Christophe Le Mevel hoping to feature in the Tour de Pologne
would rather be in France but could be suited to arduous, rolling week in Poland After racing often and pulling in decent results in his first season with Garmin-Sharp in 2011, Christophe Le Mevel’s 2012 has been a bit sparse […]
Armstrong’s federal court application thrown out, may be allowed re-file with substantial modifications
“This Court is not inclined to indulge Armstrong’s desire for publicity, self-aggrandizement, or vilification of Defendants” Hours after it was announced via multiple media outlets that Lance Armstrong and his legal team had filed a lengthy application to the United […]
Chavanel calls stage nine his “best ever time trial at the Tour”
French TT champion shows off tricolor with fifth place, Martin experiences more bad luck After nabbing a third place finish in the prologue of the Tour de France, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) confirmed his current abilities against the watch […]
Tour de France: Evans staying focussed after dropping time to Wiggins
Van Garderen produces outstanding time trial to retake young rider’s jersey Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) will find himself on the back foot when the Tour de France gets underway again after Tuesday’s rest day, after losing a significant chunk of […]
USADA says it is following established rules, confident Armstrong case will continue
Agency responds to application to block case in Austin district court The US Anti Doping Agency has responded to the attempt by Lance Armstrong and his legal team to try to prevent its case against him, saying that it intends […]
Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins crushes the field in stage nine time trial
Maillot Jaune increases his lead over Cadel Evans as Team Sky goes one-two Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) put his rivals to the sword again as he took a dominant victory in the first individual time trial of the 2012 Tour […]
Olympic Council of Ireland rejects Brammeier’s appeal
Martin, Roche and McCann set to represent Ireland in London Games The three man Irish road race team for the Olympic Games appears finally to have been settled, with Nicolas Roche (Ag2r La Mondiale), Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) and David McCann […]
Armstrong claims USADA’s action is unconstitutional and files for restraining order
Texan applies to federal court in his home state to block agency’s action With time running out before he has to respond to the US Anti Doping Agency’s charges against him and five others of doping and related offences, Lance […]
Poels in danger of losing a kidney as a result of Tour de France crash
Dutchman recovering from massive pileup on Friday’s stage to Metz Badly injured in the big crash which happened on Friday’s sixth stage of the Tour, Vancansoleil’s Wout Poels is in danger of losing a kidney as a result. The 24 […]
Dan Martin below par due to head cold, hoping for better form ahead
Irishman undecided about how to approach today’s time trial Dan Martin had hoped to challenge for the stage win on Saturday’s leg to La Planche des Belles Filles, but has had to postpone his ambitions until later on the race […]
