Tour de France: Déjà vu for Mark Cavendish in Châteauroux
Manx Express repeats 2008 maiden victory at the end of nine-man HTC-Highroad train Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) repeated his 2008 maiden victory in the city of Châteauroux, winning the seventh stage of the Tour de France, taking his second in this […]
Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins out of race with broken collarbone
Team Sky’s bid for yellow over after British champion taken out on stage seven Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) has been forced to abandon the Tour de France, midway through the seventh stage, with a broken collarbone. The British champion was […]
Giro Donne: Emma Pooley wins mountaintop stage eight
British rider pips Marianne Vos as the two are the class of the field yet again Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervélo) won the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile on the summit finish at Cancano. The former British champion beat race […]
Tour de France: Tom Boonen abandons with stage five crash injuries
Belgian sprinter forced out for the fourth time in six appearances. Still suffering from the injuries he sustained in a crash on stage five, Tom Boonen (Quick Step) has been forced to abandon the Tour de France. The Belgian sprinter […]
Kiryienka’s batteries finally run out after tough early season
Exhausted Team Movistar rider missed time cut Logic suggested that riding the Tour de France would be difficult after Vasil Kiryienka’s huge workload of recent weeks and so it proved yesterday, with the Team Movistar rider cracking on the undulating […]
Hoogerland vows to keep riding aggressively, will defend mountains jersey
Dutchman emphasises importance of publicity for Vacansoleil team Riding his first Tour de France, Dutchman Johnny Hoogerland earned himself a place on the podium yesterday when he took over the mountains jersey in the race. The 28 year old was […]
Sky Procycling hails first Tour de France stage win
Boasson Hagen’s success shows team is on track Sky Procycling’s obvious progression from its somewhat-quiet first season continued yesterday when Edvald Boasson Hagen showed his versatility and power to blaze to victory in the Tour de France. The Norwegian jumped […]
Tour de France: “It’s been a great day for me!” says Adriano Malori
Last year’s Lanterne Rouge gets combativity award on stage six He “won” the Lanterne Rouge for last place in the Tour de France last year, but tomorrow morning Lampre-ISD’s Adriano Malori will pin on the red number, having been voted […]
Quick Step riders fighting onwards through pain of yesterday’s crashes
Chavanel, Boonen, Ciolek and Steegmans feeling after-effects of falls French road race champion Sylvain Chavanel drew upon the motivation of being in his home race to get through today’s sixth stage of the Tour de France, feeling a lot of […]
Contador recovering well from Wednesday’s crash
No issues coping with mechanical problems Apart from issues with his bike in the closing stages of today’s stage to Lisieux, stage six went well for defending Tour champion Alberto Contador. He reports a good recovery from yesterday’s crash, saying […]
