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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ASO confirms Texan has not been asked to attend Although he finished the 1995 Tour de France and therefore is eligible for inclusion in the final day ceremony honouring those who have competed the Tour, Lance Armstrong has not been […]
Argos-Shimano’s German sprinters anxious to put new techniques into action on stage one Argos-Shimano’s German sprinters, Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb, have declared themselves “100 percent ready” and “really excited” respectively, ahead of Saturday’s Tour de France start. The two […]
Opportunity for British champion on first day one sprint stage in half a century Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has had his red, white and blue banded British champion’s jersey for less than a week, but is already looking to […]
Focus on GC and hilly stages sees Farrar and Zabriskie miss out on selection Featuring several riders capable of targeting stage wins plus high overall finishes, the Garmin Sharp team for the Tour de France will be based around the […]
