Dan Martin Interview: Hoping for Tour de France selection with Garmin-Cervélo
Irishman could make Tour debut this July Irish pro Dan Martin has a chance on Sunday to make a big push for Tour de France selection when he lines out in the Giro di Toscana. Martin shone in Italy last […]
Ster ZLM Toer: Gilbert adds to his season win total and takes over leader’s jersey
Gretsch misses break and drops to ninth overall Scooping both the stage victory and the race leader’s jersey, Philippe Gilbert showed that he is heading towards a very strong Tour de France with a superb display on today’s fourth stage […]
Tour de Suisse: Sagan grabs second stage win while Cunego extends lead
Mollema drops from second overall due to puncture Hitting the accelerator 150 metres from the line and surging past Ben Swift (Sky Procycling), Peter Sagan rocketed to his second stage win of this year’s Tour de Suisse. The Liquigas-Cannondale rider […]
Vande Velde pleased with Tour de Suisse showing
Fourth on yesterday’s stage boosts morale Two weeks before the start of the Tour de France, Christian Vande Velde got a confidence booster on yesterday’s final mountain stage of the Tour de Suisse. The Garmin-Cervélo rider was one of seventeen […]
Slaying the Badger book extract: Guimard on Hinault’s brilliance
Legendary French director’s thoughts on equally legendary Tour winner Cyrille Guimard, the legendary directeur sportif, was a key influence in the early careers of the riders – Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond – whose battle for the 1986 Tour de […]
Stijn Devolder set to miss Tour de France again
The Belgian’s condition is not where he’d hoped Stijn Devolder has expressed his intentions of missing this year’s Tour de France. The two time Tour of Flanders champion is currently riding the Tour de Suisse and had hoped to regain […]
Blel Kadri recovering from injury faster than expected
Frenchman looks likely to make Tour debut AG2R La Mondiale’s Blel Kadri received good news from the team doctor yesterday and is likely to make his Tour de France debut on July 2nd. The Frenchman had displayed good form during […]
Is Alex Dowsett Britian’s next big time trialist?
Young Brit impressive in race against the clock Great Britain is famous for producing riders who are strong individual time trialists such as Bradley Wiggins and David Millar. The current and former national TT champions are still winning big, but […]
Anthony Charteau hits form before the Tour de France
French Europcar team set to be aggressive in home Grand Tour Anthony Charteau showed he is on great form when he won yesterday’s mountainous stage two of the Route du Sud, while also taking the leaders jersey. The 2010 Tour […]
Giro del Trentino Donne: Teutenberg takes first stage in bunch sprint
Adrie Visser gets second in HTC-Highroad 1-2 Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Highroad) won the opening stage of the Giro del Trentino Donne, between Dimaro and Arco, as the early climbs failed to prevent a bunch sprint. Teutenberg’s teammate Adrie Visser managed to […]
