CSC team manager Bjarne Riis did not use words to describe how much wearing the yellow jersey will motivate Carlos Sastre in his battle to keep the race lead on Saturday, Instead, Riis simply held both his arms out as […]
With the emergence of a new generation of potential champions, Carlos Sastre is well aware his chance to secure the Tour de France yellow jersey may be his last. The 33-year-old Spaniard goes into the penultimate stage time trial on […]
Knowing he is racing in the red and white of Cofidis for perhaps the last time was not the only spur for Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel prior to his maiden victory on the Tour de France here Friday. Chavanel, enjoying a […]
Tour de France standings after stage 19: 1. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 82h54min 36sec 2. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) at 1:24. 3. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 1:33. 4. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 1:34. 5. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 2:39. […]
Former race leader Romain Feillu of the Agritubel team was among three riders to finish the Tour de France 19th stage outside the time limit on Friday. Feillu, German champion Fabian Wegmann and Spaniard Juan Antonio Flecha all finished at […]
Rabobank team manager Erik Breukink is not alone in hoping for Australia’s Cadel Evans to have on off-day when the Tour de France’s 20th stage decides who wins the yellow jersey on Saturday. Carlos Sastre of the CSC team will […]
Australian Scott Sunderland has spent three weeks trying to make sure compatriot Cadel Evans loses the Tour de France. Now Sunderland, a co-team manager with CSC, is preparing for the distinct possibility that Evans will upset his race leader Carlos […]
Spaniard Carlos Sastre of the CSC team retained the Tour de France yellow jersey here Thursday as German Marcus Burghardt handed his Columbia team their fifth victory of the race. Burghardt dominated a short, two-man sprint with Spaniard Carlos Barredo […]
Tour de France standings after stage 18: 1. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 79h16min 14sec 2. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) at 1:24. 3. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 1:33. 4. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 1:34. 5. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 2:39. […]
Tour de France star Andy Schleck suggested “jealousy” may have been the reason a car driven by his father on the race was subject to a French customs police search on Thursday. A car being driven by Johnny Schleck, the […]
Coming a day before the all-important yellow jersey decider, Friday’s 19th stage of the Tour de France is shaping up to be a hectic free-for-all. But with the finish line of the 165km race between Roanne and Montlucon at the […]
Spain’s Carlos Sastre is to have a street or a public area named after him in his native Leganes after taking the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey after winning the 17th stage at the legendary Alpe d’Huez, the town’s […]
Cadel Evans has been tipped to overhaul his 1min 34sec deficit to Spanish rival Carlos Sastre ahead of their duel for the Tour de France yellow jersey in the final time trial on Saturday. Sastre, who rides for the CSC […]
Stuart O’Grady finally came through one of his “toughest” Tour de France campaigns as the peloton headed out of the Alps and steadily towards Paris on Thursday. However, the Australian admitted he almost never made it as far as the […]
Italian Damiano Cunego on Thursday pulled out of the Tour de France having earlier battled manfully through the 18th stage after sustaining potentially serious injuries in a crash, team sources said. “It’s a miracle I finished this stage,” said Cunego, […]
Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas, who was kicked out of the Tour de France after failing a drug test, Thursday denied knowingly taking any banned substance during the race. Duenas was charged last week in France with “use and possession of […]
Australian Stuart O’Grady’s joy on what was another thrilling stage of the Tour de France here on Wednesday could, if you’re a Cadel Evans fan, appear misplaced. But as the final day in the Alps witnessed two Aussies playing separate […]
It couldn’t have been a better day on the Tour de France for the Danish CSC team. All they need now to finish this year’s race in seventh heaven is for Australia’s Cadel Evans to have an off-day on the […]
