Boasson Hagen likely to chase stage wins in team’s debut Tour Team Sky has confirmed its lineup for the 2010 Tour de France, with last year’s fourth-place finisher Bradley Wiggins leading a strong nine-man squad. The team will also include […]
Norwegian champion’s poor season sees him passed over for Tour de France Despite being on many people’s list of riders who would definitely be on the Team Sky roster for next month’s Tour de France, Kurt Asle Arvesen has missed […]
Felline youngest rider in the Tour at 20 years of age A staggering eight out of the nine riders in the Footon-Servetto team unveiled today will be making their debut in the Tour de France, with the average age of […]
French Anti-Doping Agency not completely shut out While the French anti doping agency AFLD has been denied to carry out doping tests during the 2010 Tour de France, the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) announced that AFLD will get an […]
Team stands behind Cavendish, Rogers a legitimate overall contender The American HTC-Columbia will head to the Tour de France next week targeting both the Green Jersey and the General Classification, and the team’s management is confident they will be at […]
Green jersey will be an objective if Boonen is healthy Quick Step team has announced a Tour de France team with a mix of experience and talent that will aim for stage wins when the race starts on July 3rd […]
In negotiations with Rabobank and others, would consider a Katusha offer Although he had a low-key performance in the Criterium du Dauphiné, where he lost 9’27 on Alpe d’Huez and finished 25th overall, Denis Menchov has dismissed any possible speculation […]
WADA blocks French agency’s application to carry out additional testing Following yesterday’s announcement of an agreement between WADA and the UCI in relation to anti-doping controls at this year’s Tour de France, it appears that the French anti-doping agency AFLD […]
Ongoing knee problems are a big worry for Quick Step rider Belgian champion Tom Boonen has had a disappointing relationship with the Tour de France in recent years, missing the race in 2008 due to the fallout from a positive […]
Stage glory could result in overall success Euskaltel-Euskadi’s reigning Olympic road race champion, Sammy Sanchez, feels, like Alberto Contador, that July’s Tour de France will be decided in the final week when the race passes through the Pyrenees. Sanchez believes […]
Last year’s Tour de France second place feels he’s ready to go one better this time Second place in last year’s Tour de France, Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) believes he has done all that he can to go one better […]
Decision on AFLD request to conduct tests due tomorrow With less than two weeks to go until the start of the Tour de France, the UCI and WADA jointly announced today that they had signed an agreement in relation to […]
Most recent Dutch stage victory to miss this year’s race 2005 Tour de France stage winner Pieter Weening has shown solid form this season with 24th in the Giro d’Italia and fifth in the Ster Electrotoer Tour but he’s set […]
Withdrawn just before the Giro due to apparent biological passport irregularities, the curly-locked Italian still hopes to ride the Tour Last July Franco Pellizotti stood on the podium on the Champs-Elysées in Paris with the polka-dot mountains jersey on his […]
Admits that the decision is driving him crazy While Jakob Fuglsang and the rest of the Saxo Bank team wonder about their future with Bjarne Riis’s squad, the former Tour de France winner has an extra woe to go along […]
Tour de Suisse performance doesn’t necessarily mean a RadioShack rider will win the Tour, says Armstrong After a spring disrupted by illness, followed by a crash that forced him to abandon the Tour of California, Lance Armstrong (RadioShack) bounced back […]
Horner, Brajkovic also named today in team selection announcement Seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and team manager Johan Bruyneel have finalised the selection for the RadioShack team for this year’s Tour, with Jani Brajkovic and Chris Horner […]
Team expects to be seen at the front of the race Team Saxo Bank has made the difficult decision of leaving world time trial championship runner-up Gustav Larsson off their Tour de France team. The Danish squad revealed its Tour […]
