Tour de France: Cadel Evans powers through the cobblestones to lead the favorites
Mountain biking skills and intelligent riding pay off for the road World champion World champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) put in an impressive ride on the cobblestones during the closing kilometers of stage three of the Tour de France today, […]
Marianne Vos takes stage and lead in Giro Donne as the real racing starts
Dutch sensation outsprints World champion to win tough hilly stage and takes pink jersey Marianne Vos (Netherlands) won the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile between Orta San Giulio and Pettenasco. The former World champion outsprinted the current holder […]
Tour de France: Thor Hushovd wins in Arenberg as Fabian Cancellara seizes back yellow
Mighty Norse rider shows his cobble class as Spartacus smashes the peloton Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) won the third stage of the Tour de France between Wanze and Arenberg-Porte du Hainaut after outsprinting a very select group. The Norwegian champion […]
Tour de France: Robert Gesink rides on despite broken arm from stage 2 crash
Dutch rider breaks bones for the second successive Tour but carries on this time Another casualty of stage 2’s crashes was Rabobank team leader Robert Gesink. The 24-year-old Dutchman, who won the toughest stage of last month’s Tour de Suisse, […]
Tour de France: Jürgen Roelandts angry at missing out on green jersey after stage 2 neutralisation
Young Belgian denied the chance to sprint into green on home soil in debut Tour Another voice of dissention could be heard today, that of OmegaPharma-Lotto’s Jürgen Roelandts, showing that yesterday’s race neutralisation was by no means unanimously supported within […]
Tour of Austria: Ricco dominates on Kitzbüheler Horn
Ricco’s successful return continues Riccardo Ricco’s successful return to the top rung of the sport following his 20-month suspension for his use of CERA-EPO in the 2008 Tour de France continued on Monday in Austria with victory on one of […]
Tour de France: Quick Step’s French boys give the Belgian team its biggest day
Stage win, yellow, green and polka dot jerseys add up to Belgian team’s finest hour in the Tour For Belgian team Quick Step a good performance as the Tour de France crossed its home roads was important. Until his last […]
Tour de France: Fabian Cancellara falls on his sword as crash takes down Schleck brothers
Spartacus loses yellow as he sacrifices his own race to wait for team leaders After Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara blew away the field on Saturday’s 8.9km prologue course the thing he most wanted to do was to wear his yellow […]
Tour de France: Hushovd will look for redemption on the cobbles following race jury decision
Norwegian champion loses valuable points in green jersey competition Today’s chaotic stage two of the Tour de France ended horribly for defending green jersey champion Thor Hushovd, with the race jury making the decision to nullify the competition following a […]
Tour de France: managers of Armstrong and Contador in subtle psychological joust
Bruyneel and Sanquer both back their riders’ chances The Tour de France is just three days old, but already the men who are guiding two of the big race favourites are looking to claim advantage for their rider. Lance Armstrong […]
