Former Giro d’Italia champion credits “good team spirit” and technical sponsors One of the big surprise performances in today’s Tour de France team time trial came from Lampre-Merida, with the team putting in what it described as “one of the […]
Belgian GC hope “extra relieved,” still sitting comfortably near the top Lotto-Belisol produced one of the surprising rides of Tuesday’s stage four team time trial in the Tour de France, eventually finishing fifth after taking the second best spot behind […]
Spaniard pleased with fourth place, says he’s getting over his crash injury His team finished outside the top three of the time trial but in netting fourth and conceding just six seconds to the Team Sky squad plus its GC […]
Two in two days for Australian team in 25km Nice test Orica-GreenEdge took the closest of victories in the fourth stage team time trial of the 2013 Tour de France in the Côte d’Azur city of Nice, to put stage […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
