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Pro Cycling

Clarke aggressive in hunt for mountains jersey in Tour de France, Meyer may hold back in time trial

Must-watch: Orica GreenEdge team releases viral AC/DC tribute video Aggressive and riding through several groups until he was clear out front alone, Vuelta a España mountain jersey winner Simon Clarke made a big push for the Tour’s polka dot jersey […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Astana dismisses reports that it will sign Fränk Schleck, describes stories as imaginative

Team says it remains committed to being part of the MPCC organisation and to following its rules The Astana team has dismissed suggestions today that Fränk Schleck is on the way to the team for the remainder of the season, […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Tour de France: Poels bounces back to go top ten on stage 9

A year of work sees Dutchman go from hospital bed to mountain stage 7th place After cracking and losing over nine minutes on Saturday’s opening mountain stage to Ax 3 Domaines, Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) bounced back on Sunday’s grueling follow-up, […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Movistar Team comes out fighting in second Pyrenéen stage

Spanish team gets its revenge on Team Sky but fails to get time Froome or win stage Having been outmanoeuvred by Team Sky at the end of yesterday’s first Pyrenéen stage, Movistar turned the tables today and put the British […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Fuglsang goes close to stage win in Tour de France, pushing hard to get into top ten overall

Danish rider gaining confidence: “I think we still have a lot of surprises in our legs in the next two weeks.” Having said that he was determined to bounce back after a disappointing first day in the Pyrenees, Jakob Fuglsang […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Giro Rosa: Mara Abbott secures overall victory as Ellen van Dijk takes final time trial

American sheds some of her lead but not enough to deny a second Giro title Mara Abbott (United States) was officially crowned the champion of the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile, taking her second victory in the sole women’s Grand Tour, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Tour de France: Daniel Martin takes stage nine Pyrenéen classic as Froome comes under fire

Maillot Jaune weathers the storm as Movistar gets its revenge on Team Sky Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) took his first victory in the Tour de France with a two-up sprint victory against Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) in the ninth stage of the […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour de France,

Disappointing first mountain stage for Fuglsang, who insists Tour is not over

Team suggests he erred in trying to follow more explosive riders yesterday Although he cracked on yesterday’s final climb and lost over two and a half minutes, Astana rider Jakob Fuglsang remains determined to fight on in this year’s Tour […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Rohan Dennis pulls out of debut Tour de France a day earlier than planned

23-year-old Australian to “go home and rest and recover” after “huge honour” of race start Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp) will not start today’s ninth stage of the Tour de France, between Saint-Girons and Bagnères-de-Bigorre, as he is to withdraw from the […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

RadioShack Leopard team owners contest Frank Schleck’s claim that he didn’t know he would be dropped

Leopard SA states Luxembourg rider was fully aware he would need to look elsewhere Responding to Fränk Schleck’s recent criticism of the RadioShack Leopard decision regarding his future, plus his threats of legal action, the team owners have said that […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Tour de France: Unfortunately-timed nature break nearly cost Dan Martin dearly

Irishman could have seen GC chances leak away on yesterday’s stage Irish climber Dan Martin will hope to advance on his current overnight position of fifteenth overall in the Tour de France today, but things were close to being very […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Tour de France green jersey competition analysis: Why Sagan’s rivals should be very worried

Slovakian has biggest points advantage at this point of the race in over a decade The first week of the Tour de France is yet to conclude, there are still fourteen stages to be completed, but Andre Greipel, Alexander Kristoff, […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Kadri speaks of honour of wearing Tour polka dot jersey into first mountain stage

Young Frenchman nabs jersey in breakaway, but pledges support for team leader Peraud The jersey may well shift from his shoulders by the end of today’s 195 kilometre race to the top of Ax 3 Domaines, but Frenchman Blel Kadri […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Tour de France: Evans and Rodríguez suffer “disappointing” day in Ax 3 Domaines

General classification hopefuls put to the sword by Team Sky on final climb Stage eight between Castres and Ax 3 Domaines saw hot favourite Chris Froome (Team Sky) put time into all of his general classification rivals, but some suffered […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Giro Rosa: Marianne Vos takes number three in stage seven Corbetta circuit race

World champion secures consolation of Maglia Ciclamino after disappointment of losing Rosa Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) took her third victory in the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile, as she won the bunch sprint at the end of the seventh stage in Corbetta, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Schleck satisfied with first mountain stage: ‘There are good moments to come in this Tour’

Former race winner continues to build form with respectable climbing performance Previously a winner plus twice second overall in the Tour de France, Andy Schleck has said that he was satisfied with his performance today in the race, saying that […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Froome celebrating first Tour de France yellow jersey of his career

Briton said that he and Team Sky will continue trying to gain time Blasting clear of the other general classification contenders on the climb to the summit finish of Ax 3 Domaines, Chris Froome showed he is ready to step […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Tour de France: Chris Froome seizes control on the climb to Ax 3 Domaines

Red hot favourite confirms his status on the race’s first mountain stage Chris Froome (Team Sky) confirmed his status as red hot favourite for the 2013 Tour de France as he stamped his authority over the race on the final […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour de France,

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