Tour de France stars Chavanel and Pineau extend until 2011 with Quick Step team
French riders have an additional twelve month option While he was winning two stages and wearing the yellow jersey of race leadership in this year’s Tour de France, speculation was rife that Sylvain Chavanel would be returning to race with […]
Contador and Schleck regard the Tourmalet as the Tour de France decider, not time trial
Rivals play down importance of race against the clock Currently just eight seconds ahead of Andy Schleck, Alberto Contador will have two goals on tomorrow’s final mountain stage to the top of the Col du Tourmalet. The less ambitious of […]
Rabobank changes: Clement extends contract, Moerenhout to stop career end of season
Injured Clement happy with support; Moerenhout was with team since 1996 Two changes in the Rabobank team were announced today. Stef Clement extended his contract with the Dutch team for one year, while its veteran rider Koos Moerenhout will end […]
Tour de France: Van den Broeck eager to defend top five against Gesink and Leipheimer
Belgian hopes to avoid bad day in final mountain stage Jurgen van den Broeck is now openly stating his goal of a top five finish in this year’s Tour de France. With one tough mountain stage and a 50-kilometer time […]
Edita Pucinskaite takes Thüringen stage 2 as Emma Johansson abandons with illness
Lithuanian outsprints breakaway companion to take victory as race leader taken out by railway tracks Edita Pucinskaite (Gauss-RDZ-Ormu) won the second stage of the Thüringen Rundfahrt, the Rund um Gera, after outsprinting Olga Zabelinskaya (Safi-Pasta Zara). The pair escaped from […]
Tour de France: Schleck's busy rest day warms up his motor for Tourmalet offensive
Confident Luxemburger thinks one minute over Contador is enough ahead of time trial Andy Schleck is doing everything he can to still win this year’s Tour de France. That included to keep in a rhythm during the rest day by […]
Emma Johansson wins Thüringen Rundfahrt opener
Swedish champion outsprints breakaway on uphill finish to take stage and race lead Emma Johansson (RedSun Cycling) won the first stage of the Thüringen Rundfahrt, the Rund um Altenberg after escaping the rest of a breakaway group in the closing […]
Tour de France: Green jersey battle stays close, Hushovd keeps his eye on Petacchi
Third green jersey win within Hushovd’s reach Cervélo TestTeam’s Thor Hushovd is once again in the heat of battle for the Tour de France’s green jersey competition. As it was last year, the two-time winner (2005,2009) of the competition finds […]
Tour de France: Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck bury the hatchet, but not in each other
Good friends off the bike don’t want to let “Chaingate” spoil their relationship After yesterday’s controversial incident, where Alberto Contador (Astana) continued with an attack after yellow jersey Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) dropped his chain, the riders have made peace […]
Tour de France: The French Revolution continues on home soil
Six stage wins so far show that the Tour’s host nation is on the rise once more Twenty-five years ago Bernard Hinault won the Tour de France. Laurent Jalabert retired in 2002. Those two events represent the last time a […]
