World champion continues dominance of 2013 TTs; Froome follows in teammate Wiggins’ footsteps Chris Froome (Team Sky) followed in the footsteps of teammate Bradley Wiggins as he wrapped up overall victory in the 2013 Tour de Romandie in the final […]
Katusha rider works with Chris Froome to finish a minute ahead of other favourites The long list of bike races altered by inclement weather got a bit longer on Saturday, as stage four of the Tour de Romandie got a […]
Belgian wins another bunch sprint after a late attack from Adriano Malori Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) sprinted to his second victory of the 2013 Tour de Romandie in the third stage, starting and finishing in Payerne. The Belgian was […]
Lithuanian fastest to the line at the head of a split peloton Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp) took his first road victory since the 2011 Lithuanian championships as he outsprinted the depleted peloton to take the second stage of the Tour de […]
An unexpectedly large peloton contests the finish of the first hilly stage Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) won the opening road stage of the 2013 Tour de Romandie, between Saint-Maurice and Renens, as he outsprinted a slightly reduced peloton into […]
British race favourite takes first yellow jersey of Swiss WorldTour race Chris Froome (Team Sky) blasted to victory in the prologue time trial of the Tour de Romandie, between Le Châble and Bruson, which finished at the top of the […]
Sprints, climbs and time trials all targeted by Belgian team Omega Pharma-Quick Step is taking what it feels is a rider for every eventuality to the Tour of Romandie, which starts on Tuesday, April 23rd, as it goes on the […]
Tour de France preparation disrupted for Katusha’s Russian captain Denis Menchov (Katusha) will now miss Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Tour de Romandie, which starts on Tuesday, after suffering a recurrence of the knee injury that disrupted the first half of […]
Geneva time trial to complete Swiss WorldTour stage race The route of the 2013 Tour de Romandie was presented at a press conference in the Swiss town of Marly. The six-day stage race, to be run between April 23rd and […]
Grand Boucle champion disappointed with Tour de Romandie performance but feels all’s well in preparation for July Last week’s Tour de Romandie was not a great race for BMC Racing’s Cadel Evans. The defending champion in the race could only […]
British champion takes his second stage of the race to wrest back yellow jersey from Luis León Sánchez Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) became the first ever British winner of the Tour de Romandie after wresting back the yellow jersey on […]
BMC Racing’s American hopeful taken out by freak accident as strong winds buffet early kilometres Tejay van Garderen’s Tour de Romandie came to an abrupt end just 50 kilometres into today’s fourth stage, as the BMC Racing rider was struck […]
Time bonuses after Sion mountain stage put Rabobank’s Spaniard into yellow ahead of final time trial A second straight victory for Luis León Sánchez (Rabobank), in the fourth and toughest stage of the Tour de Romandie between Bulle and Sion, […]
Time bonuses put Rabobank’s Spaniard to within one second of Bradley Wiggins After his third place on the previous day, Luis León Sánchez (Rabobank) sprinted to victory in the third stage of the Tour de Romandie, between La Neuveville and […]
Knee problem scuppers Fuglsang’s Romandie and Giro plans Jakob Fuglsang’s goal of continuing his development as a rider and chasing a top five finish in this year’s Giro d’Italia has come to an end, with the rider being forced to […]
Team Sky defends Bradley Wiggins lead in hilly stage across the Jura Jonathan Hivert (Saur-Sojasun) won the second road stage of the Tour de Romandie, between Montbéliard and Moutier, in an uphill sprint. The 27-year-old Frenchman came around the outside […]
‘Standard’ biological passport controls were carried out The UCI has moved to deny reports printed by elements of the Belgian and French media today that the Astana team was subjected to searches at their hotel at the Tour de Romandie. […]
British champion takes rare bunch victory as late climbs leave the sprinters behind Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) took a rare bunch victory in the first road stage of the Tour of Romandie, between Morges and la Chaux-de-Fonds. The British champion […]
