Tour de France 2011: Quick Step riders inspired by beautiful route
French 2010 heroes inspired while Tom Boonen looks at stage wins and green jersey battle Quick Step’s Frenchmen were the early heroes of the 2010 Tour de France. Sylvain Chavanel picked up two stage wins, in Spa, Belgium and Station […]
Specialized was destined to take the the High Road with HTC
A partnership built on passion and innovation Some things are inevitable, and after 30 seconds of speaking to cycling industry icon Mike Sinyard and Renaissance man and business mogul Bob Stapleton, it was clear that a partnership between the two […]
Tour de France 2011: Bradley Wiggins looking forward to team time trial
Briton wants to put 2010 behind him and aim at 2011 podium With the 2011 Tour de France route unveiled in Paris today, the contenders for the yellow jersey have already started identifying the stages where they can gain or […]
2011 Tour de France: analysis of newly-unveiled race route
Strong mix of stages should produce plenty of exciting racing A couple of hours after the announcement of the details of the 2011 Tour de France, riders and teams alike will be analysing the route announced today and working out […]
Tour de France 2011: Reduction in time trial kilometres is good for Jurgen Van den Broeck, says OmegaPharma-Lotto boss
Race route looks good for Belgium’s latest Tour hope With the number of individual time trial kilometres reduced to just 41 in the 2011 Tour de France, the course looks to favour the climbers even more than last year. This […]
Tour de France 2011: Green jersey competition thrown wide open by intermediate sprint changes
Does new point structure mean advantage Thor Hushovd? One of the changes made for the 2011 Tour de France that could make a real difference to the destination of one of the jerseys is a new system of points to […]
Tour de France 2011 route launched in Paris, Alpe d’Huez and Galibier amongst the highlights
Alpine showdown and time trial clash to decide 98th edition of Tour Pitching the advantage firmly in the court of the climbers, a route favouring the lightweights of the peloton was unveiled by Tour de France organisers ASO today, setting […]
Brailsford says Team Sky will aim for early yellow jersey in 2011 Tour de France
Yates also expects riders to be more competitive The team had a relatively quiet campaign in this year’s race, but Team Sky Principal Dave Brailsford plans to do things differently in 2011 and wants his riders to aim for early […]
Bruyneel says Team RadioShack will start 2011 Tour de France as ‘outsiders’
Brajkovic could represent American ProTour team’s best chance Describing Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Klöden as ‘outsiders with a chance,’ Team RadioShack general manager Johan Bruyneel has conceded that the squad will head to next year’s Tour de France without a […]
The legends agree: the sky is the limit for Philippe Gilbert
Walter Godefroot, Johan Museeuw, and Sean Kelly all agree: Gilbert can win pretty much everything Following a second straight dazzling end of the season run for Philippe Gilbert, not just the media and fans are agape at the still only […]
