Spanish rider says he’s still fatigued, but believes he could ride into form Vying to become the first rider in 13 years to do the Giro-Tour double, Alberto Contador has admitted that riding the Italian Grand Tour has potentially hurt […]
Full team roster to be announced this week Having finished fifth in Sunday’s final time trial and ninth overall in the Tour de Suisse, Tom Danielson appears to have landed a slot on Garmin-Cervélo’s Tour de France team. The 33 […]
Hincapie and Bookwalter part of US ProTeam selection The identity of the eight riders to support Tour de France contender Cadel Evans has today been revealed by the BMC Racing Team which is, as anticipated, leaving former world champion Alessandro […]
Team emphases importance of national championships, will enter 20 riders in French road race Following John Gadret’s career-best result of fourth overall in the Giro d’Italia, he and his Ag2r La Mondiale team are poised to decide whether or not […]
Legendary French director’s thoughts on equally legendary Tour winner Cyrille Guimard, the legendary directeur sportif, was a key influence in the early careers of the riders – Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond – whose battle for the 1986 Tour de […]
The Belgian’s condition is not where he’d hoped Stijn Devolder has expressed his intentions of missing this year’s Tour de France. The two time Tour of Flanders champion is currently riding the Tour de Suisse and had hoped to regain […]
2010 Tour runner up loses 14 minutes on big mountain stage but insists he’s still on track for July Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) was an early casualty of the pace set by his own team on the climb to the […]
ZLM Tour prologue destroy doubts about form of Garmin-Cervélo rider Tyler Farrar still had some doubts about his Tour de France participation, but a good prologue in the Ster ZLM Tour has made the decision for him. Farrar was seventh […]
Could become first Dutch winner on Dutch mountain Alpe d’Huez since 1989 Robert Gesink finished the Critérium du Dauphiné in an unspectacular 20th spot, but his second place in the mountains classification showed that he will be strong in July. […]
Spaniard says he’s going to the Tour to ‘have fun, and with great ambition’ With two and a half weeks to go until the start of the Tour de France, Alberto Contador will today ride the Galibier and Alpe d’Huez […]
French rider returns to competition after a long post-Classics lay off Having been arguably the most aggressive rider of the spring, Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) has returned to racing at the Tour de Suisse, and was on the attack again […]
Fourth place again for Belgian but has good feelings for the Tour de France Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto) went into last week’s Critérium du Dauphiné with the intention of honing his form towards July’s Tour de France. The […]
IOC President concedes that rider’s case raises doubts While he accepts that Alberto Contador’s participation in this year’s Tour de France will raise doubts, IOC President Jacques Rogge said today that he didn’t object to the rider taking part. “The […]
Belgian star aims to take back the driekleur, says contract renewal talks are going well After a mixed spring campaign, Tom Boonen (Quick Step) is building his form for the next phase of the season, according to Sporza. The 2005 […]
No panic after defending champion fails to retain title Although there was a marked difference in the performance of Janez Brajkovic between this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné and that of last season, team RadioShack believes he is on course for […]
Spaniard wants to complete first Giro-Tour double since Pantani in 1998 Although Alberto Contador has today announced that he will compete in the Tour de France, the Spaniard has said that he is cautious about the after-effects of his Giro […]
British champion tells VeloNation about his anger at the unfounded slur to his reputation In the second part of our interview with Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas he talks about his hopes, and the team’s goals, in the upcoming Tour de […]
Italian keeps brave face on things Ivan Basso has rejected suggestions that he is way off track in his preparations for the Tour de France, reasoning that while he is a distant 89th overall in the Dauphiné, that he still […]
