Tour of Poland: John Degenkolb takes closing stage as Moreno Moser confirms overall
Long distance break caught late as heavy rain falls on Kraków finale John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) returned his 2012 season to winning ways with victory in the final stage of the Tour of Poland in the centre of the city of […]
Tour de France: Pierrick Fédrigo repeats into Pau as the break takes stage 15
“Nez de Marmande” wins in the gateway to the Pyrénées as he did in 2010 while the peloton shuts off again Pierrick Fédrigo (FDJ-BigMat) put the disappointment of missing the previous year’s Tour de France behind him as he repeated […]
Hushovd officially renounces Olympic Games due to lack of form
2010 world champion to miss London 2012, Vergard Stake will take his place As anticipated, the 2010 world road race champion Thor Hushovd has confirmed he won’t ride this year’s Olympic Games due to a lack of form. The BMC […]
Gallery: Kiserlovski and Leipheimer crash puts Astana rider out of Tour
Full photo sequence from yesterday’s accident The 2012 Tour’s run of bad crashes looked to have come to an end once the time trial established a firmer status quo among the contenders for the various classements. But stage 14 saw […]
Texas court will hear Armstrong vs USADA case on August 10th
Outcome will determine if US Postal Service investigation will be decided by USADA arbitration panel The United States district court in Austin, Texas has set a date for the hearing in relation to an application lodged by Lance Armstrong and […]
Tour de France: Lotto-Belisol explains chase of Rolland after tacks neutralization
tales of trouble and strong reactions to the sabotage from the peloton Lotto-Belisol has defended its interruption of the race neutralization implemented by Sky Procycling and race leader Bradley Wiggins after Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) and numerous others picked up […]
Casar bested again by Sanchez in a Tour de France breakaway
Izagirre, Minard no match for multiple stage-winning Spaniard or green jersey Peter Sagan Once every July since 2009, Sandy Casar (FDJ-BigMat) has been matched up with Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) in a winning breakaway of the Tour de France, with […]
Pierre Rolland: “I am respectful of the codes and internal rules of the peloton”
Europcar climber explains his attack on the neutralised peloton as tacks disrupted stage 14 As tacks thrown on the road threatened to ruin the Tour de France of a number of riders, including defending champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing), race […]
Bradley Wiggins: “No one wants to benefit from someone else’s misfortune”
Tour de France race leader puts the brakes on the peloton after tacks on the road threaten his rivals Stage 14 of the 2012 Tour de France saw controversy of a kind not seen since the early days of the […]
Fractured rib for Tom Boonen puts Olympic participation in doubt
Belgian champion has injury confirmed on return home from Tour of Poland Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) sustained a fractured rib in his crash in the first stage of the Tour of Poland on Tuesday. The Belgian champion came down […]
