“I’ve focused on the Tour up until now but being the world champion, that’s probably the second biggest prize in cycling” He’s already achieved his first goal of winning the Tour de France but now Chris Froome is setting his […]
Argos-Shimano management commends the squad’s hard work Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) had what was consistently the best lead out train in the 100th Tour de France, and he capitalized with consistently the fastest sprint finish in the race, punctuated by his […]
Manxman misses out in Paris, winning streak there comes to an end Previously undefeated on the Champs Elysees, Mark Cavendish’s aim of taking a record fifth consecutive win in Paris came up short today when the Briton had to be […]
German takes his fourth stage in a close fight with Cavendish and Greipel in twilight finish Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) took his fourth victory of the 2013 Tour de France as he sprinted to win the 21st and final stage between […]
Stunning first Tour dedicated to Mauricio Soler An important part of the peloton in recent decades, Colombia had trailblazers such as two time King of the Mountains Lucho Herrera and podium finisher Fabio Parra, as well as stage winners Oliverio […]
Australian says he needs to see if squad still has confidence in him for future Tours Still having a year and a half left on his current contract, Cadel Evans has accepted that his standing and goals within the BMC […]
“To be here the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, the biggest event on our cycling calendar…is an amazing feeling.” Set to end the Tour on Sunday with the biggest winning margin in nine years, Chris Froome has said […]
Purito climbs onto the Paris podium on the Tour’s final mountain Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) was arguably the rider that achieved most at the end of the 20th stage of the 2013 Tour de France, between Annecy and Annecy-Semnoz today, as […]
Frenchman’s tenacity in breakaways continues to pay dividends Soon after stage 20 concluded, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) was named by Tour de France decision makers as the race’s most aggressive rider, getting him the ‘super combative’ prize to go […]
The final battle on the final climb decides the final podium Nairo Quintana (Movistar) climbed onto the second step of the 2013 Tour de France, taking his first ever victory in the race, on the 20th stage between Annecy and […]
Garmin-Sharp rider remains pragmatic after becoming ill, says he knows he can ride strongly in future Tours He won a stage and was sitting in or just outside the top ten for much of the race, but Dan Martin’s goals […]
Spaniard says he considered attacking yesterday, but ultimately decided not to do so Although he looks now almost certain not to win this year’s Tour de France, thoughts that Alberto Contador might seek to bounce back by taking the Vuelta […]
Portuguese rider alone over the Col de la Croix Fry after long Pierre Rolland attack Rui Costa (Movistar) escaped from a breakaway group to take his second victory of the 2013 Tour de France as he won the 19th stage, […]
Danish rider continuing to ride consistently as Astana team leader Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang continued his strong Tour de France yesterday, netting tenth on the stage to Alpe d’Huez and advancing from eighth to seventh place in the overall standings. […]
“It was a good opportunity for the Tour victory, but the legs didn’t respond” Alberto Contador had hoped to make a real attack on Chris Froome’s yellow jersey yesterday, but instead the Spaniard conceded more time to the Briton when […]
Quiet French squad gets something to cheer about with Spaniard in top ten Near the bottom in Tour de France earnings so far, French continental team Cofidis has had little to cheer about as the Tour draws to a close […]
Andreas Klöden runner up again in Le Grand Bornand, nine years on More than 40 riders got away at the beginning of stage 19 of the Tour de France, from Bourg d’Oisans to Le Grand Bornand, but after it was […]
Movistar duo had hoped to put more pressure on Froome but settle for status quo On a long and mountainous day that they had hoped to use to administer more pain to overall leader Chris Froome (Sky Procycling), the Movistar […]
