Danish attacker rushed to Toulouse and may not start tomorrow’s stage Many riders had a bad day on today’s short, sharp 17th stage of the Tour de France, between Bagnères-de-Luchon and Peyragudes, but few can have come off worse than […]
Movistar rider escapes the breakaway over the Port de Balès; Wiggins and Froome respond to pressure Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) salvaged a disappointing Tour de France, with a prestigious stage victory on the new summit finish at Peyragudes on stage 17. […]
Irishman in final year of contract with Ag2r La Mondiale Having moved up to eleventh place yesterday and currently sitting just four seconds off the top ten place of Thibaut Pinot (FDJ BigMat), Ireland’s Nicolas Roche is seeking a strong […]
Irishman went into red with aggressive racing on Tourmalet One of the strongest riders on the Tourmalet yesterday but arguably putting in too much oomph there and putting himself into the red zone, Daniel Martin will try for a Tour […]
Kessiakoff to keep battling after Voeckler seizes mountains jersey Riding his final Tour de France, Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov knows that he is running out of chances to take a farewell stage win in the race. Yesterday was his best performance […]
American gets green light to ride own race It was originally intended that Tejay van Garderen’s second Tour de France would see him serve an apprenticeship under Cadel Evans, learning from the 2011 Tour champion while also supporting him in […]
Podium remains unchanged but both riders have put distance into other rivals Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) both paid tribute to their teams at the end of the 16th stage of the Tour de France, after the […]
Vincenzo Nibali attacks on the Peyresourde; Cadel Evans drops out of contention Just as his former teammate Pierrick Fédrigo had done into Pau on the previous stage, Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) repeated his 2010 victory into Bagnères-de-Luchon to take a […]
Irishman says heat and accumulated fatigue could cause unexpected weaknesses Former world number one Sean Kelly has been commentating on the Tour de France for Eurosport and consequently been watching things up close for the past two and a half […]
2010 Tour competitor Dan Lloyd rides the course Today’s sixteenth stage of the Tour de France will be pivotal to the final outcome of the race, being the second-last mountain stage and, along with Saturday’s time trial, one of three […]
Prudhomme, Becca, Gallopin and Schneider comment on positive test RadioShack Nissan rider Frank Schleck has said that he will consider making a complaint of poisoning by persons unknown if his B sample confirms his positive ‘A’ test for the diuretic […]
Team “not able to explain” Luxembourg rider’s non-negative sample The RadioShack-Nissan team has responded to Fränk Schleck’s non-negative test for banned diuretic Xipamide by withdrawing the Luxembourg rider from the race. While the substance is banned, it is a “specified […]
Xipamide detected in urine of RadioShack Nissan rider RadioShack Nissan rider Frank Schleck is facing a probable departure from the Tour de France after testing positive for a banned diuretic at the race. The UCI has issued a statement informing […]
Italian happy with place on the podium but aims for more in the final week Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) made the Tour de France the big target of his 2012 season and, so far, things are going to plan. The ‘Shark’ […]
Vinokourov aiming for farewell stage win, Brajkovic wants to secure top ten overall Tour de France King of the Mountains Fredrik Kessiakoff is five stages away from his biggest result in the sport, and has said he will fight tooth […]
He, David Millar and Dan Martin determined to make most of last days of Tour Runner up to Pierrick Fedrigo on yesterday’s stage to Pau, Christian Vande Velde has said that he isn’t too discouraged by not winning and that […]
World champion misses out on another sprint stage as he works for the Maillot Jaune Tour de France leader Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) paid tribute to teammate Mark Cavendish at the end of today’s 15th stage, between Samatan and Pau, […]
“Nez de Marmande” wins in the gateway to the Pyrénées as he did in 2010 while the peloton shuts off again Pierrick Fédrigo (FDJ-BigMat) put the disappointment of missing the previous year’s Tour de France behind him as he repeated […]
