Both Schlecks in but Chris Horner out of RadioShack-Nissan Tour de France pre-selection
Back injury forces American veteran to miss out on what could be his final Grand Boucle The Luxembourg-registered RadioShack-Nissan team has announced its fourteen-man pre-selection for this year’s Tour de France. Heading the list is four-time World time trial champion […]
Argos-Shimano announces long list for the Tour de France
John Degenkolb too young for race debut with Olympics and Worlds in his sights Argos-Shimano has announced its long-list of fourteen riders, from which the nine man team for the Tour de France will be selected. The Dutch team is […]
Tour de Suisse: Peter Sagan wins stage three as Swiss Railways gives the breakaway a chance
Railway crossing barriers give breakaway an extra two minutes but it is caught in the final kilometre Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) continued his devastating run of form with victory in the third stage of the Tour de Suisse, between Martigny and […]
Hincapie announces he’ll ride just two more pro races before retiring from cycling
End of the road beckons, but not before a record-breaking Tour participation Eighteen days from what will be his 39th birthday, American veteran George Hincapie has announced that he will compete in just two more races before retiring from professional […]
Fränk Schleck driven by anger, wants to prove a point in Tour de Suisse
2010 race winner believes he’s perfectly poised to strike in days ahead While his brother Andy is some way off top form and has a lot of work to do to get into shape, Fränk Schleck showed that he is […]
Europcar says Voeckler’s knee issues won’t affect his Tour de France
2011 Maillot Jaune had pulled out of Dauphiné on final stage Fears that French favourite Thomas Voeckler’s Tour de France chances might be compromised by injury have been downplayed by his Europcar team, with the directeur sportif Andy Flickinger stating […]
Wiggins jumps to third in UCI WorldTour rankings, Sky new leader in teams list
Critérium du Dauphiné points reshuffle top UCI table Following its dominant showing in the Critérium du Dauphiné, the Sky Procycling team and its riders are the big movers in the newly-updated UCI WorldTour rankings. Race winner Bradley Wiggins has jumped […]
Nervous Cavendish working hard towards Olympics, is four kilos lighter
Briton drops weight in a bid to boost climbing Knowing that his chances of winning the Olympic road race will largely come down to how he can handle the nine ascents of Box Hill, Mark Cavendish has revealed that he […]
Tour de Suisse: Rabobank downplaying their disappointing Verbier result
Gesink, Kruijswijk, Mollema all concede time on Swiss mountaintop Rabobank is racing with all three of its potential leaders in the Tour de Suisse, but the trio has stumbled out of the starting gate, two stages in to the race. […]
Critérium du Dauphiné: Saur-Sojasun, Europcar lead the French teams
FDJ-BigMat, Cofidis, AG2R La Mondiale assess performances with the Tour on the horizon With the Critérium du Dauphiné completed and with Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) crowned the back-to-back champion, the participating French teams are looking at their performance over the […]
