New Luxembourg team setting sights high There have been several well known brothers in cycling, such as Louison and Jean Bobet, Miguel and Prudencio Indurain, Stephen and Laurence Roche and, currently, Sylvain and Sebastien Chavanel plus Brice and Romain Feillu. […]
Reserves comment on Contador case, wants to see outcome French champion Thomas Voeckler has said that he believes that the sport of cycling is in a better position than it has been in many years, stating that he thinks the […]
FDJ coach applauds Gilbert’s progression, says he scares other riders FDJ trainer Frederic Grappe has said that Tour de France winner Alberto Contador should to release physiological data in order to assuage suspicions, saying that if he is clean, this […]
Dismisses Christian Pruhomme’s uncertainty about adopting ruling UCI president Pat McQuaid has insisted that the recently-announced rules for participation for ProTour and Historic Calendar races will apply in 2011, despite the reservations expressed by the organisers of the Tour de […]
“Commitment for a New Cycling” was not legally binding says highest sports court The Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) has ruled that Alexandre Vinokourov does not owe the International Cycling Union (UCI) a year’s salary, amounting to €1.2 million, […]
Believes the Col du Galibier stage will be the most decisive of the 2011 Tour de France Saxo Bank rider Andy Schleck has finished as runner up to Alberto Contador in the past two Tours de France, and stands to […]
Flat nature of world championship course make gold medal campaign far more difficult Team Katusha’s Alexandr Kolobnev has said that he is interested in aiming for next year’s Tour de France, riding the race for the second time in his […]
Quick Step star rider believes Green Jersey rule change will transform race Tuesday’s announcement of the Tour de France route saw one unexpected change to the rules; rather than having three intermediate sprints, the number will be slashed to just […]
Italian ProContinental team has qualified for all three Grand Tours by 2008 agreement, but manager is not sure it will happen Michele Scarponi’s second place in Saturday’s Giro di Lombardia saw the Androni Giocattoli team finish the season in 17th […]
Tour de France organiser offers choice of Alps or Massif Centrale and confirms Paris-Roubaix Challenge The organiser of the Tour de France (ASO) has announced the details of this year’s Etape du Tour, the World’s most famous cyclosportif race, confirming […]
Yates also expects riders to be more competitive The team had a relatively quiet campaign in this year’s race, but Team Sky Principal Dave Brailsford plans to do things differently in 2011 and wants his riders to aim for early […]
Brajkovic could represent American ProTour team’s best chance Describing Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Klöden as ‘outsiders with a chance,’ Team RadioShack general manager Johan Bruyneel has conceded that the squad will head to next year’s Tour de France without a […]
2011 Tour to pay homage to the greatest mountain pass of them all “Oh! Sappey! Oh! Laffrey! Oh! Col Bayard! Oh! Tourmalet!” wrote Tour de France founder Henri Desgrange after the Tour’s first crossing, “I do not fail in my […]
French 2010 heroes inspired while Tom Boonen looks at stage wins and green jersey battle Quick Step’s Frenchmen were the early heroes of the 2010 Tour de France. Sylvain Chavanel picked up two stage wins, in Spa, Belgium and Station […]
Briton wants to put 2010 behind him and aim at 2011 podium With the 2011 Tour de France route unveiled in Paris today, the contenders for the yellow jersey have already started identifying the stages where they can gain or […]
Strong mix of stages should produce plenty of exciting racing A couple of hours after the announcement of the details of the 2011 Tour de France, riders and teams alike will be analysing the route announced today and working out […]
Race route looks good for Belgium’s latest Tour hope With the number of individual time trial kilometres reduced to just 41 in the 2011 Tour de France, the course looks to favour the climbers even more than last year. This […]
Does new point structure mean advantage Thor Hushovd? One of the changes made for the 2011 Tour de France that could make a real difference to the destination of one of the jerseys is a new system of points to […]
