Tour de France: Samuel Sanchez and Denis Menchov strike up their own duel
Schleck and Contador battle it out for the win, while Sanchez and Menchov scrap for third While the duel for top honors at this year’s Tour de France continues to draw the most attention, today’s finish at the ski station […]
Tour de France: Andy Schleck plays poker with Contador at Ax-3 Domaines
“Maybe tomorrow I’ll go all in.” In one of the more bizarre duels in recent memory, Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck almost came to a stop on the slopes of Ax-3 Domaines today – and watched the rest of the […]
Tour de France: Sastre feeling better for the Pyrénées
Former Tour winner on the hunt for stages Cervélo TestTeam’s Carlos Sastre came out on the attack during the Tour de France’s first stage in the Pyrénées today after finishing the race’s Alpine stages without making a mark on the […]
Tour de France: Suspended Alejandro Valverde talks about the Tour and his plight
Gives the nod for the overall to Alberto Contador There were a few weeks earlier in the year where it seemed possible that Alejandro Valverde would be taking part in the Tour de France. The news of the final ruling […]
Tour de France: Christophe Riblon holds on to take Pyrénéen opener as the favourites mark each other
Frenchman is last survivor of long breakaway, holds off the big boys as they play cat and mouse behind Christophe Riblon (AG2R-La Mondiale) won the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France between Revel and Ax 3 Domaines as the […]
Sergio Pardilla takes Vuelta Madrid overall
Final hilly stage is good terrain for Spaniard Sergio Pardilla won the Vuelta Ciclista Madrid, a two-day, three-stage race in and around the Spanish capital. Pardilla used the final, hilly, 132km stage to dislodge prologue winner Gustav Erik Larsson from […]
Florencio cleared to return to racing by Cervélo Test Team
Likely to resume competition at end of July Spanish rider Xavier Florencio has been cleared by his Cervélo Test Team after being removed from the Tour de France lineup, and will return to racing in the Clásica Ciclista de San […]
Tour de France: HTC Columbia's 520 watts fall short to capture Vinokourov
Battle for green jersey continues in Revel Rolf Aldag, the directeur sportif of the HTC Columbia team, had said on German television that after the ejection of lead-out man Mark Renshaw, the team would not work to bring the breaks […]
Tour de France: Vaughters has fingers crossed for improved luck for Garmin-Transitions
Team hoping for a better end to the race after squad impacted by crashes Garmin Transitions general manager Jonathan Vaughters is hoping for a change of fortune in the days ahead, knowing that his team has seven more stages to […]
Tour de France: Contador aware that one bad day can end the winning dream
Spaniard confident that current gap can be overcome in final time trial Tomorrow Alberto Contador and his rivals head into the Pyrenees for the decisive part of the 2010 Tour de France. Four days will likely shape the final general […]
