Tour de France: Radioshack-Nissan utilizes a large presence in stage eight finale
Gallopin gets third in Porrentruy as white jersey race tightens After their stage seven finish on the mountaintop of La Planche de Belles Filles went a bit awry, Radioshack-Nissan bounced back in solid fashion as the most well-represented team at […]
Jurgen Van Den Broeck: “I was thinking of time gains not the stage victory”
Lotto-Belisol riders blow the peloton apart; concedes that the podium is now probably out of reach After a disaster on the previous stage, where a mechanical incident at the foot of the final climb to la Planche des Belles Filles […]
Tour de France: Fractured hand for Samuel Sánchez but collarbone appears unbroken
Olympic champion may still defend title but recovery is the first priority As Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) hit the tarmac in a seemingly innocuous crash in the first half of today’s eighth stage of the Tour de France, between Belfort and […]
Dennis Menchov: “It’s too early to talk about the overall classification”
Russian moves up to fourth overall as the first long time trial approaches Denis Menchov (Katusha) was happy with the result of the eighth stage of the Tour de France, between Belfort and Porrentruy, Switzerland, where he finished eighth, in […]
Fuglsang celebrating Tour of Austria win, Colli takes emotional victory
Team Type 1 rider nets bunch sprint gallop in Vienna Passed over for the Tour de France and then told by RadioShack team manager Johan Bruyneel that he wouldn’t be riding any WorldTour races for the remainder of the season, […]
Tour de France: Thibaut Pinot escapes the break to take stage eight into Porrentruy
Bradley Wiggins comes under pressure from his rivals as the race descends into Switzerland Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-BigMat), the youngest rider in the 2012 Tour de France, won the eighth stage of the race between Belfort and Porrentruy, Switzerland, after he […]
Sanchez’s Olympic defence seems over as he crashes out of Tour de France
Initial reports of fractured collarbone and hand for 2008 Olympic champ Olympic champion and last year’s King of the Mountains Samuel Sanchez looks doubtful for London 2012 after crashing heavily during today’s eighth stage of the Tour and being forced […]
Tour de France: Johannes Fröhlinger the latest casualty as broken finger forces abandon
German climber drops out after first mountain as Argos-Shimano woes continue Argos-Shimano’s Thomas Fröhlinger became the latest casualty of the Tour de France, as the race entered its second week, as he was unable to start the eighth stage between […]
Another Tour de France disappointment for Gesink
Rabobank look to modified strategy for remainder of race, Mollema gunning to recover some time Ever since he finished seventh in the Vuelta a España at 22 years of age, Robert Gesink has been seen as a rider who could […]
Tour de France: Levi Leipheimer slips out of contention as Team Sky goes on the offensive
Sylvain Chavanel misses out on yellow jersey but Martin Velits enjoys the break in his debut Tour Levi Leipheimer saw his hopes of overall victory in the Tour de France disappear up the steep slopes of the climb to la […]
