New Tour GC threats maintain top ten placings after stage 11 time trial Belkin Pro Cycling team-mates Bauke Mollema and Laurens Ten Dam did well in the stage 11 individual time trial to maintain their spots in the overall classification […]
Maillot Jaune narrowly misses a second stage win in Mont-Saint-Michel but extends overall lead Chris Froome (Team Sky) came within just twelve seconds of as second stage victory in the 2013 Tour de France, as he was narrowly beaten by […]
Polka dot jersey waiting until final week, green jersey grasping for every possible point The leaders of the mountains classification and points competition took two different tactics into the stage 11 time trial in the Tour de France, and though […]
World champion Tony Martin takes stage victory as most general classification riders suffer Chris Froome (Team Sky) extended his lead in the 2013 Tour de France over all of his general classification riders in the flat, 33km stage eleven time […]
Lelangue believes BMC Racing Team rider has turned a corner Sitting back in sixteenth place starting today’s time trial, Cadel Evans has said the so-called Race of Truth was going to be precisely that; a good indicator of how he […]
Belgian not expected to race again this season Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) has undergone surgery on the knee that he injured in the crash at the finish of the fifth stage of the Tour de France, in Marseille last […]
Garmin-Sharp chief talks Tour de France tactics, Martin’s potential and more Garmin-Sharp chief Jonathan Vaughters has overseen the development of Dan Martin ever since the Irishman turned pro in 2008 and now, after his first Tour de France stage victory, […]
“I can for sure do better than the last two years” Confirming that his big season goal is to successfully defend his world road race title, Philippe Gilbert and the BMC Racing Team have also announced today that he will […]
Argos-Shimano rider points finger at Manx Missile; “I hope he’s okay anyway,” says British champion Unsurprisingly, the two riders involved in the incident that saw Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano) hit the tarmac in the finishing straight of the tenth stage of […]
Tom Veelers crashes in the final metres after collision with Mark Cavendish Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) took his second victory in the 2013 Tour de France as he won the tenth stage, between Saint-Gildas-des-Bois and the port of Saint-Malo, in an […]
Negotations ongoing with several companies but no guarantees of success Involved in cycling for almost two decades, the Euskaltel Euskadi team is in real danger of fizzling out and has approximately a month and a half to find a new […]
Content with second overall after complicated first week; would swap stage wins for final podium Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) ended the first phase of the 2013 Tour de France in second place overall, trailing Maillot Jaune Chris Froome (Team Sky) by […]
RadioShack Leopard rider accepts podium could be an outside possibility He was mocked on social media for months due to his lack of form after his pelvic fracture suffered last year, but Andy Schleck may well have the last word. […]
Argos Shimano rider wants to seize sprint opportunities this week Winner of stage one of this year’s Tour, Marcel Kittel is keen to add another victory in the race to his palmares and now has three or possibly four chances […]
“We were attacking like crazy at the start. I think that maybe we pissed a lot of people off!” Scooping victory fifty years after Shay Elliott triumphed into Roubaix, and becoming only the fifth Irishman to win a stage of […]
UCI president outlines his manifesto, Cookson states he already had two terms to act Raising the spectre of cycling being left out of the Olympic Games, Pat McQuaid has sought to make a direct connection between his re-election in September […]
Spaniard explains inaction on yesterday’s stage; says he never doped Pointing out that he has previously felt stronger in the third week of some of the Grand Tours he has ridden, Alberto Contador continues to insist that he has a […]
Basque rider looking to continue impressive run of Grand Tour finishes The 100th edition of the Tour de France was the debut race for Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and if the 29-year-old plans to add to his quietly impressive résumé in […]
