The details of the finish of stage 1 of this summer’s Tour de France have been announced in a joint presentation from Tour organisers ASO and the Brussels local authorities, according to hln.be. The stage will take in 224km between the […]
The Tour de France has a long tradition of visiting the Pyrenees, beginning with the Col du Tourmalet back in 1910. The one hundredth anniversary of the including of that climb will be commemorated with two ascents of the mountain, […]
Lance Armstrong said Sunday that he expects his rivalry with Alberto Contador to increase this year, now that both riders are competing in different teams. He is also confident he can win La Grande Boucle. Armstrong reckons there will be […]
The 2010 Tour de France is still months away, but there is already speculation about the 2011 route. The race is set to start in the Vendée region (western France). The biggest surprise is that apparently no prologue is planned. […]
Team Sky Principal Dave Brailsford brings more than ten years of experience to the helm of Great Britain’s highly successful national team. At the team’s presentation in London this week he spoke with the press about his firm belief that […]
With defending champion Alberto Contador favored to secure his third Tour de France crown, the charge from former teammate Lance Armstrong, who in the second year of his comeback to the sport has vowed to return stronger, is sure to […]
Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has already begun his preparation for the defence of his 2009 Tour crown. He begins the new year without the chaos of an unstable team situation, and is now able to focus completely […]
Bradley Wiggins has confirmed that he will ride the 2010 Giro d’Italia in preparation for his primary goal of the season, the Tour de France. While he will be looking towards July’s big event, Wiggins also has his sites set on two dates […]
Bradley Wiggins has confirmed that he will ride the 2010 Giro d’Italia in preparation for his primary goal of the season, the Tour de France. While he will be looking towards July’s big event, Wiggins also has his sites set on two dates […]
Bradley Wiggins has confirmed that he will ride the 2010 Giro d’Italia in preparation for his primary goal of the season, the Tour de France. While he will be looking towards July’s big event, Wiggins also has his sites set on two dates […]
Acknowledging that his form was not good enough to win this year’s Tour de France, Lance Armstrong has said that he is planning a different route towards the 2010 race with his new RadioShack team. Hitting the start of the […]
The training is ramping up, the new season is about to start, and Lance Armstrong has made it clear that there is no love between him and the rider who beat him in the 2009 Tour de France, Alberto Contador. […]
The Tour de France might see its Grand Depart in Barcelona, Spain in 2014. Spanish newspaper El Periodico reported that, “Barcelona City Council and ASO (Tour de France Organizers) have had very advanced negotiations to bring the start of the […]
After a spectacular 2009 season that included a win in Gent-Wevelgem and his first Grand Tour stage win in the Giro d’Italia, Edvald Boasson Hagen expects to be starring in Team Sky’s Tour de France lineup this coming July. Although […]
As the year heads towards an end, Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has been reflecting on the 2009 season and looking ahead to 2010. It was a tough year for the Spaniard, but also a very rewarding one; he […]
Disregarding the fact that the Tour de France is over seven months away and much can happen between now and then, the Euskaltel Euskadi and Saxo Bank teams have taken the unusual step of announcing which riders are in contention […]
British rider Mark Cavendish has given an insight into the pressures he faces as the fastest sprinter in cycling, showing that beneath his confident, swaggering exterior there’s a weight of expectation that drives him onwards. “In the Tour, especially, there […]
Alexandre Vinokourov said he will be targeting Liege-Bastogne-Liege and the Giro d’Italia in 2010 at Friday’s team Astana press conference in Pisa, Italy. The Kazakh rider has also pointed to helping teammate Alberto Contador secure a third Tour de France […]
