Leopard Trek out to recruit a Classics team for Fabian Cancellara
Brian Nygaard negotiating with riders’ agents at the Tour de France Leopard Trek’s general manager Brian Nygaard is on the lookout for some capable teammates for Fabian Cancellara’s 2012 Classics campaign, according to feltet.dk. The Swiss champion, who did the […]
Giro Donne: Marianne Vos is the Queen of the Mortirolo
Dutch champion dominates Queen stage of the race over one of the sport’s toughest climbs Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) continued her cannibal-esque domination of the Giro d’Italia Femminile with yet another victory in the Queen stage of the race. The […]
Tour de France: Edvald Boasson Hagen sprints through the rain to take stage six
Norwegian wins on a wet day across Normandy to take Team Sky’s maiden Tour stage After fears that his Tour de France would be affected by a case of shingles the week before, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) won the […]
Tour de France: Gilbert and Frison downplay talk of divisions at Omega Pharma-Lotto
Team has settled its issues around the table after Greipel closed out of stage five sprint Omega Pharma-Lotto’s Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert and sports directory Herman Frison have both downplayed talk of divisions in the team in this year’s Tour […]
Tour de France: Jean François Pescheux defends stage five route
Movement in the peloton to blame for series of crashes not narrow roads, says race director The Tour de France organisers have been criticised by a number of people over the route of stage five, between Carhaix and Cap Fréhel, […]
Simon Clarke pleased with experience of riding for Astana
Australian talks about his debut year in the ProTeam ranks Simon Clarke has made a seamless transition to the top ranks of professional cycling this year when he moved from ISD-Neri to the Astana Pro team. He made his debut […]
Boonen and Chavanel battle onwards in Tour de France
Dark day for Quick Step team Tom Boonen was one of several big names to crash during yesterday’s fifth stage of the Tour de France and, following a spirited battle to reach the finish line within the time limit, will […]
Simon Gerrans Interview: Talking Tour and supporting Wiggins
Australian rider dedicated to helping team captain After two years of disappointment with regards to the Tour de France, Simon Gerrans returned to the race this year as part of Sky Procycling’s ambitious selection for the event. The 31 year-old […]
Tour of Austria: Ian Stannard sprints to his first professional victory in stage five
Briton wins out of break that dominated the day Team Sky’s Ian Stannard celebrated the fifth stage of the Tour of Austria with his first professional victory. The Briton squared off against Gatis Smukulis (HTC-Highroad) and Stefan Denifl (Leopard Trek) […]
Motorbike rider excluded from Tour over Nicki Sørensen crash
Tour organisers appeal for extra care The motorbike driver of one of the Tour de France photographers has been excluded from this year’s race due to an accident which happened 77 kilometres from the finish of Wednesday’s stage. Danish rider […]
