Tour de France: RadioShack notches up team prize, Lance Armstrong finishes up last Tour on the podium
Unexpected end to a storied Tour de France career The RadioShack team came into the Tour de France with the intention of helping seven-time winner Lance Armstrong to his eighth Tour crown, but instead the American icon had to settle […]
Tour de France: Van den Broeck becomes first Belgian in 24 years to crack the Tour's Top 5
27-year-old Van den Broeck first since Criquielion in 1986 to finish in the top five With 27-year-old Jurgen Van den Broeck’s 5th place overall finish in Paris, 6 minutes and 54 seconds behind three-time winner Alberto Contador, he became the […]
Rabobank chief hails best-ever Tour de France for the team
Menchov third, Gesink sixth With Denis Menchov set to take third overall and Robert Gesink finishing in sixth, their team celebrated the achievement with some champagne on Saturday night. “We deserved it, because this was a very good day and […]
Alberto Contador's third Tour de France makes it his fifth consecutive Grand Tour victory
An incredible accomplishment that came over a tough road Today Alberto Contador not only won the Tour de France for the third time, but secured the fifth consecutive Grand Tour victory of his career. He first won the overall at […]
Tour de France: Alessandro Petacchi becomes second Italian ever to take Green Jersey
Petacchi follows in the footsteps of Franco Bitossi….42 years later. Alessandro Petacchi finally accomplished the trifecta of points jerseys at all three Grand Tours with his 2nd place on the Champs Elysees today. Coming in second behind Cavendish was more […]
Tour de France: Mark Cavendish takes number five in Paris as Alberto Contador confirms number three
Manx Missile fires again on Champs-Elysées ahead of Astana rider’s overall victory Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the twentieth, and final, stage of the Tour de France between Longjumeau and Paris Champs-Elysées to take his fifth stage of the race this […]
“Jerseygate” adds a sour taste to the end of Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France career
Race officials rule that RadioShack team cannot race Tour’s final stage in special “cancer awareness” jersey In an incident that almost seemed to sum up Lance Armstrong’s 2010 Tour de France, the RadioShack team was prevented from wearing a special […]
Tour de France: Rogers abandons Grand Tour ambitions
Will concentrate on shorter stage races after disappointing Tour Michael Rogers has given up any ambition of winning the Tour de France, with the Australian believing that he no longer has the ability to challenge for three week races. The […]
Tour de France: Mark Cavendish first to win consecutively on the Champs-Elysées
Manx Missile sets new standard in Paris HTC-Columbia sprinter Mark Cavendish has run the gamut of emotions in his fourth Tour de France, and today, set another standard when he became the first rider in history to win on the […]
Iris Slappendel wins Thüringen finale as Olga Zabelinskaya takes the overall
Dutch rider solos to victory in last stage as Russian secures victoryIris Slappendel (Cervélo TestTeam) won the sixth and final stage of the Thuringen Rundfahrt, the Rund um Zeulenroda, after attacking the breakway with 20km to go. Trixi Worrack (Noris […]
