Slovakian road champion beats local favourite Fabian Cancellara in short hilly test Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) denied the Swiss crowds a home victory as he took the opening 7.3km stage one time trial of the Tour de Suisse, in the city […]
Team Type 1-Sanofi looking to make noise in next big showcase With just two riders normally capable of placing in the top ten of the general classification of a stage race, and both currently racing the Critérium du Dauphiné, Lotto-Belisol […]
Piccolo Principe ten seconds slower than last year but in amongst the other overall contenders Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) has proclaimed himself satisfied with his performance in today’s opening time trial in the Tour de Suisse, despite finishing the Lausanne course […]
Irishman targeting top ten in Tour de Suisse, says form is on the rise Although he’s had a couple of solid showings in the past such as ninth in the prologue of the 2010 Volta a Catalunya, time trials have […]
Robert Gesink, Steven Kruijswijk and Bauke Mollema joint captains for Dutch team Rabobank heads into the Tour de Suisse, which starts on Saturday, June 9th, with a 7.3km time trial in the city of Lugano, with a three-headed team. The […]
Wildcard given to American Pro Continental team Team Type 1 – Sanofi has confirmed an important wildcard, with the squad getting a green light to participate in the Tour de Suisse for the second year running. The American Pro Continental […]
2012 will be last edition for race’s sporting director After several years in the role, the former professional rider Beat Zberg has said that this year will be his last as one of the organisers of the Tour de Suisse. […]
European WorldTour debut for Canadian team Twenty-four years after he finished second overall in the event, Steve Bauer will return to the Tour de Suisse with his SpiderTech C10 team, which is gunning for a good result. The Canadian Pro […]
2012 route unveiled for pre-Tour test Starting with a 7.3 kilometre time trial in Lugano and covering 1400 kilometres plus 19,177 metres of climbing over nine days, the route of the 2012 Tour de Suisse was unveiled today by organisers […]
Cunego only 39th on stage, ends race second overall Levi Leipheimer (Team RadioShack) did the unexpected and scooped overall victory in the Tour de Suisse today, with overnight leader Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) have a disappointing time trial and losing out […]
Says his Rabobank team will repay gesture at Tour de France Dutch rider Bauke Mollema has spoken angrily about what he said were opportunistic tactics by the Leopard Trek team on yesterday’s eighth stage of the Tour de Suisse, and […]
Mollema drops from second overall due to puncture Hitting the accelerator 150 metres from the line and surging past Ben Swift (Sky Procycling), Peter Sagan rocketed to his second stage win of this year’s Tour de Suisse. The Liquigas-Cannondale rider […]
Fourth on yesterday’s stage boosts morale Two weeks before the start of the Tour de France, Christian Vande Velde got a confidence booster on yesterday’s final mountain stage of the Tour de Suisse. The Garmin-Cervélo rider was one of seventeen […]
Damiano Cunego rides out numerous attacks to hold on to race lead Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) won the seventh stage of the Tour de Suisse between Vaduz, Liechtenstein, and Serfaus, Austria, after escaping the rest of a large breakaway group […]
2010 Tour runner up loses 14 minutes on big mountain stage but insists he’s still on track for July Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) was an early casualty of the pace set by his own team on the climb to the […]
Team encouraged, but remains cautious While it will be another day or two before doctors can say that he’s definitely out of danger, Team Movistar rider Mauricio Soler is showing encouraging signs of improvement, less than 24 hours after being […]
Swiss doctors still determining extent of his injuries As a result of his bad crash during today’s sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse, Colombian rider Juan Mauricio Soler has been placed in a medically induced coma by doctors at […]
Thrilling end to mountain stage after serious injury to Soler overshadows the start Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) won the hardest stage of the Tour de Suisse so far, at the top of Malbun, above Triesenberg in the tiny Principality of Liechtenstein. […]
