Giro winner Ivan Basso preparing for Tour de France
Second Grand Tour of 2010 looms The quest for the elusive Giro/Tour Double doesn’t allow much time between victory at the Giro and the start of an earnest look at the Tour de France. Ivan Basso began his bid for […]
Marina Romoli has spinal surgery, doctors optimistic
Italian rider undergoes major surgery after last week’s training crash Italian cyclist Marina Romoli underwent an operation on her spine lasting more than 7 hours at the San Rafaelle Hospital in Milano, Italy. The operation was reportedly a complete success […]
Roche shows fine form in comeback race, looks good for Tour selection
Takes unexpected fourth in GP Canton d’Argovie Nicolas Roche earned himself plenty of new fans during last year’s Tour de France, riding aggressively in his debut in the race and netting stage placings of second, fourth, eighth, eighth and tenth […]
Dauphiné: Menchov 35th in prologue, still chasing form in advance of Tour
Bronchitis interfered with buildup Rabobank team leader Denis Menchov had a quiet enough prologue yesterday in the Criterium du Dauphiné, finishing 24 seconds behind the winner Alberto Contador (Astana) in placing 35th. The Russian has had a complicated spring; he […]
Saxo Bank's Fabian Cancellara looking forward to Tour de Suisse
Says repeat victory will be difficult Fabian Cancellara put in a fairly quiet race at the Tour of California last month. The 2010 winner of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix took a well-earned break following his success and used […]
Tour de France: Sastre not confirmed for start, will announce roster later this week
No cause for concern given by team… Following several reports that 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre would take part in this year’s edition of the race, Cervélo TestTeam has released a statement today to clarify that his participation […]
RadioShack's Zubeldia has surgery following crash in Critérium du Dauphiné
Another valuable lieutenant for Armstrong injured in crash Team RadioShack’s Haimar Zubeldia was caught up in a massive crash near the end of today’s stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné. The team is reporting that Zubeldia has suffered a distal […]
Dauphiné: Crash denies Saxo Bank return for hard work
Hard work in mid stage came to nothing for Danish team as both sprinters delayed A crash in the final 20km of today’s first stage of the Criterium du Dauphiné ended the chances of Saxo Bank’s sprinters, with Baden Cooke […]
Bole sprints to win first Dauphiné stage
Lampre’s Slovenian sprinter takes stage as peloton chases down late break Grega Bole (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné between Evian-les-Bains and St Laurent du Pont in a bunch sprint. He outsprinted Peter Velits (HTC-Columbia) […]
Thor Hushovd back for Tour de Suisse, looking towards green jersey defense
Set to return after breaking collarbone Cervélo TestTeam’s Thor Hushovd will be making his return to the peloton for the Tour de Suisse on June 12th in Lugano. The Norwegian broke his collarbone while out training in Italy last month […]
