Slovakian to delay hitting form until London Olympics Although he’ll ride the first Tour de France of his career in 2012, Slovakian rider Peter Sagan has said that he will deliberately hold back in terms of his condition in order […]
Nominates five riders who he believes can finish ahead of them Second overall for the past three years, Andy Schleck has made it clear that once again he will target victory in the Tour de France in 2012. Veteran Australian […]
Tour de France winner adds fatherhood to his list of achievements in 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) and his wife Chiara Passerini are to adopt a twelve-month-old Ethiopian baby boy, according to SBS. The Australian – […]
Saxo Bank manager says “it all comes too easily” for his former rider; remains confident in the talent of Alberto Contador The war of words has already begun, ahead of next year’s Tour de France, with Team Saxo Bank manager […]
Australian Tour de France champion will ride time trial and road race Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) will be going for an impressive triple next summer, as the Australian champion is planning to race the Tour de France, the Olympic […]
Spanish champion doesn’t want to “mortgage entire season on one day” For Euskaltel-Euskadi’s Samuel Sánchez, 2012 is an important year, not least because it will see him defend his Olympic title in the London road race. The Asturian is not […]
Lampre-ISD domestiques unsure of the wisdom of their captain’s decision to miss the Giro d’Italia, but will back him all the way Despite taking his first ever Grand Tour podium in this year’s Giro d’Italia, Lampre-ISD’s captain Michele Scarponi has […]
Dutchman says he’d take career Vuelta victory over third in Tour Having finished a superb fourth in the Vuelta a España and won the points classification there, young Dutch rider Bauke Mollema has said that he is keen to return […]
Irish rider on Tour long list, hopes to clinch team selection Following a superb 2011 season where he ended the year ninth in the world rankings and was the highest-placed Garmin-Cervélo rider, Dan Martin is aiming to ride his first […]
Corsican Grand Depart to be followed by two stages on Cote d’Azur Details of the 2013 Tour de France continue to be revealed, with race organisers ASO confirming rumours today that Nice will host the fourth stage of that year’s […]
Doesn’t want to set specific goals for July race Nine years after highlighting his ability with overall victory in the Tour de Langkawi, Tom Danielson will once again line out in the Malaysian race as part of his programme in […]
French hope is proud of his Tour de France finish but realises that the number of favourites abandoning helped his chances Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) remains one of the big hopes for the future of French cycling and, after his fourteenth […]
Piccolo Prinicipe aiming for Ardennes Classics and Tour de France after seventh place this year After a largely successful 2011, Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) has already begun to prepare for next season. The highlight for the 30-year-old from Verona were a […]
More details emerge of Grand Départ for 100th edition of Tour Confirming the absence of a prologue and the existence of some tough climbs on stages two and three, the organisers of the Tour de France have today revealed more […]
Thirty riders for “merger” of 2011 Luxembourg and US teams; not just about the Tour de France for Schleck brothers Just minutes after the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced that the RadioShack-Nissan team had been granted WorldTour registration for 2012, […]
Danish prodigy must ship a few kilos to be competitive in the Giro d’Italia, says director After following Fränk and Andy Schleck from Saxo Bank-SunGard to Leopard Trek, Jakob Fuglsang had a strong season in 2011; not as strong as […]
Danish climber finally sees his chance after two second places with Andy Schleck Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank-SunGard) has decided that the time has come for him to finish the Tour de France in Paris on the winner’s team, according […]
Third overall victory in race likely goal for Italian climber He won the Giro d’Italia in 2010, then struggled in the Tour, but Ivan Basso has said that he plans to once again ride the two events next year. The […]
