Gorilla outpaces big rival Cavendish to win in his debut in the race André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) put one over on his former teammate and rival Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) to the finish in Carmaux to take the tenth stage of […]
Spaniard vows to fight to Paris, says knee injury is improving Alberto Contador has denied suggestions in today’s l’Equipe newspaper that he could quit the Tour de France due to a knee problem and low morale, saying that he has […]
Regulations tightened to avoid a repeat of Sunday’s Hoogerland/Flecha incident Jean-François Pescheux, the Tour de France director of competition, has reminded everybody in the convoy how they are to conduct themselves in the race. Regulations are being tightened in order […]
Klöden under pressure due to back injury Famously lucky during the Tour in its previous incarnation as the US Postal Service and Discovery Channel teams, RadioShack is experiencing the opposite during the 2011 Tour de France. Yaroslav Popovych is the […]
Voluntarily leaves Tour while waiting for B sample Alexandr Kolobnev is under the cloud of a positive A sample for a banned diuretic and already out of the Tour de France, but has insisted today that he doesn’t know how […]
Long recovery period for Astana rider Alexandre Vinokourov’s 2011 season looks almost certainly over as a result of his crash on Sunday’s stage of the Tour de France. The Team Astana leader has spoken from his hotel and faces a […]
Successful operation for Astana leader The first rest day of this year’s Tour will be used by the riders to recover from what has been a particularly tough opening week, with crashes, bashes, cuts and bruises added to the usual […]
Fifty amateur cyclists ride from London to Les Herbiers for international children’s charity International charity Right to Play has declared its annual ride the Tour de France a spectacular success, with fifty riders covering 350 miles in four days to […]
If B sample confirms result, Katusha rider will be sacked and faces huge fine The Tour de France will have one less rider tomorrow following the earlier news that Alexandr Kolobnev has tested positive for the banned substance hydrochlorothiazide. The […]
Liquigas-Cannondale leader has kept himself safe in the Tour de France’s crash-filled first week and is now ready for the race to really start Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) has staked his season on a strong performance in the Tour de France. […]
Russian rider set to be removed from race Team Katusha captain Alexandr Kolobnev has provided a positive A sample for the banned substance hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic, and the UCI has requested that his squad withdraw him from the Tour de […]
France Télévision apologises for crash involving Spaniard and Johnny Hoogerland One day after yesterday’s incident at the Tour de France where a car hit Johnny Hoogerland and Juan Antonio Flecha, the latter’s Sky Procycling team is determining whether it will […]
Belgian team’s classification rider could be the Tour’s top Belgian this year One piece of good news to come out of the somewhat beleaguered Quick Step team at the Tour de France is that Kevin De Weert has signed a […]
RadioShack leader plans to continue in race Team RadioShack’s one remaining leader is having a less-than-ideal run-up to the Pyrenees, with Andreas Klöden suffering a back injury during yesterday’s ninth stage of the Tour de France. The German rider was […]
Fractured femur for Vino, team pledges to fight on Confirming that this is indeed his final Tour de France and that his crash won’t cause a change of mind, Alexandre Vinokourov has said that he is saddened to bid farewell […]
No comment for now from teams, Hoogerland gives his reaction Having considered the serious incident involving a France Television 2/3 car plus Johnny Hoogerland and Juan Antonio Flecha, the expected decision has been taken to exclude the vehicle and its […]
Defending champion hopes to recover over the rest day Alberto Contador crashed in today’s stage nine of the Tour de France to Saint Flour, his third fall in this year’s race. The Spaniard is starting to feel the effects of […]
Crashes and incidents strike the peloton again as more favourites knocked out Luis León Sanchez (Rabobank) won the ninth stage of the Tour de France between Issoire and Saint-Flour, at the end of a long breakaway. The Spanish time trial […]
