The 2010 Tour de France will likely have 22 teams at the start line in Rotterdam on July 3. Tour director Christian Prudhomme was not non-committal about increasing the current 20-team limit at a press conference in Rotterdam yesterday. But […]
Blessed as it is with three potential Grand Tour contenders, Liquigas-Doimo has apparently already decided which ones it will be riding for in 2010. According to Italian sports newspaper la Gazzetta dello Sport, the acid green team will be riding […]
Caisse d’Epargne leader Alejandro Valverde told Biciciclismo today that he is 100% focused on the Tour de France for the 2010 season. This year the Spaniard sealed up his first win in a Grand Tour, beating World Champion Cadel Evans […]
It’s been a mixed year for Cadel Evans, his world championship victory contrasting with a disappointing showing in the Tour de France, but the Australian is fully convinced that he can bounce back in next year’s Tour and challenge the […]
With Astana managing to keep its ProTour status this week, Tour de France winner Alberto Contador is set to stay, but he still has a way out if circumstances conspire to keep the Kazakh team out of July’s race. There […]
The start of the 97th edition of the Tour de France in Rotterdam will likely be postponed by several hours due to two conflicting World Cup quarter-finals being held in South Africa. The prologue through the windy streets of Rotterdam […]
After months of uncertainty, the Astana cycling team has finally received its ProTour license for 2010. This latest development brings an end to a saga that has covered the headlines in recent months. According to Het Nieuwsblad, the Kazakh formation […]
World Champion Cadel Evans expects seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong to be a big threat next year. The Australian believes that the Texan, third in this year’s Tour de France, will be even stronger following his comeback year. […]
Alberto Contador’s stage win on the mountaintop finish to Verbier, Switzerland on stage 15 of last summer’s Tour de France was one of the cornerstones of the Astana rider’s overall victory. It was where he seized the yellow jersey from […]
As is the case with other sports, the transfer season is one rife with rumours and speculation. Riders such as Alberto Contador and Bradley Wiggins have been talked about almost daily, with a near-obsession building up as to where they […]
Getting a ticket to this year’s Tour de France is going to be tougher than ever for teams looking for a wildcard invitation. With the emergence of the American RadioShack team of seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, the […]
The Amaury Sports Organization (ASO) hopes to make the 2013 Tour de France, the 100th edition of the event, a race that won’t soon be forgotten. In order to up the ante, the French press are speculating that this symbolic […]
Luxemburger Andy Schlek remains realistic about his chances for a Tour de France victory in 2010. The young Saxo Bank rider told De Telegraaf that he expects to be equally as strong as Alberto Contador within two or three years. […]
Tom Danielson’s return to form in 2009 has given the Garmin Slipstream rider an important boost in confidence and now, fully motivated, he wants to ride the Tour de France for the first time in his career. “I won’t know […]
Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez only managed one victory in 2009, but a host of podium and top ten finishes mean that he is not too disappointed. In an interview with Spanish newspaper La Marca he looked back on the season […]
Describing his recovery from the brain haemorrhage he suffered in 2004 as the most important part of his life, Alberto Contador has dedicated an award he has received to doctors working to treat such problems. Yesterday the double Tour de […]
Far from being dissuaded by his below-par 30th place in this year’s event, Cadel Evans has restated his desire to finally top the podium of the Tour de France. The double runner-up has taken additional motivation from his recent victory […]
Stefan Schumacher’s claim that he should be acquitted of charges of using CERA in the 2008 Tour de France was thrown out by the French Conseil d’Etat court today. The disgraced German rider recently claimed that the clearing of other […]
