Pat McQuaid has spoken in response to the call from Vacansoleil team manager Hilaire Vanderschueren for political intervention in securing more invitations for Dutch teams at this year’s Tour de France. The UCI president spoke at a press conference, according […]
Former Tour de France King of the Mountains Michael Rasmussen has called on Saxo Bank team owner Bjarne Riis to take him back onto the team, saying that he can help the squad win the Tour de France. “If Bjarne […]
RadioShack’s manager Johan Bruyneel was impressed with new recruit Tiago Machado’s performance at this weekend’s Critérium International, but doesn’t see him as being a part of the Tour de France team this year. The promising young Portuguese rider leapt away […]
RadioShack’s team captain Lance Armstrong wasn’t impressed with Tour de France favorite Alberto Contador’s performance in this weekend’s Critérium International, and said that if the Spaniard’s aim was to provoke him, it failed. “If it was a provocation [against me], […]
Past Tour de France winner Stephen Roche is known for being outspoken about matters relating the sport, and has given a frank assessment of the first meeting of Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong since the 2009 Tour de France. The […]
After missing out on invitations to the Giro d’Italia and the Walloon classics double of la Flèche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Vacansoleil team manager Hilaire Vanderschueren is calling for politicians to step in to make sure that the Dutch team secures […]
Alberto Contador has had a strong early season going two for two with victories at the Volta ao Algarve and Paris-Nice. Both wins were in one-week races and, even though he was able to come out on top, the Spaniard’s […]
With rivals such as Alberto Contador already racking up big results, Lance Armstrong will have some busy weeks ahead as he seeks to build the kind of form which could see him take his eighth Tour title. His latest schedule […]
Following his first European race at the Vuelta a Murcia, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has been re-evaluating his season’s progress. His performance in Murcia, particularly the individual time trial, was to be used as an indicator of […]
RadioShack team leader Lance Armstrong finished his first European race of the season today, the Vuelta a Murcia, in seventh place overall, nearly a minute and a half behind the overall winner Czech Frantisek Rabon (HTC-Columbia). Armstrong went into the […]
The selection of the teams for this year’s Tour de France will be announced in late March, according to the Tour’s sporting director Jean-Francois Pescheux, and officials have also confirmed that they have narrowed down the list of teams that […]
In a recent interview with BBC Television, Bradley Wiggins of Team Sky discussed his new team and the preparations for the 2010 Tour de France. In the winter Wiggins left Garmin-Transitions and transferred to the mega-budget Team Sky. Sky have […]
2008 Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre will seek to add a Giro win to his list of career results and, for the moment, continues to hold off on committing to the Tour de France. The 34 year old Cervélo […]
1987 Tour de France champion Stephen Roche has said that he doesn’t believe Alberto Contador’s long break from training will have any negative consequences for his season. The Spaniard is currently competing in his first race of the season, with […]
Kazakh rider Alexandre Vinokourov has given an apology of sorts to Tour de France organisers ASO, appearing to accept that the doping cases involving he and Andrey Kashechkin in 2007 had damaged the image of the race. “If the organiser […]
This year the Volta ao Algarve will enjoy more attention than in years past, with competing race, the Tour of California, moving to a later time slot in May. The Portuguese race beings on Wednesday February 17th, and marks the […]
The selection of the teams for this year’s Tour de France is expected to be announced before the end of March and, according to Tour director Christian Prudhomme, will see an increased number of 22 teams invited to cycling’s top […]
Bradley Wiggins, fourth in last year’s Tour de France, pins on his first number as a Team Sky rider at the Tour of Qatar tomorrow. After his controversial transfer from Garmin-Slipstream, the multiple Olympic champion can’t wait to get going, […]
