Belgian rubs shoulders with Nicolas Sarkozy on his way to his nation’s best Tour finish in 24 years Jurgen Van Den Broeck (OmegaPharma-Lotto) is poised to become Belgium’s first rider to finish in the top-five of the Tour de France […]
Riders on attack today, ‘Twiggo’ to target final time trial The 2010 Tour de France hasn’t worked out as well as was hoped for the new Sky Racing Team, but the squad is determined to go out with a bang. […]
Saxo Bank rider tries all he can to drop yellow jersey as the race’s best two riders fight out the Tour’s toughest stage Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) won the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France between Pau and the […]
Rabobank leader will fight to the end Russian rider Denis Menchov has been strong but silent in this Tour de France, quietly pedalling his way to fourth overall and looking more solid than in previous years. Speaking on the rest […]
Six time polka-dot jersey winner decries the lack of overall contenders in classification Going into the final mountain stage, the competition for the polka-dot mountains jersey is wide open. Current jersey holder Anthony Charteau (Bbox-Bouyges Telecom) leads Christophe Moreau (Caisse […]
Rides over 15km on mini bike with toe clips to reach spare bike Jens Voigt crashed hard on Tuesday’s stage, in the descent of the Col de Peyresourde. With the team cars long gone and his front tire exploded, the […]
Time running out fast for climbers in this Tour de France Tour de France champion from 2008, Carlos Sastre (Cervélo TestTeam), only has one more opportunity left to try to secure a stage win in this year’s edition of the […]
Spaniard confident in podium battle against Menchov Samuel Sánchez and his Basque Euskaltel-Euskadi teammates took a well deserved rest day in Pau today. Sánchez hopes to defend himself well in tomorrow’s grueling stage 17 up to the Col du Tourmalet […]
Belgian hopes to avoid bad day in final mountain stage Jurgen van den Broeck is now openly stating his goal of a top five finish in this year’s Tour de France. With one tough mountain stage and a 50-kilometer time […]
Climbs also slower this year Francaise des Jeux doctor Gérard Guillaume has hailed the six stage wins taken by French riders during this year’s Tour, saying that the improvement in performance is down to a cleaner peloton. Since the Tour […]
Confident Luxemburger thinks one minute over Contador is enough ahead of time trial Andy Schleck is doing everything he can to still win this year’s Tour de France. That included to keep in a rhythm during the rest day by […]
French riders have an additional twelve month option While he was winning two stages and wearing the yellow jersey of race leadership in this year’s Tour de France, speculation was rife that Sylvain Chavanel would be returning to race with […]
Third green jersey win within Hushovd’s reach Cervélo TestTeam’s Thor Hushovd is once again in the heat of battle for the Tour de France’s green jersey competition. As it was last year, the two-time winner (2005,2009) of the competition finds […]
Rivals play down importance of race against the clock Currently just eight seconds ahead of Andy Schleck, Alberto Contador will have two goals on tomorrow’s final mountain stage to the top of the Col du Tourmalet. The less ambitious of […]
Saxo Bank veteran hit the tarmac in a freak accident that harks back to last year Saxo Bank’s Jens Voigt suffered from a real sense of déjà vu today as he hit the road hard on a mountain descent for […]
Good friends off the bike don’t want to let “Chaingate” spoil their relationship After yesterday’s controversial incident, where Alberto Contador (Astana) continued with an attack after yellow jersey Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) dropped his chain, the riders have made peace […]
Only Fuglsang able to stay with Schleck on tough day The much anticipated attack from Andy Schleck never materialized along the route of the classic 16th stage through the Pyrenees. While it never seemed likely that time could be gained […]
Six stage wins so far show that the Tour’s host nation is on the rise once more Twenty-five years ago Bernard Hinault won the Tour de France. Laurent Jalabert retired in 2002. Those two events represent the last time a […]
