Tour de France top five finisher has important doctor’s consultation today Twice fourth overall in the Tour de France, Jurgen Van de Broeck travelled away from the race today using a wheelchair, beginning a journey back to Belgium where he […]
Splits in the bunch see Daryl Impey become the first South African Maillot Jaune André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) took his first victory of the 2013 Tour de France in a sprint royale at the end of the sixth stage, between Aix-en-Provence […]
Theft of computers had threatened completion of film based around journalist and Tour de France Following the theft of three laptops plus other equipment on day one of this year’s Tour de France, the makers of the planned Paul Kimmage […]
Riders continue in race, hope to get through stage without further problems Faced with the prospect of having to withdraw from the final Tour de France of his career, Garmin-Sharp rider Christian Vande Velde has been able to push on […]
Double top five finisher heading home, Maxime Bouet also forced to withdraw Although his Lotto Belisol team expressed cautious optimism yesterday that he would be able to continue in the Tour de France after his fall on stage five, Jurgen […]
Dan Martin says American rider’s belief in him has been a major boost to his career Garmin-Sharp all rounder Christian Vande Velde successfully got through today’s sixth stage of the Tour de France, finishing in the bunch despite the blood […]
Fuglsang and team rue loss of two strong riders Jakob Fuglsang’s ambition of a high overall finish in this year’s Tour de France suffered a setback today when he lost two important team-mates en route to Montpellier. Having already seen […]
Gerrans deliberately hands Maillot Jaune to his team-mate Although he finished thirteenth and away from the front line of riders in the finishing sprint into Montpellier, Daryl Impey made history today when he took over the Maillot Jaune of race […]
Knee swelling for Belgian hope but expected to be okay to continue Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) was one of the big names to be brought down in the mass pile up that hit the peloton in the final 200 […]
“I didn’t feel great today but when the guys are committed like they were, it’s important to pay them back” Getting things right after several frustrating days at the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish clocked up his 24th individual stage […]
Nervous wait for American rider, three GC riders on Garmin-Sharp team affected by crash injuries American rider Christian Vande faces an uncertain few hours about whether or not he can continue in the Tour d de France following a crash […]
“I think we’re more than capable of doing that for the next couple of days.” Mission accomplished: Simon Gerrans retained the yellow jersey of race leader in the Tour de France today and believes that it should be possible to […]
Crash halts half the peloton in the finishing straight as the Manx Missile fires Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) took his first victory of the 2013 Tour de France in a bunch sprint at the end of the fifth stage, […]
O’Grady: ‘We’re on a roll’ Following the stage three success of Simon Gerrans plus yesterday’s team time trial victory, Matt Goss is hoping to clock up another win for the Orica GreenEdge in the days ahead. The sprinter went close […]
Lelangue agrees, but says there’s still plenty of racing ahead Slipping back to 28th overall, 26 seconds behind the new race leader Simon Gerrans and dropping 23 seconds to Tour de France rival Chris Froome, Cadel Evans is clear that […]
Irishman ninth overall but rules out any attempt to try to move up today Although he is celebrating his 29th birthday today and had in theory the opportunity to do so while wearing the yellow jersey of the Tour de […]
Irishman best placed overall of Team Saxo Tinkoff squad Nicolas Roche spent much of his life growing up in the south of France, in the same area as today’s team time trial at the Tour de France, and has written […]
Australian team ready to chase more success after breakthrough victory with Gerrans Basking in the glow of Simon Gerrans’ win on yesterday’s stage three of the Tour de France, the Orica GreenEdge team considers a major goal has been achieved, […]
