Unexpected end to a storied Tour de France career The RadioShack team came into the Tour de France with the intention of helping seven-time winner Lance Armstrong to his eighth Tour crown, but instead the American icon had to settle […]
The “true” story behind the events of this year’s Tour de France 197 riders, 3642km, hills, cobbles, mountains and time trials. VeloNation takes a sideways, stage-by-stage look at what really happened in this year’s Tour de France. Prologue: Rotterdam, 8.9km […]
UCI showing no favorable treatment to Armstrong or Bruyneel The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced today that it will go forward with disciplinary proceedings against the American RadioShack team for breaching the regulations governing riders’ clothing during the final stage […]
Seven-time winner felt a duty to finish despite bad luck and poor form Lance Armstrong’s final appearance as a rider in the Tour de France didn’t go quite as he wanted, or expected, to say the least. Despite an illness […]
Tour winner takes his position as World number one Having just won the Tour de France, the biggest race of the UCI’s World Calendar, it’s hardly surprising that Alberto Contador (Astana) has leapt to the top of the World Rankings. […]
Irishman has mixed feelings about second Tour Ireland’s Nicolas Roche has expressed his satisfaction with his 15th overall in the Tour de France, although he admits to having ‘nightmares’ about the thoughts of what might have been. The 26 year […]
Fellow Spaniard hails Astana rider’s ability 2008 Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre has said that he believes Alberto Contador will dominate the sport in the years to come, suggesting that he could even beat the seven Tour wins clocked […]
Disappointed Briton modifies season programme Team Sky captain Bradley Wiggins has decided to shorten his season after what was a disappointing Tour de France campaign for him, and will pass over the chance to go for world championship and Commonwealth […]
27-year-old Van den Broeck first since Criquielion in 1986 to finish in the top five With 27-year-old Jurgen Van den Broeck’s 5th place overall finish in Paris, 6 minutes and 54 seconds behind three-time winner Alberto Contador, he became the […]
Menchov third, Gesink sixth With Denis Menchov set to take third overall and Robert Gesink finishing in sixth, their team celebrated the achievement with some champagne on Saturday night. “We deserved it, because this was a very good day and […]
An incredible accomplishment that came over a tough road Today Alberto Contador not only won the Tour de France for the third time, but secured the fifth consecutive Grand Tour victory of his career. He first won the overall at […]
Petacchi follows in the footsteps of Franco Bitossi….42 years later. Alessandro Petacchi finally accomplished the trifecta of points jerseys at all three Grand Tours with his 2nd place on the Champs Elysees today. Coming in second behind Cavendish was more […]
Manx Missile fires again on Champs-Elysées ahead of Astana rider’s overall victory Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the twentieth, and final, stage of the Tour de France between Longjumeau and Paris Champs-Elysées to take his fifth stage of the race this […]
Race officials rule that RadioShack team cannot race Tour’s final stage in special “cancer awareness” jersey In an incident that almost seemed to sum up Lance Armstrong’s 2010 Tour de France, the RadioShack team was prevented from wearing a special […]
Will concentrate on shorter stage races after disappointing Tour Michael Rogers has given up any ambition of winning the Tour de France, with the Australian believing that he no longer has the ability to challenge for three week races. The […]
Manx Missile sets new standard in Paris HTC-Columbia sprinter Mark Cavendish has run the gamut of emotions in his fourth Tour de France, and today, set another standard when he became the first rider in history to win on the […]
Alberto Contador’s team are top earners, Footon-Servetto lowest Unsurprisingly, the team of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, Astana, finished the Tour de France as the highest earning team in the 2010 Grand Boucle. The largest chunk of the money […]
Former USPS team-mate and others detail accusations of doping, Landis apologises to public The latest big development in the US Postal Service team inquiry occurred last night when Floyd Landis, who sparked off the investigation earlier this year, appeared on […]
