Classics route in a Grand Tour stage claims more victims Today’s second stage of the Tour de France was reminiscent of the Giro d’Italia just two months ago, where the combination of narrow roads and a nervous peloton wreaked havoc […]
Bruyneel and Sanquer both back their riders’ chances The Tour de France is just three days old, but already the men who are guiding two of the big race favourites are looking to claim advantage for their rider. Lance Armstrong […]
Frenchman takes his second career stage and first career yellow as peloton hit by crashes on wet roads Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) won the second stage of the Tour de France between Brussels and Spa, Belgium, as the last remaining […]
Irishman fell twice yesterday, but is relatively unscathed Nicolas Roche has remained upbeat about his start to the Tour de France, despite crashing twice on yesterday’s stage to Brussels. The Ag2r La Mondiale team leader twice hit the deck on […]
Astana figurehead seeks birthday present for national leader Astana team captain Alexandre Vinokourov wants to win today’s second stage of the Tour de France, which passes through the hilly Ardennes, for more than purely personal glory. A victory in Spa […]
Bernard feels yesterday’s loss of points may prove crucial Mark Cavendish has suffered a knock to his chances of taking the green jersey in this year’s Tour, losing out on the chance to take points on the opening stage when […]
Defending Tour de France champ “very, very pleased” with first stage Alberto Contador was caught up in the mess of the finale of Stage 1 in Brussels. Contador emerged from the chaos relatively unscathed with a bit of a wound […]
Belgian visits Quick Step team in Rotterdam Tom Boonen had great hopes of winning stages in the Tour de France and even winning them in his own country. Instead, the Quick Step rider has to sit out the race with […]
Lars Boom did the honors of representing his country and team through the Netherlands Lars Boom spent about 190 km of Stage 1 leading the Tour de France with his two breakmates, Maarten Wynants (QuickStep) and Alan Perez (Euskaltel). Boom […]
Narrow roads and nervous riders make a dangerous combination The first road stage of this year’s Tour de France played out in typical fashion, with nerves reverberating throughout the peloton on a day where pile-ups marked the journey to Brussels. […]
Lampre sprinter feels he could have beaten anyone today 36-year-old Alessandro Petacchi, took his first stage win at the Tour de France in seven years in Brussels today. The rider from La Spezia on the Ligurian Coast was the world’s […]
Ale-jet is last man standing again as the peloton is decimated by finishing straight crashes Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the first stage of the Tour de France between Rotterdam and Brussels, which ended in chaos as a succession of […]
Australian finishes stage despite breaking collarbone early on The news wasn’t all that great for the HTC-Columbia team on the first road stage of the Tour de France. They had a bright moment in the 2nd place finish of Mark […]
Prologue crashes too much for the duo The Tour de France was already incomplete at the start due to the Cervélo TestTeam pulling its rider Xavier Florencio. The prologue cost two more riders a chance of reaching Paris, as the […]
German sets early best time, but has to settle for second Tony Martin was the 11th of 197 riders to leave the Tour de France prologue start ramp in Rotterdam, Netherlands, today. As an early starter, it is not hard […]
Fourth place in the prologue and time into rivals is less important than positive feelings for seven-time Tour winner Fifth place, just 22 seconds behind winner Fabian Cancellara of Saxo Bank, made RadioShack captain Lance Armstrong the best performer of […]
Just two riders crashed on the wet Rotterdam streets but both may have to abandon Despite the wet and slippery city streets experienced by the vast majority of riders in today’s Tour de France prologue, only two riders actually came […]
Not stressed about time lost to Armstrong Defending champion Alberto Contador conceded five seconds to his big rival Lance Armstrong today, but said afterwards that he isn’t worried about the difference. He finished sixth in the 8.9 kilometre Rotterdam prologue, […]
