“It’s going to be very tough but I think I can win the Tour” Expressing surprise at recent statements from Bradley Wiggins that he will try to repeat his Tour de France win after all, Chris Froome has insisted that […]
SPOTY winner sets high target for 2013 The feat hasn’t been achieved since Marco Pantani’s 1998 triumphs and is regarded as one of the toughest in cycling, but Bradley Wiggins has revealed that he is determined to try to win […]
Lotto-Belisol teammates aiming for different targets, but with similar focus Lotto-Belisol stars Jürgen Roelandts and Jurgen Van Den Broeck are both looking forward to getting the 2013 season started, as they attend the team’s first real training camp of the […]
Tour de France winner succeeds Mark Cavendish as third cyclist in five years to take Britain’s top prize Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) and succeeds current teammate Mark Cavendish as the […]
Flanders town looking to commemorate the centenary of World War I after British start The Flemish city of Ypres (Ieper) is aiming to host a stage of the Tour de France in 2014, according to Het Nieuwsblad. The ancient cloth-trading […]
Tour de France winner still not aiming for celebrity lifestyle on the eve of BBC Sports Personality Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) is the overwhelming favourite to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) award tomorrow night, where he […]
Colombian riders ready to attack the three week races Seeking to step up things after a solid first year in the peloton, Team Colombia is targeting a start in one of cycling’s Grand Tours and believes it has a strong […]
Race will return to Britain in nineteen months After a long campaign which also saw Edinburgh, Florence, Barcelona and Lille pushing for selection, Yorkshire is celebrating after it was selected as the venue for the start of the 2014 Tour […]
Briton states that it is undecided if he will do the Giro d’Italia Although he suggested at the Tour de France launch that the Giro d’Italia would likely be his prime target in 2013 and that he would support Chris […]
Laura Trott third in women’s awards; Sarah Storey best Paralympic sportswoman Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) has been voted Sportsman of the Year by Britain’s sports journalists, the Sports Journalists’ Association (SJA) reports. The Tour de France winner managed to fight […]
“We do not change our distribution of wild cards to give special consideration to Alberto Contador,” says ASO spokesman With Team Saxo-Tinkoff still unsure of taking its place in the 2013 WorldTour, there remains the possibility that Alberto Contador could […]
Still regards 2010 Tour disqualification as an “injustice”; may not ride 2013 race if team is not in WorldTour Alberto Contador has called for zero tolerance to doping in cycling, as he spoke to French television from the Team Saxo-Tinkoff […]
Tour de France champion still on track for Giro d’Italia despite recent collision with car Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) will not be set back much by the accident that saw him knocked off his bike by a car last month, […]
British Cycling backs Scottish bid over rival Yorkshire’s application Tour de France organisers ASO are expected to make a decision in the coming weeks about whether the race will return to Britain in either 2014 or 2015. The race last […]
2011 Tour winner applauds USADA’s investigation While he acknowledges that many questions are going to be asked about the sport after the Lance Armstrong/US Postal Service investigations, Cadel Evans has said that he is frustrated by any suggestions that every […]
Tour de France runner up seeks to end speculation that he could have ridden for himself in July Chris Froome (Team Sky) has once again sought to set the record straight on the events of this year’s Tour de France […]
Retired sprinter becomes the latest name to add his support to his home county’s campaign Malcolm Elliot has become the latest name to lend his support to the county of Yorkshire’s bid to host the Grand Depart of the 2014 […]
Welshman turns away from track, wants to focus fully on road racing Although he finished just one place ahead of the Lanterne Rouge in his first Tour de France, placing 140th, Geraint Thomas has said that he hopes that he […]
