Rabobank look to modified strategy for remainder of race, Mollema gunning to recover some time Ever since he finished seventh in the Vuelta a España at 22 years of age, Robert Gesink has been seen as a rider who could […]
Belgian-born Londoner the first since Tom Simpson with a chance of holding yellow to Paris After his Sky team put the peloton to the sword on the short, but very steep climb to la Planche des Belles Filles in today’s […]
Double day for Team Sky as it puts the peloton to the sword on the steep final climb Having done enough to put team leader Bradley Wiggins into the yellow jersey, Team Sky’s Chris Froome took the steep uphill sprint […]
Russian’s challenge to become clearer today Few have spoken about Denis Menchov thus far as a Tour contender but the Russian rider is perfectly placed to strike in the days ahead. The triple Grand Tour winner began today’s stage fifth […]
Says Tour isn’t over for Schleck, despite time loss He’s held the race lead since his win in the prologue and has set a curious record along the way, but Fabian Cancellara accepts that his time in the Maillot Jaune […]
Stage win and mountains jersey targets for Irish climber Although he went into the Tour de France primarily as a support rider for Ryder Hesjedal, Tom Danielson and Christian Vande Velde, the circumstances of the race have thrust Dan Martin […]
Injuries prove too much for Garmin-Sharp team leader Having promised to try to continue in the Tour de France after a very bad crash yesterday, Giro d’Italia champion Ryder Hesjedal has the disappointment of being forced out of the race […]
Sylvain Chavanel misses out on yellow jersey but Martin Velits enjoys the break in his debut Tour Levi Leipheimer saw his hopes of overall victory in the Tour de France disappear up the steep slopes of the climb to la […]
Some of the big names give their thoughts after first mountain finish Vincezo Nibali (Liquigas Cannondale), 4th on stage at 7 seconds, 3rd overall at 16 seconds: “I’m satisfied after this first test. On the map it seemed quite easy […]
Gesink, Mollema, Kruijswijk all lose time, Wynants out After getting off to a fairly good, if uneventful start to the Tour de France, it has all gone wrong for Rabobank after a difficult stage six. The Dutch team had its […]
Participation uncertain for Giro d’Italia winner and Vansummeren He went into the race hoping to be the first to achieve the Giro-Tour double since Marco Pantani in 1998 but instead Ryder Hesjedal is now simply hoping to make it to […]
Dutch team rues more bad luck; Poels, Txurruka show their mettle After a particularly tough Tour de France stage into Metz, with a high-speed crash inside the final 30 kilometres affecting a large portion of the peloton, teams are growing […]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step still has its general classification cards to play as many favourites lose big time Omega Pharma-Quick Step was one of the teams to get off lightest in the carnage of stage six, with only Belgian rider Dries […]
Bumps and bruises for Movistar captain as he loses two minutes to his biggest rivals Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde was one of the victims of both crashes on the sixth stage of the Tour de France, between Épernay and Metz, as […]
Scarponi regrets losing time, vows to fight back tomorrow Triple world champion Oscar Freire has been forced to withdraw from what could be the final Tour de France of his career as a result of a crash which took place […]
Van Garderen remains fourth overall and in white jersey Gaining time over many of his rivals today due to the massive crash which afflicted the peloton 24 kilometres from the finish, Cadel Evans’ chances of taking a second Tour win […]
Slovak prodigy wins again but time losses to overall threats the big story Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) more than made up for missing out on the sprint yesterday, having been caught up in a crash, with a flat and fast sprint […]
Preview of tomorrow’s first summit finish of the 2012 Tour de France The riders still have to negotiate todays’ flat stage to Metz, but the Tour de France will take a very different tone tomorrow when the riders hit the […]
