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 […]
The finishing area proves hazardous for the number three in Green Jersey standings Following the conclusion of the sixth stage of the Tour de France in Gueugnon after 227 hot and difficult kilometers and another solid sprint to yet another […]
Tour champion only needs to finalise minor points with Kazakh squad A move by Alberto Contador to the Caisse d’Epargne team setup was tipped by many, particularly as the Spanish squad is missing a leader after the suspension of Alejandro […]
Manx Express wins again in sprinters’ last chance stage Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the sixth stage of the Tour de France between Montargis and Gueugnon in another bunch sprint. After a difficult first few days of the race, the Manxman […]
American acknowledges young Spaniard’s superiority as former adversaries put past conflicts behind them The conflict between seven-time winner Lance Armstrong and current number one Alberto Contador is no more, the American told Het Laatse Nieuws. Problems arose while the two […]
Manxman gets over his careers biggest hurdle thus far Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France and season in general, has been a difficult experience for 2009’s fastest man. He took his first stage win at this year’s Tour de France Thursday […]
The main man that gives Cavendish the opportunity to shine HTC-Columbia’s Mark Renshaw put in an incredible ride in the Tour de France today to launch teammate Mark Cavendish to a convincing victory in the stage five sprint. The Australian […]
Manx Missile fires at last to leave sprint rivals in his wake and silence his critics Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the fifth stage of the Tour de France between Épernay and Montargis, as the HTC-Columbia team got its sprint to […]
German rider was part of Operación Puerto Four years after both he and Jan Ullrich were implicated in Operación Puerto, Rudy Pevenage has finally admitted that he helped the rider to dope. “I never bought or sold doping products,” he […]
Tour champion delivers belated thank you gift to former teammate and director Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Astana) paid a visit to the RadioShack team bus before the start of stage 5 in Épernay this morning. The Spaniard was […]
Boasson Hagen second into Reims, Thomas retains white jersey So far, so good. Five days into Team Sky’s first Tour de France, the British squad is performing strongly in the race and has achieved a number of noteworthy results. Edvald […]
38-year-old sprinter 18 points behind Hushovd 38-year-old former Green Jersey winner, Robbie McEwen, already has four fourth place finishes at the 2010 Tour de France. Following his most recent fourth place finish this afternoon in Reims, the winner of the […]
Hondo’s late attack/early sprint was planned on the bus It’s hard not to look back at the Tour de France’s first bunch sprint with all of the at least passably healthy favorites involved and not think about the work done […]
Riders get caught with three kilometers to go In the fourth stage of the Tour de France, the typical break of the day formed after less than two kilometers into the 153.5km stage. Iban Mayoz was one of the riders […]
“I am proud to help Alberto Contador to win his third Tour de France” This year’s Astana team has arrived to the Tour de France with 100 percent of its focus set on securing Alberto Contador’s third overall crown. Yesterday […]
Ale-Jet flies once more and is re-crowned king of the sprinters in Champagne capital Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the fourth stage of the Tour de France between Cambrai and Reims, the capital of the Champagne region. He outsprinted the […]
Cervélo goes for points and the overall with Sastre Thor Hushovd finished ninth in today’s bunch sprint at the Tour de France’s fourth stage from Cambrai to Reims. It wasn’t what the Cervélo TestTeam rider had expected, especially after gaining […]
Australian able to continue race despite landing on his face yesterday Some media reports after yesterday’s crash-strewn third stage of the Tour de France suggested that Team Sky’s Simon Gerrans was out of the race, but the Australian will instead […]
