Next step: four week vacation off of the bike 26-year-old German all-arounder, Paul Martens, suffered a nasty crash during the first stage of the 62nd Criterium du Dauphine. He had been kept in the hospital under observation following the realization […]
Hoping to finish Tour de Suisse 34 days ago, Thor Hushovd collided with a young girl while out training. The unlucky crash with the girl resulted in a broken collarbone for last year’s Green Jersey winner, and suddenly, Hushovd’s Tour […]
Basque climber has three weeks to prepare Five days after RadioShack’s Haimar Zubeldia broke the radius in his arm, his prognosis is taking a distinct turn for the better. After an initial trip to the hospital in Voiron, France yielded […]
Tour de France start still a possibility Sylvain Chavanel suffered a frightening crash in the closing moments of Liege-Bastogne-Liege just over six weeks ago. Chavanel crashed into a team car, as he was working his way through the caravan to […]
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 […]
Ruptured tendon in left knee repaired Cervélo TestTeam Marcel Wyss had successful surgery today on a ruptured the patellar tendon in his left knee as a result of a crash last Sunday in the GP Gippingen. He was planning to […]
Saxo Bank rider recovered from near-fatal motorbike accident Nine months after suffering a near-fatal motorbike accident, Saxo Bank rider Jonny Bellis will resume racing this month when he competes in the British National Road Race championships in Pendle on June […]
Pushed through recent Giro d’Italia in pain Cervélo TestTeam’s Carlos Sastre has been diagnosed with a posterior spinal disc herniation and a central extruded disc of the L5-S1 as a result of his two crashes in the recent Giro d’Italia. […]
Not much hope for a ride in the Tour de France HTC-Columbia sprinter Peter Velits crashed and broke his collarbone in the finale of the Critérium du Dauphiné’s second stage today in Bourg-Saint-Andeol. The 25 year old Slovakian was second […]
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 […]
Italian rider undergoes major surgery after last week’s training crash Italian cyclist Marina Romoli underwent an operation on her spine lasting more than 7 hours at the San Rafaelle Hospital in Milano, Italy. The operation was reportedly a complete success […]
Takes unexpected fourth in GP Canton d’Argovie Nicolas Roche earned himself plenty of new fans during last year’s Tour de France, riding aggressively in his debut in the race and netting stage placings of second, fourth, eighth, eighth and tenth […]
Another valuable lieutenant for Armstrong injured in crash Team RadioShack’s Haimar Zubeldia was caught up in a massive crash near the end of today’s stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné. The team is reporting that Zubeldia has suffered a distal […]
Set to return after breaking collarbone Cervélo TestTeam’s Thor Hushovd will be making his return to the peloton for the Tour de Suisse on June 12th in Lugano. The Norwegian broke his collarbone while out training in Italy last month […]
Key riders back as the Tour de France approaches BMC Racing’s Karsten Kroon and Alessandro Ballan will make their return to racing this weekend at the GP Kanton Aargau-Gippingen in Switzerland. Both riders missed important appointments during the spring for […]
Irishman hopeful he’ll ride the Tour de France Irish road race champion Nicolas Roche has been sidelined from racing since the Tour de Romandie, but he will make his competitive return this Sunday in the Tour du Canton d’Argovie in […]
Promising young rider hit by car while out training Marina Romoli of Safi-Pasta Zara was seriously injured on Tuesday while out training, when a car pulled across her path to the south of Lecco in the north west of Italy. […]
Classics specialist could help team through pavé in crucial Tour stage Team RadioShack’s Sébastien Rosseler was hit by a car during a training ride between Liège and Tongeren at home in Belgium today. His team said in a statement that […]
