Giro d’Italia winner hoping for stronger support in the mountains of next year’s Tour de France Saxo Bank-SunGard manager Bjarne Riis is still on the lookout for reinforcements to the team that will support Alberto Contador in his quest for […]
German says Olympic time trial gold is a major goal Questions have been raised about how high Tony Martin can finish in next year’s Tour de France. With the inclusion of a prologue, two fairly long individual time trials and […]
Norwegian to extend contract with British team by three years despite the arrival of World champion Mark Cavendish After three months of negotiation between his agent Birger Hungerholdt and Team Sky, Norwegian star Edvald Boasson Hagen is almost ready to […]
Belgium’s Tour de France hope recognises his need to work on technique against the clock Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto) was another of the potential Tour de France contenders present at the 2012 race presentation yesterday to express a […]
Sees Wiggins and Contador as the early favourites Following yesterday’s release of the route for the 2012 Tour de France, Leopard Trek team manager Kim Andersen has told Politiken.dk the Schleck brothers will have to be aggressive if they want […]
Geox TMC team hopes to ride race next year Geox TMC team captains Juanjo Cobo and Denis Menchov have reacted to the route detailed today for the 2012 race, with the latter appearing satisfied with what should be a good […]
Belgian champion eyeing up a repeat of 2011’s opening stage victory Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) is another rider that likes the look of the 2012 Tour de France route, which was officially presented in Paris today. The Belgian champion won […]
Experimentation sees some traditional climbs dropped in favour of new discoveries It’s a Tour de France which has a somewhat unfamiliar feel to it, a route where some of the best known finishes are absent and where the number of […]
Quick Step’s French pair hoping for a better 2012 race after bad luck this year Quick Step’s Sylvain Chavanel and Jérôme Pineau were two of the heroes of the first half of the 2010 Tour de France, but bad luck […]
Team Europcar’s 2011 Tour hero looking for more of the same on 2012 course Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) was one of the big heroes of this year’s Tour de France, holding the yellow jersey for ten days and eventually finishing fourth. […]
Luxembourg brothers concede that they will have to attack in 2012 to step up from 2011 second and third places Andy and Fränk Schleck (Leopard Trek) have reacted largely positively to to the route of the 2012 Tour de France, […]
Expects Schleck brothers and RadioShack Nissan team to try to gain time Three time victor Alberto Contador appears to be happy with today’s announced route for next year’s Tour de France, with the mixture of climbs and time trials suiting […]
Saxo Bank-SunGard manager feels that unveiled route suits Evans and Contador, but will force Andy Schleck to attack Bjarne Riis was one of those present at today’s official unveiling of the 2012 Tour de France route, and the Saxo Bank-SunGard […]
Evans happy with next year’s route, Schlecks will rue one less summit finish Unveiling a course identical to that first leaked last week, Tour de France organiser Christian Prudhomme has provided further details about a route which he believes will […]
Australia’s first ever Tour de France winner honoured by his national hall of fame Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) has seen his victory in this year’s Tour de France recognised by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame (SAHOF), which has presented […]
Listing for race appears briefly on Tour website It’ll probably take until the official launch on Tuesday October 18th before confirmation is received, but it appears that the route of next year’s Tour de France could have been accidentally published […]
Says Lance Armstrong would have won the Tour without Bruyneel Andy Schleck this year became the first person to finish second three times in a row at the Tour de France. Alberto Contador showed he was strongest in 2009 and […]
RadioShack manager talks about the merger with Leopard Trek and the task of winning the Tour de France with Andy Schleck With the merger between RadioShack and Leopard Trek – creating what is currently referred to as RadioShack-Nissan-Trek –team manager […]
