Luxemburger takes first Tour de France stage win and a huge shot of confidence into first rest day It took Andy Schleck almost 2.5 Tours de France to accomplish it, but the 25-year-old finally got the monkey off his back […]
Luxemburger’s late attack on the road to Avoriaz takes stage win and initiative in the race to Paris Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) won the eighth stage of the Tour de France between Station des Rousses and Morzine-Avoriaz on the first […]
Seven years of good luck capped off with a crash riddled final Tour Today’s eighth stage in the Tour de France didn’t start off well for seven-time winner Lance Armstrong (RadioShack), and it managed to get worse as the day […]
Kazakh team proves to be one of the strongest in tour thus far Prior to the start of this year’s Tour de France there was a lot of speculation about how well the Astana team would perform for defending champion […]
RadioShack forced to change their approach after Armstrong’s unprecedented bad day Team RadioShack still has a card to play following the eighth stage of the Tour de France, where its leader Lance Armstrong hemorrhaged time on the way to Morzine […]
27-year-old sitting in strong position 4th overall, but struggling for respect amongst the race’s veterans Omega Pharma’s 27-year-old Tour de France general classification hope, Jurgen Van Den Broeck, rode capably to place himself comfortably in the middle of the group […]
Key Armstrong Lieutenant resting up for a big day Two-time Tour de France runner-up Andreas Klöden (RadioShack) finished 2 minutes and 13 seconds off the pace of the group containing the race favorites in stage seven today, giving the rider […]
Content with first day in the mountains, expects fireworks en route to Morzine-Avoriaz After the first foray into the mountains, Saxo Bank’s Andy Schleck can look back at his position with some satisfaction. Heading into the two crucial Alpine stages […]
Belgian’s valiant effort takes himself out of the Tour, but keeps McEwen in the race After colliding with a television journalist just meters after finishing fourth in the stage six sprint in Guegnon, Robbie McEwen wasn’t even sure if he’d […]
Will now slip into super-domestique role for Andy Schleck Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) relinquished his yellow jersey to Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) following stage seven today, in what was the first test in the mountains for the […]
Danish time trial champion loses big time on first mountain stage, will now be used solely as a domestique Just yesterday, Bjarne Riis predicted that Jakob Fuglsang could play a pivotal role in the Saxo Bank strategy as the team’s […]
A week into their maiden Tour de France, the new British Team Sky is currently sitting pretty with Geraint Thomas as the leader in the Best Young Rider competition. Thomas has the surprising honor of the team’s best prologue performance […]
French Quick Step rider breaks away on the Tour’s first day in the mountains to take back what he lost on the cobbles of the north Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) won the seventh stage of the Tour de France between […]
Fuglsang to play foil to the Shack, while Schleck set to shadow Contador The Tour de France will take in the first real mountains of the 2010 Grand Boucle in tomorrow’s Stage 7, which finishes at the ski resort of […]
No news yet on 2009 inquiry into Astana and Caisse d’Epargne teams Following last year’s Tour de France, it emerged that a department of the French police called OCLAESP (Central Office for the fight against environmental damage and for public […]
Rivals make up ground after disappointing tenth place Cervelo TestTeam’s Thor Hushovd lost ground in the defense of his green jersey during stage six of the Tour de France today, with the Norwegian only able to muster a 10th place […]
Belgian rider’s first child, a baby daughter named Lou, born during the stage to Guegnon It’s not everyday that a rider celebrates the birth of a child during a Tour de France stage, and still less often does that stage […]
Fighting could see the pair ejected from the Tour de France Rui Costa (Caisse d’Epargne) and Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) were involved in a fight following stage six of the Tour de France today, which could have led to the […]
