Crash on descent forces David Moncoutié out of his final Tour de France
Serious abrasions for Cofidis veteran but no fractures reported as he prepares for Vuelta a España David Moncoutié (Cofidis) was forced to abandon what is his final Tour de France after a crash after just 38km of today’s twelfth stage. […]
Robert Kiserlovski misses out again from breakaway in debut Tour de France
Team Astana continues to dominate mountains classification as Croatian picks up the day’s big points Astana’s Robert Kiserlovski came close to a breakaway stage victory for the second straight day in the twelfth stage between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Annonay-Davézieux. The only […]
Jean-Christophe Péraud rues missed opportunity at stage twelve finish
Frenchman finishes a close second on the race’s longest stage after day long breakaway Jean-Christophe Péraud started the 2012 Tour de France with the high expectations of a top ten finisher from last year. 2011 was the then 34-year-old’s debut […]
Tour of Poland: Aidis Kruopis edges Ben Swift in stage four sprint
Bos and Bennati third and fourth, Kwiatkowski takes over race lead Aidis Kruopis (Orica-GreenEdge) got his first WorldTour win in his first season with the Australian team, grabbing stage four of the Tour of Poland ahead of stage two winner […]
Tour de France: David Millar takes stage 12 breakaway to salvage the Argyle Tour
British rider outsprints Jean-Christophe Péraud on the 45th anniversary of the death of Tom Simpson David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) salvaged his team’s Tour de France, with victory in a two-man breakaway sprint at the end of the twelfth stage, between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne […]
Wiggins makes strong anti-doping statement in Guardian blog
“If I felt I had to take drugs, I would rather stop tomorrow, go and ride club 10-mile time trials” Tour de France race leader Bradley Wiggins has made his clearest statement yet this year on the subject of doping, […]
Evans pledges to battle on, although says situation is ‘far from optimal’
Van Garderen holds white jersey and shows more signs he could be a future Tour contender Defending Tour de France champion Cadel Evans had a tough day on yesterday’s 11th stage of the race, being unable to maintain a gap […]
Gesink looks towards Vuelta after disappointing Tour withdrawal
Dutchman has third year of misfortune in cycling’s biggest race Rabobank’s Robert Gesink has been forced to look towards the Vuelta a España to salvage his Grand Tour ambitions for this season, with his Tour campaign being blighted for the […]
Tour de France Round up: Thibaut Pinot amongst the best again
Chris Anker Sorensen and Saxo Bank proud of effort on stage 11 When Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-BigMat) broke away to win stage eight of the Tour de France, he had his director sportif Marc Madiot alongside him in the final kilometer, […]
Tour de France: Movistar makes improvements on stage eleven
Kiryienka and Valverde combative, Cobo finally finding his legs In the thrilling day of racing in stage eleven of the Tour de France, Movistar was one of the teams in the thick of the battle, as the Spanish team had […]
