Eusebio Unzue's Caisse d'Epargne team with a new sponsor for 2011?
Diario Vasco reports that long-running Spanish team might have found a replacement sponsor One week ago, the future of the Caisse d’Epargne team looked to be in major doubt. Seven days later, however, and things could be taking a turn […]
Italian Champion, Giovanni Visconti, accused of motorized doping
Team quick to denounce claims made by Amore e Vita founder, Ivano Fanini The controversy surrounding Fabian Cancellara after accusations of motorized doping has beckoned in a new era of distrust in cycling. The Cancellara incident was the first, but […]
Tour de France: Team tactics put Alexandre Vinokourov in the break but he misses out on victory
Kazakh makes the other teams work all day, misses out on reward of victory, but is satisfied with team’s day Starting the day in 14th place, just 6’31” behind yellow jersey Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank), Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) managed to […]
Tour de France: Andy Schleck suffers to Mende, but not worried
“There’s no real lesson from today’s stage. I could not have done anything differently.” The possibilities posited by the Tour de France’s two top riders differed greatly ahead of today’s stage finish on the Montee Jalabert. Alberto Contador was weary […]
Tour de France: Jurgen Van Den Broeck’s morale boosted by strong finish in Mende
Belgian heading for his nation’s best Tour finish for 24 years OmegaPharma-Lotto’s Jurgen Van Den Broeck continues to ride high in the Tour de France, in only his second appearance at the race. He finished today’s stage into Mende just […]
Bernard doubts Cavendish can take Maillot Vert, believes Contador likely to win Tour de France
Frenchman says Renshaw’s disqualification was justified Former Tour de France Maillot Jaune Jean Francois Bernard has said that he doesn’t believe that Mark Cavendish can win the green jersey this year, believing that the Briton will find it harder to […]
Omega Pharma set to renew sponsorship for two more years
Future certain for Belgian ProTour squad Belgiums number two team, Omega Pharma-Lotto, has received good news today in the form of a two-year extension of sponsorship with Omega-Pharma. The squad has ridden second fiddle to the Quick Step team over […]
Tour de France: HTC Columbia searching for Google sponsorship deal
Bob Stapleton in negotiations with industry giant With three stage wins in the bag already and Mark Cavendish still mathematically a possible winner of the Maillot Vert, the HTC Columbia team has had another strong Tour de France. Losing Mark […]
Brown extends with Rabobank until the end of 2011
Australian sprinter to stay with Dutch team Australian Graeme Brown has signed with the Rabobank team for an additional year, which will take his term through the 2011 season. Brown has been with the Dutch team for five seasons, and […]
Tour de France: Garmin's Tyler Farrar bows out and heads home
10 stages with a broken wrist an incredible feat of suffering and endurance After managing to survive ten stages of the Tour de France with a broken wrist, including a day over the cobbles, the Alps, and a number of […]
