Italian will sign with Omega Pharma Quick Step, team says it has verbal agreement with Rigoberto Uran Less than three months after he retired from the sport, Alessandro Petacchi has been confirmed as returning to professional cycling on August 1st, […]
“If you can extend your contract it obviously means you’re doing something right” In the wake of announcements this week that Greg Henderson and Bart de Clercq are extending two more years with the Lotto-Belisol team, the popular Australian Adam […]
Believes team-mate Evans could still finish in the top five of Tour de France Although he’s a long way off his expected form in this year’s Tour de France, falling far short of the condition he showed in placing fifth […]
Briton speaks about his dominant performance on tough summit finish Although Chris Froome appeared head and shoulders above his rivals on Sunday’s fifteenth stage of the Tour de France, the Briton has said that at one point, he was convinced […]
French denied holiday victory; Kwiatkowski loses grip on white jersey It has been a Tour de France wrought with difficulty for the French so far, as the home contingent is still without a stage victory, and possesses only one top […]
“There’s really not much more you can say” He is unlikely to completely admit that he has been beaten until he is not allowed to take the top step of the podium in Paris, but Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) accepted that […]
Dutchman holds second place overall thanks to long pulls from team-mate Ten Dam As he has seemed to on most of the big climbs so far in the Tour de France, Bauke Mollema (Belkin) suffered but maintained a steady pace […]
Gilbert and Morabito pace home team leader 8’46” down; Evans candid after tiring day Stage 15 and the Mont Ventoux summit finish of the Tour de France was about as decisive as it could have been, with Chris Froome (Sky […]
Team Saxo Tinkoff leader clear that the Giant of Provence could shake Tour right up He’s already won a Tour de France with a strong ride on the climb but, four years after his triumph in 2009, Alberto Contador heads […]
Frenchman comes within a kilometre of Sojasun’s first ever Tour stage Julien Simon (Sojasun) was awarded the day’s prix de la combativité at the end of today’s 14th stage of the Tour de France, between Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule and Lyon, but it […]
Russian Pro Continental team to wait until after MPCC meeting before confirming racing programme Following the news that three of its riders had tested positive at the Russian national championships last month, the Rusvelo team has blamed one of its […]
Second in a row for Omega Pharma-Quick Step on a more conventional transition stage Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) took his team’s second victory in as many days in the 2013 Tour de France as he won the 14th stage, […]
“We have one goal and we work together every day to achieve it” The tough first day he experienced in the mountains of this year’s Tour de France are long forgotten as Jakob Fuglsang sits in a strong overall position […]
“Those guys had a really hard ride…I felt really fresh at the finish, really good” While he accepts that Alberto Contador (Saxo Tinkoff) and Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling) need to try to take back time on Chris Froome (Sky) […]
Stage thirteen proves unlucky for Valverde, but lucky for others as Saxo-Tinkoff goes on the offensive Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) finally took his second victory of the 2013 Tour de France, between Tours and Saint-Amand-Montrond, as the flat 13th […]
Team continues to solidify around Andre Greipel, de Clercq also looking to possible GC goals Andre Greipel’s lead out man Greg Henderson has been given a two year extension to his current contract with the Lotto Belisol team, as has […]
Says claim sport could go is ‘poor quality scaremongering’ Pat McQuaid’s rival for the position of UCI president, Brian Cookson, has responded to the Irishman’s recent intimation that if he is voted out, that cycling could lose its place in […]
Solomennikov, Maikin and Ovechkin provide positive A samples for unnamed substance After an earlier positive test in April, the Russian Pro Continental team Rusvelo is under increasing pressure now after three more of its riders failed tests in recent weeks. […]
