Thomas Voeckler clings on to Bastille Day yellow as the Schleck brothers lay down the law Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) took a lone victory at the top of Luz-Ardiden to claim the twelfth stage of the Tour de France. The Olympic […]
Boasson Hagen pledges his support With Bradley Wiggins out of the race, the Sky Procycling team will instead put its full backing behind Rigoberto Uran in the mountains of the Tour de France. The Colombian rider started today’s stage 36th […]
Frenchman believes Taaramäe can win the white jersey David Moncoutié (Cofidis) has returned to the Tour de France after a two-year absence, ready to tackle the mountains. The Frenchman, who has won the mountains classification jersey in the Vuelta a […]
Tour de France champion confident his knee has recovered Today marks a pivotal point in the Tour de France as the race encounters its first mountain stage. The race favourites will have three ascents where vigilance will be needed, as […]
‘When I kick, normally I get a gap and I win” At one point earlier in this Tour it seemed that Mark Cavendish was out of the race for the Maillot Vert, with the Manx rider being outmanoeuvred by Philippe […]
Astana’s Czech rider couldn’t quite make it to the front group but lives to fight another day Roman Kreuziger (Astana) was one of the many victims of the first week’s crashes. On stage seven he came down hard on his […]
Luxembourg brothers put rivals in the defensive high up in the Pyrenees Fränk and Andy Schleck have prepared specifically for this year’s Tour de France and the first day in the high mountains showed that they are right on target. […]
Everybody rides for Vinokourov on Kazakh team Andriy Grivko formed part of the break of the day in today’s stage 11 of the Tour de France. The six-man move came very close to prevailing, being caught only three kilometers from […]
Team enjoys stage without incident ahead of first high mountain outing Samuel Sánchez of the Euskaltel-Euskadi team is getting ready for the first day in the high mountains. The Basque team is always motivated in the Pyrenees, as it is […]
Frenchman vows to keep his fighting spirit up regardless Thomas Voeckler is a fighter, which is why he says he will go all out in tomorrow’s stage of the Tour de France in the Pyrenees. He is also a realistic […]
Mark Cavendish beats André Greipel on a rainy day in the Tarn Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) took his revenge over former teammate André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto), beating him to the line on the eleventh stage of the Tour de France between […]
BMC Racing Team rider tips Peter Velits for good performance With just today’s stage to get through before tomorrow’s first big mountain stage, Cadel Evans is in the best position of all the general classification contenders. His aim is to […]
Frenchman too fatigued to carry on John Gadret did not start Wednesday’s eleventh stage of the Tour de France, citing fatigue as his reason. The AG2R La Mondiale started the Tour following a successful Giro d’Italia where he won a […]
Dane says Schlecks have to attack Evans Saxo Bank-Sungard, the team of defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, hopes the Spaniard will take time back from his rivals when the race heads for its first mountain stage tomorrow. Contador […]
Spaniard reiterates he’s no intention of pulling out of Tour After earlier denying media reports which said that he might quit the Tour de France, Alberto Contador has reiterated his intention to stay in the race and said that his […]
Yellow jersey explains the reason why Team Europcar did so little work on stage ten The pattern for a transitional stage in the first half of the Tour de France where the day is likely to end in a sprint […]
Rest day helps Rabobank leader recover from injuries sustained early in the race Rabobank’s Robert Gesink is one of the many riders coming out of Monday’s rest day feeling an improvement to the injuries he sustained in crashes earlier in […]
Philippe Gilbert’s late attack blows holes into HTC-Highroad leadout train Less than a week after Omega Pharma-Lotto was having to play down suggestions of divisions in its triple-headed team, André Greipel and Philippe Gilbert are showing a united front. The […]
