Tour de France: Francisco Ventoso chases third Grand Tour stage victory
Spaniard targeting win on stage one Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) has announced his intentions of winning stage one when the Tour de France gets underway in Vendée today. In doing so, the Spaniard could join an elite club of professional cyclists […]
Vinokourov wants to go out with a bang in final Tour de France
Targets wearing yellow jersey and stage wins, beginning with today’s stage one Alexandre Vinokourov is riding his ninth and final Tour de France, which starts today at the Passage du Gois in the western Vendée region. The ever ambitious Kazakh […]
Tour de France: Cavendish, Goss and HTC Highroad fired up for success
Having dominated the sprint stages of the Tour de France for the past three seasons, the HTC Highroad team has no intention of letting up this year. In fact, with the hunt for a new sponsor an ongoing one, the […]
Quick Step bus returned to team by French police
Team spokesman calls it a routine check, says other teams may be searched After the earlier impounding of the Quick Step team bus for searching by the French police, the vehicle has been returned to the team in advance of […]
More sponsors for Saxo Bank SunGard
Three technical partners come on board Following last week’s news that the Saxo Bank company wishes to prolong its backing of the eponymous team, Bjarne Riis’ squad has announced further agreements going forward. Three new technical backers have been announced, […]
Quick Step team bus seized by French police
Belgian team transport searched on eve of Tour de France The Quick Step team bus has been seized by French police and taken to a police station to be searched by anti-doping investigators, according to Ouest-France. The bus was escorted […]
Tour de France: Differing goals for Martin, Velits and Van Garderen
Importance of team success emphasised HTC Highroad heads into this year’s Tour de France with three recognised stage race classification riders. Tony Martin won Paris-Nice and the Volta ao Algarve this year, and is aiming for a place in the […]
Giro Donne: Marianne Vos sprints into pink on first stage
Unbeatable Dutchwoman cruises into race lead Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) continues her near unbeaten season, taking victory in the first stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile, between Rome and Velletri. The Dutch champion beat Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Highroad) in a long […]
Armstrong heading back to Tour de France
Texan will also ride part of RAGBRAI Although he previously indicated that he had no plans to go to this year’s Tour de France, multiple winner Lance Armstrong now intends to attend the race towards the end of the month. […]
Sastre says Schlecks make many errors, RadioShack could be main rival to Contador
Regards Contador as favourite but says there are many big rivals The 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre believes that his former team-mates Andy and Frank Schleck will be under pressure in this year’s race, and that this could […]
