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Pro Cycling

Injured Tony Martin takes to start of stage two of Tour de France

Rider had suffered concussion yesterday, but doctors deem it safe for him to continue Having waited until this morning to assess his condition once again, the Omega Pharma Quick Step team and its doctors have given Tony Martin a green […]

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

Kittel grabs first Tour de France stage win, Greipel, Cavendish and Sagan held up

Chaos on opening stage of Tour de France with jammed team bus and big bunch pileup Staying out of trouble in a chaotic final ten kilometres and avoiding a crash which delayed Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step), Peter Sagan […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour de France,

Tour de France: Greipel chasing yellow on stage one

Van den Broeck feeling good after recent illness German sprinter Andre Greipel is relishing the possibility of grabbing the yellow jersey in this year’s Tour de France, recognising that today’s opening stage will almost certainly end in a bunch sprint […]

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

Tour riders protest to French sports minister about focus on doping in the past, say cycling is being harmed

CPA issues statement protesting at unfair treatment, says current riders shouldn’t pay for sins of the past Protesting at what they see are the skeltons of the past being used to haunt today’s sport, members of the peloton and of […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Nicolas Roche interview: All for Contador in the Tour de France

Irishman embraces new role on Team Saxo Tinkoff, tips compatriot Dan Martin for success He’s finished twelfth and fourteenth in the past and taken second and third on stages but, as the first stage of the Tour de France plays […]

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

Danny Van Poppel earns Tour stage podium at age 19

Surprising Vacansoleil-DCM selection pays off with stage one finish He may have been the final man picked for the Vacansoleil-DCM Tour de France roster, but Danny Van Poppel turned his surprise selection into a solid stage placing on Saturday’s first […]

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

Contador escapes serious injury in Tour de France crash, pleased not to lose time

“These are the typical first-day jitters…at least we are all on the same time” Many riders were held up by the crash on today’s opening stage of the Tour de France, but the sight of GC contender Alberto Contador trailing […]

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

Tour de France: Tony Martin down but not out

Several injuries to world time trial champion but no decision yet about withdrawing from race Although earlier reports suggested that Tony Martin’s Tour de France is at an end, his Omega Pharma Quick Step team have confirmed that no decision […]

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

Cavendish relieved to avoid Tour stage one crash but concerned for team-mates

Trentin and Terpstra become Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s alternative options After going in to stage one of the Tour de France with the yellow jersey as his goal, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was simply relieved to have all of his […]

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

Kittel at Tour de France: “This is absolutely awesome and I really cannot believe it”

Second Tour going to plan for German rider, Kristoff rues missed opportunity Sick during last year’s Tour and abandoning on the fifth stage with 25th place in the opening time trial as his best result, Marcel Kittel has quickly surpassed […]

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

Tour de France: Orica-GreenEdge DS Matt White explains team bus mishap

Team bus had come in after finish gantry had been lowered to stage finish position The finish to stage one of the Tour de France was as hectic and unconventional as any in recent memory, due to a large crash […]

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

Dan Martin Interview: Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner in the zone as Tour de France begins

Garmin-Sharp rider chasing first Irish stage win in 21 years Things have changed hugely for Dan Martin in the past twelve months, and that transformation from talented outsider to one of the big guns in the sport mean he starts […]

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

Dave Brailsford: “We are in a very good place, and hence the relaxed mood in the camp.”

Sky principal feeling confident ahead of team’s bid for a second straight Tour victory Sky Procycling principal Dave Brailsford declares himself, and his team, relaxed ahead of tomorrow’s Tour de France, which will see the British squad start as defending […]

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

Contador ‘extremely motivated, mentally focussed’ in advance of Tour de France start

Video: Spaniard fired up in bid for third title Double race winner Alberto Contador has said that he believes his team is up to the task of helping him win the 2013 Tour de France, and that he personally is […]

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

Evans believes he’s much fresher than when he did last Giro d’Italia in 2010

Australian anticipates ‘some interesting action’ in opening Tour stages Playing down any concerns that he might be below par in the Tour as a result of riding the Giro d’Italia, Cadel Evans has said that he feels competing in that […]

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

Alejandro Valverde: “We have a clear intention in mind this year”

Movistar captain aiming at the final podium; Spanish team wary of Corsican opening stages Movistar starts the Tour de France tomorrow with the one clear goal of putting Alejandro Valverde on the final podium for the first time in his […]

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

McQuaid on Armstrong allegations: He needs to back up claims of corruption in cycling

UCI President says he has nothing to hide, and that an independent examination of the sport will happen Responding to today’s article in Le Monde, where Lance Armstrong said that Pat McQuaid, Hein Verbruggen and the UCI itself had much […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Armstrong: "Our system was very simple, very conservative, and not evil"

Texan says that McQuaid, Verbruggen and the UCI have much to fear from a Truth and Reconcilliation process Still portraying himself as a victim of the system, Lance Armstrong has claimed that the actions of USADA have done nothing to […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

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