Colombian rider crashes out of second overall Affected by crashes on several occasions during his pro career, Team Movistar’s Maurico Soler has once again experienced bad luck and has crashed out of the Tour de Suisse. The stage two winner […]
No change in overall standings as race heads towards more high mountains Biding his time to see if his Vacansoleil DCM team-mate Marcato could stay clear to win the stage, then hitting the jets when it was obvious he’d be […]
French rider returns to competition after a long post-Classics lay off Having been arguably the most aggressive rider of the spring, Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) has returned to racing at the Tour de Suisse, and was on the attack again […]
World champion takes Peter Sagan on the line to get his first win in the rainbow jersey Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo) won the fourth stage of the Tour de Suisse, between Grindelwald and Huttwil, in what turned out to be a […]
Swiss time trial champion reflects on a tough day climbing and descending in the Tour de Suisse Rubens Bertogliati (Team Type 1-sanofi) was one of a 31-rider break at the beginning of the third stage of the Tour de Suisse, […]
Rabobank sprinter to pull out of Tour de Suisse early with same complaint as last year’s Giro d’Italia Oscar Freire (Rabobank) is to quit the Tour de Suisse early as he is suffering with sinus problems, according to a statement […]
Piccolo Principe wanted to win but knew he had little chance against Peter Sagan Damiano Cuneog (Lampre-ISD) attacked in the final two kilometres of the tough climb to the Grosse Scheidegg, the final climb of the short second stage of […]
Second place Damiano Cunego takes the lead after short sharp day in the mountains Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the third stage of the Tour de Suisse between Brig-Glis and Grindelwald, after outsprinting Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) in a two-man sprint after […]
Colombian makes decisive move with 550 meters to go on uphill drag Juan Mauricio Soler (Movistar) finished off his second attack in Crans Montana to take a solo stage two win at the Tour de Suisse. Soler’s move inside the […]
Chronoman beats Tejay van Garderen on tough Lugano course Fabian Cancellara proved once again that he is the fastest prologue rider in the peloton. The Swiss rider took the Tour de Suisse’s opening day 7.3km ride in 9’41, a comfortable […]
Strong field lines out in pre-Tour de France event Four-time World Time Trial Champion Fabian Cancellara will be the favourite for the Tour de Suisse prologue today but the ultimate goal for Leopard Trek is to get Andy and Frank […]
Cunego heads Lampre-ISD selection QuickStep leaders Sylvain Chavanel and Tom Boonen will this Saturday move to the next step of their Tour de France buildup when the line out in the prologue time trial in the Tour de Suisse. The […]
Is ambitious after specifically aiming for race Damiano Cunego has announced he is again focusing his attention on the overall classification at the Tour de France. The Lampre-ISD rider has many times in recent years seen himself as a contender […]
Swiss national time trial champion ready to show off jersey in his hometown This week was a very important one for the American Team Type 1 squad, which received an invite to the prestigious Tour de Suisse event. The squad […]
Dutch climber considering contesting both Tour and Vuelta in 2011 Robert Gesink will be Rabobank’s big leader at the Tour de France this season, with Denis Menchov having moved to Team Geox at the end of 2010. The Dutchman is […]
Danish prodigy will never forget his first Tour de France Jakob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank) had a highly successful 2010 season; the 25-year-old Dane successfully defended his Tour of Denmark title, taking it for a third successive year, and finished on […]
Tour de Suisse performance doesn’t necessarily mean a RadioShack rider will win the Tour, says Armstrong After a spring disrupted by illness, followed by a crash that forced him to abandon the Tour of California, Lance Armstrong (RadioShack) bounced back […]
Says second place in final time trial was a better performance than first day victory Fabian Cancellara took a look back at the recently completed tour of his home country of Switzerland on his website on Sunday. The World Time […]
