No more contenders come forward before cut-off date With the three month time limit prior to the UCI congress being reached in recent days, the UCI has officially confirmed that the incumbent Pat McQuaid and management committee member Brian Cookson […]
Marianne Vos miraculously stays upright after losing a pedal in the sprint Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda) put the disappointment of the first day behind her as she sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile, in […]
A green-silver lining for the Slovak after losing Tour stage three to Gerrans Peter Sagan (Cannondale) found himself in the not-often-experienced position of losing out in a sprint, as Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) got the better of him in stage three […]
Former Spanish champion relieved to place well after bad day on Sunday Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) earned his best result of the season in stage three of the Tour de France in Calvi, sprinting to a third place finish behind […]
Australian success on final day in Corsica, Bakelants holds onto yellow Simon Gerrans today clocked up the Orica GreenEdge team’s first-ever stage win in the Tour de France, timing his finishing move perfectly to usurp stage favourite Peter Sagan and […]
American bicycle manufacturer wants to use Swiss rider as new figurehead Following on from the confirmation that Trek will buy the current RadioShack Leopard WorldTour licence from Flavio Becca, more details have emerged about the likely structure of the team […]
Photo finish reveals how close Scottish rider went to wearing jersey again The Garmin-Sharp team went agonisingly close to taking the second yellow jersey of the Tour de France yesterday, with stage winner Jan Bakelants hitting the line one second […]
Corsican attacks put great French hope into polka-dots; hopes he won’t pay later on Pierre Rolland (Europcar) was on the attack for the second straight day in today’s third stage of the Tour de France, between Ajaccio and Calvi, and […]
Gerrans, Impey, and Simon well placed on GC after stage two sprint When Jan Bakelants (Radioshack-Leopard) surprised everyone with an enthralling victory in stage two of the Tour de France, by a single second over a pack of speeding sprinters, […]
German sprinter swaps for green after “probably the best thing that a cyclist can do” Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) described his day in the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France as “probably the best thing that a cyclist can do,” […]
“Actually, it’s not too bad,” says Martin; Chavanel wanted a birthday win Polish national road race champion Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has come of age in his fourth full professional season, and his third spent in the WorldTour ranks. […]
BMC Racing Team sees opportunity on stages three and four Continuing what has been a solid start to the Tour de France, BMC Racing Team rider Cadel Evans moved to tenth place overall on stage two of the race today. […]
Radioshack-Leopard rider breaks away with five others at 7km and just holds off pack Radioshack-Leopard got a thrilling victory from Jan Bakelants in stage two of the Tour de France, as the Belgian got away with a six-man group inside […]
Apple laptops needed to complete film project The makers of the Rough Rider documentary based on journalist/former pro Paul Kimmage and the Tour de France have appealed for help in trying to recover from the theft of three Apple Macbooks […]
Canadian continues in Tour after early scare Memories of Ryder Hesjedal being forced to withdraw from last year’s Tour de France after a crash came flooding back yesterday when the Canadian came a cropper towards the end of the opening […]
Intermediate bonuses give Marianne Vos the first Maglia Rosa Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) made a dream return from the shoulder fracture, sustained in April’s Omloop van Borsele, with a sprint victory in the opening stage of the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile, […]
“It’s about staying out of trouble and looking after ourselves in the peloton” Like several others, Chris Froome hit the deck on yesterday’s opening stage of the Tour de France, but the Briton did so before the race even started. […]
Pandemonium of stage one doesn’t cause any time losses Although he hasn’t raced since finishing third in the Giro d’Italia, Cadel Evans has said that he had good sensations on yesterday’s opening leg of the Tour de France and felt […]
