pozzato is still recovering from a crash in the Tour of Belgium earlier this year, where he fractured his left clavicle and the radius of his left wrist. The […]
Spaniard feeling stronger every day and still attacking Team Sky’s Juan Antonio Flecha is still riding the Tour de France despite a spectacular crash after being hit by a car during stage nine. The Spaniard found himself on the attack […]
Costa Rican youngster fights on despite injury Twenty days after spraining his ankle through a crash on the opening day of this year’s Tour de France, Andrey Amador (Team Movistar) is still in the race battling through the injury. The […]
Quick Step rider recovered from Tour de France crash sooner than expected Quick Step’s Tom Boonen has recovered from injuries sustained in a crash in the Tour de France sooner than expected, and will line up at the start of […]
Tour favourite admits he’s not as fresh as in the Giro d’Italia but blames stage one crash for putting him out of current contention Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) has admitted that he may not be able to rely on his […]
The Astana team has paid tribute to its leader Alexandre Vinokourov, who confirmed on Sunday that he is retiring from professional cycling, effective immediately. “I think I won’t back on a bike as a professional. I’ll stop now,” he told […]
Controversial Kazakh forced to make decision early after injuries sustained in Tour de France crash The Astana team’s controversial figurehead Alexandre Vinokourov has announced his retirement from professional cycling, according to l’Equipe. The 37-year-old Kazakh reportedly made the statement on […]
Team says return to racing depends on healing process Following Gert Steegmans’ (Quick Step) abandon in this year’s Tour de France and subsequent x-rays in Pau, France revealing a broken scaphoid bone in his left wrist, the sprinter underwent surgery […]
Quick Step rider no longer getting headaches A little over a week after being forced to abandon the Tour de France, and nine days after hitting his head hard on the tarmac, Tom Boonen (Quick Step) has completed his first […]
Young Aussie hopes to bounce back stronger than ever Travis Meyer (Garmin–Cervélo) has undergone successful surgery on his leg that has stopped him from riding comfortably at a professional level this season. The Australian has had problems with an artery […]
Bruyneel speaks of team’s bad luck Having already lost Janez Brajkovic and Chris Horner due to crashes in the opening week of the race, and seen Levi Leipheimer lose time to another fall, the RadioShack team was hit by a […]
Quick Step rider’s broken wrist from stage five confirmed after x-rays in Pau Quick Step’s Gert Steegmans has been forced to abandon the Tour de France, on the morning before the thirteenth stage, due to a broken scaphoid bone in […]
Regulations tightened to avoid a repeat of Sunday’s Hoogerland/Flecha incident Jean-François Pescheux, the Tour de France director of competition, has reminded everybody in the convoy how they are to conduct themselves in the race. Regulations are being tightened in order […]
Klöden under pressure due to back injury Famously lucky during the Tour in its previous incarnation as the US Postal Service and Discovery Channel teams, RadioShack is experiencing the opposite during the 2011 Tour de France. Yaroslav Popovych is the […]
Long recovery period for Astana rider Alexandre Vinokourov’s 2011 season looks almost certainly over as a result of his crash on Sunday’s stage of the Tour de France. The Team Astana leader has spoken from his hotel and faces a […]
Rest day helps Rabobank leader recover from injuries sustained early in the race Rabobank’s Robert Gesink is one of the many riders coming out of Monday’s rest day feeling an improvement to the injuries he sustained in crashes earlier in […]
Spaniard vows to fight to Paris, says knee injury is improving Alberto Contador has denied suggestions in today’s l’Equipe newspaper that he could quit the Tour de France due to a knee problem and low morale, saying that he has […]
France Télévision apologises for crash involving Spaniard and Johnny Hoogerland One day after yesterday’s incident at the Tour de France where a car hit Johnny Hoogerland and Juan Antonio Flecha, the latter’s Sky Procycling team is determining whether it will […]
