Sprints and climbs targeted by Italian team, Lloyd also selected Six-time stage winner and 2010 Maillot Vert Alessandro Petacchi has been confirmed as heading the Lampre-ISD team’s sprint ambitions for the Tour de France, with the 38 year old showing […]
Giro, Tour de France and Olympics part of the South African’s big year Daryl Impey’s dream season continues after being named in the Orica-GreenEdge Tour de France line up at the weekend. The South African made his Grand Tour debut […]
Estonian looking to better eleventh place of 2011; white jersey a possibility The Cofidis team has announced the names of the nine men that it will be sending to the Tour de France, which starts in the Belgian city of […]
“Garmin-Sharp” registered in time for the Tour de France On the day that Team Saxo Bank announced a co-sponsorship deal with Tinkoff Bank, Slipstream Sports – currently known as Garmin-Barracuda – also has some good news. The team has struck […]
Anticipation building about first ever Australian ProTeam participation in world’s biggest event Pinpointing stage wins as the big target for its first-ever participation in the biggest race in cycling, Orica-GreenEdge has unveiled a promising lineup for the Tour de France […]
Belgian stands aside after thirteen years of managing a team at the race RadioShack Nissan manager Johan Bruyneel has announced that he will not take part in this year’s Tour de France, being absent from the race as a result […]
New Zealander says no egos on the team, sprint train fully committed to Greipel While George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team) will start his seventeenth Tour de France and Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan) will start his fifteenth, Greg Henderson (Lotto-Belisol) is a […]
Without Contador, Danish squad will chase stages rather than go for general classification Saying that he is looking forward to taking some risks and following an aggressive, attacking template this year, Bjarne Riis has named the nine riders who will […]
Says Contador is clear favourite for the Vuelta, but Schleck’s participation is boost for race The 1988 Tour de France winner Pedro Delgado has made his predictions for this year’s race, saying that he believes that the nature of the […]
Mark Cavendish to be the first British road rainbow in the race since 1966 Team Sky has announced the eight men that will ride alongside Bradley Wiggins in his bid to become first Briton to win the Tour de France. […]
Both riders aiming to make up for crashing out of 2011 race Team Astana has announced its roster for next month’s Tour de France, with Alexander Vinokourov at its head once more. The Kazakh veteran will not be the sole […]
Team aiming for Giro-Tour double, Dan Martin to make his debut Heading back to the race where it shone last year with four stage victories plus a win in the team classification, the Garmin-Barracuda team has announced the line-up for […]
Kenny van Hummel aiming at sprint stages; Stijn Devolder misses out once again After sending a veritable United Nations to the Giro d’Italia, the Vacansoleil-DCM team for next month’s Tour de France is a far more Dutch affair. Giro third […]
Omega Pharma Quick Step manager confirms 2012 Tour lineup, evaluates riders Although he was hit by a car and suffered a fractured fibula just two and a half months ago, Levi Leipheimer is on course for a strong Tour de […]
South African amongst Orica GreenEdge’s most successful riders this season He’s already ridden a Grand Tour this year but Daryl Impey is hoping that his strong form and stage win last Friday in the Tour of Slovenia could be enough […]
Frenchman hoping to emulate Jeremy Roy’s heroic efforts of a year ago His French team has not announced its full line-up for the Tour de France as of yet, but Mikael Chérel (AG2R-La Mondiale) learned a week ago that he […]
Returning King of the Mountains will skip Spanish nationals, recovering from Dauphiné crash Though it won’t officially announce its roster for the Tour de France until after the Spanish national championships, multiple sources are listing the nine men set to […]
Belgian team hunting success on all fronts in sprints, breaks and the general classification Lotto-Belisol has named its nine-man line up for the Tour de France, which begins with a prologue in Liège, Belgium, on June 30th. The Belgian team […]
