A year of work sees Dutchman go from hospital bed to mountain stage 7th place After cracking and losing over nine minutes on Saturday’s opening mountain stage to Ax 3 Domaines, Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) bounced back on Sunday’s grueling follow-up, […]
Spanish team gets its revenge on Team Sky but fails to get time Froome or win stage Having been outmanoeuvred by Team Sky at the end of yesterday’s first Pyrenéen stage, Movistar turned the tables today and put the British […]
Danish rider gaining confidence: “I think we still have a lot of surprises in our legs in the next two weeks.” Having said that he was determined to bounce back after a disappointing first day in the Pyrenees, Jakob Fuglsang […]
Maillot Jaune weathers the storm as Movistar gets its revenge on Team Sky Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) took his first victory in the Tour de France with a two-up sprint victory against Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) in the ninth stage of the […]
Team suggests he erred in trying to follow more explosive riders yesterday Although he cracked on yesterday’s final climb and lost over two and a half minutes, Astana rider Jakob Fuglsang remains determined to fight on in this year’s Tour […]
23-year-old Australian to “go home and rest and recover” after “huge honour” of race start Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp) will not start today’s ninth stage of the Tour de France, between Saint-Girons and Bagnères-de-Bigorre, as he is to withdraw from the […]
General classification hopefuls put to the sword by Team Sky on final climb Stage eight between Castres and Ax 3 Domaines saw hot favourite Chris Froome (Team Sky) put time into all of his general classification rivals, but some suffered […]
Former race winner continues to build form with respectable climbing performance Previously a winner plus twice second overall in the Tour de France, Andy Schleck has said that he was satisfied with his performance today in the race, saying that […]
Briton said that he and Team Sky will continue trying to gain time Blasting clear of the other general classification contenders on the climb to the summit finish of Ax 3 Domaines, Chris Froome showed he is ready to step […]
Red hot favourite confirms his status on the race’s first mountain stage Chris Froome (Team Sky) confirmed his status as red hot favourite for the 2013 Tour de France as he stamped his authority over the race on the final […]
Irishman could have seen GC chances leak away on yesterday’s stage Irish climber Dan Martin will hope to advance on his current overnight position of fifteenth overall in the Tour de France today, but things were close to being very […]
Slovakian has biggest points advantage at this point of the race in over a decade The first week of the Tour de France is yet to conclude, there are still fourteen stages to be completed, but Andre Greipel, Alexander Kristoff, […]
Young Frenchman nabs jersey in breakaway, but pledges support for team leader Peraud The jersey may well shift from his shoulders by the end of today’s 195 kilometre race to the top of Ax 3 Domaines, but Frenchman Blel Kadri […]
GreenEdge rider enjoys day in Maillot Jaune, earns another South African rider Daryl Impey had the honour of becoming the first rider from his continent to race in the coveted yellow jersey today, and spoke glowingly of the efforts his […]
Showing remarkable acceptance after crashing out of his final Tour de France, Garmin-Sharp’s Christian Vande Velde has said that he is determined to bounce back from the injuries he suffered in two crashes and then to regain strong form an […]
Cracks to two ligaments and a cartilage injury for Lotto Belisol GC rider Jurgen Van den Broeck’s crash on Wednesday in the Tour de France will have a bigger effect on his season than he would have hoped for, with […]
Cavendish, Greipel and Kittel all dropped by green team on mid-stage climb Peter Sagan (Cannondale) took his first victory in the 2013 Tour de France, between Montpellier and Albi, in a bunch sprint that his team had made sure featured […]
Garmin-Sharp rider falls for second time in three days Although he overcame his injuries to complete yesterday’s sixth stage of the race, Christian Vande Velde’s final Tour de France has come to an end this morning, with the American rider […]
