Last year’s Lanterne Rouge gets combativity award on stage six He “won” the Lanterne Rouge for last place in the Tour de France last year, but tomorrow morning Lampre-ISD’s Adriano Malori will pin on the red number, having been voted […]
Chavanel, Boonen, Ciolek and Steegmans feeling after-effects of falls French road race champion Sylvain Chavanel drew upon the motivation of being in his home race to get through today’s sixth stage of the Tour de France, feeling a lot of […]
No issues coping with mechanical problems Apart from issues with his bike in the closing stages of today’s stage to Lisieux, stage six went well for defending Tour champion Alberto Contador. He reports a good recovery from yesterday’s crash, saying […]
Brian Nygaard negotiating with riders’ agents at the Tour de France Leopard Trek’s general manager Brian Nygaard is on the lookout for some capable teammates for Fabian Cancellara’s 2012 Classics campaign, according to feltet.dk. The Swiss champion, who did the […]
Norwegian wins on a wet day across Normandy to take Team Sky’s maiden Tour stage After fears that his Tour de France would be affected by a case of shingles the week before, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) won the […]
Team has settled its issues around the table after Greipel closed out of stage five sprint Omega Pharma-Lotto’s Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert and sports directory Herman Frison have both downplayed talk of divisions in the team in this year’s Tour […]
Movement in the peloton to blame for series of crashes not narrow roads, says race director The Tour de France organisers have been criticised by a number of people over the route of stage five, between Carhaix and Cap Fréhel, […]
Dark day for Quick Step team Tom Boonen was one of several big names to crash during yesterday’s fifth stage of the Tour de France and, following a spirited battle to reach the finish line within the time limit, will […]
Australian rider dedicated to helping team captain After two years of disappointment with regards to the Tour de France, Simon Gerrans returned to the race this year as part of Sky Procycling’s ambitious selection for the event. The 31 year-old […]
Tour organisers appeal for extra care The motorbike driver of one of the Tour de France photographers has been excluded from this year’s race due to an accident which happened 77 kilometres from the finish of Wednesday’s stage. Danish rider […]
Out of Tour de France and off bike for at least five days Following Jani Brajkovic’s severe crash at the intermediate sprint point of today’s stage of the Tour de France, the Team RadioShack rider has been diagnosed with a […]
Astana leader says he might ride Olympic road race Alexander Vinokourov has intimated that he might postpone retirement in order to ride the Olympic road race in London next year. However the Astana leader, who is currently riding in his […]
Ride from the front gives him 11th place in bunch sprint Cadel Evans (BMC) finished 11th in stage five of the Tour de France, which ended in a bunch sprint. Evans is not a sprinter but his guideline was to […]
Good news only hampered by loss of green points jersey to Gilbert after disqualification in intermediate sprint Movistar had a good day at the Tour de France’s fifth stage, with Jose Joaquin Rojas sprinting to a third place behind Mark […]
More unhappy about teammate Nicki Sørensen’s fall due to a photographer Alberto Contador crashed twice during today’s fifth stage of the Tour de France, held between Carhaix and Cap Fréhel. The Spaniard was able to continue without suffering major injuries […]
Mark Cavendish takes stage six as the peloton overcomes some late French resistence Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) has opened his account in the 2011 Tour de France, taking the fifth stage between Carhaix and Cap Fréhel in a bunch sprint. The […]
Irishman still not at full fitness, slips back on Mûr-de-Bretagne Showing the effects of his disrupted preparation for the Tour, Ireland’s Nicolas Roche lost time to the general classification riders yesterday when he finished 40th on the stage to Mûr-de-Bretagne. […]
Omega Pharma-Lotto team leaders look ahead Omega Pharma-Lotto was again seen doing the majority of work on stage four in the Tour de France yesterday, with the hope of another stage victory for Philippe Gilbert. It was not to be […]
