South African has rollercoaster ride in Tour of Luxembourg First year RadioShack professional Daryl Impey had a frustrating Tour de Luxembourg experience, but feels upbeat about the team’s performance and also that of the leader Lance Armstrong, who finished third […]
Fresh off success in Luxembourg Vincenzo Nibali won a stage, spent three days in the leader’s jersey and helped his team-mate Ivan Basso win the Giro d’Italia last month. At 25 years old, he’s Italy’s brightest star and best hope […]
Final stage doesn’t count as thunder storm visits peloton Gorka Izagirre stormed to victory in the final stage of the Tour of Luxembourg after the sun had cleared away the lightning for the sprint. Izagirre initiated a four-man move in […]
Impressive return from injury Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) won the third stage of the Tour de Luxembourg between Eschwweiler and Diekirch in a bunch sprint. The Frenchman beat stage 1 winner Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) and Alexandre Geniez (Skil-Shimano) into second and […]
Defending champion goes on the attack to claim first win of 2010 Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) won the second stage of the Tour of Luxembourg after attacking on the stage’s 9.4km finishing circuits with Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil). The defending race […]
Further blow to Saxo Bank team in defence of Luxemburger’s home tour Having already started the race on the back foot with six riders instead of eight, Fränk Schleck’s defence of the Tour of Luxembourg, his home race, took another […]
Former Italian champion shows why he’s the European Tour leader Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) won the first stage of the Tour of Luxembourg, between the city of Luxembourg and Hesperange, in a bunch sprint. He easily outsprinted Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des […]
Places fifth in the 2.7 kilometre test Team RadioShack leader Lance Armstrong has expressed his satisfaction with his performance in yesterday’s prologue time trial in the Tour de Luxembourg, saying that he responded well to the demands of the 2.7 […]
Sojasun-Saur team dominates the opener Jimmy Engoulvent stormed around the 2.6km prologue course in the Tour of Luxembourg opener in 3’41 to beat everyone, including Lance Armstrong. The Texan finished fifth on the night, around ten seconds behind the Frenchman. […]
Good showing should improve chances of selection Several riders vying to be part of Team Sky’s Tour de France lineup are seeking strong performances in the Tour of Luxembourg. Eight years ago, Marcus Ljungqvist took overall victory in the race; […]
Smaller squad means more work Defending champion Frank Schleck would clearly love to take another victory on home soil in the Tour of Luxembourg, and decided to aim for the race instead of joining his brother Andy and the rest […]
Likely to follow up with Tour de Suisse Team RadioShack has confirmed seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong for the Tour of Luxembourg today. The five-day race ends just a week prior to the Dauphiné Libéré, which would make […]
Fränk Schleck of the Saxo-Bank team took the honors in his home tour today, sealing up the overall by just 10 seconds over Team Astana’s Andreas Klöden. This was Schleck’s first victory in the Tour of Luxembourg. To add icing […]
