Saxo-Tinkoff team name Tour squad
Saxo-Tinkoff team has named its nine-man Tour de France squad that contains no Danes. “On a personal level it has been a tough decision for me to not have a Danish rider in the lineup,” team owner...
View ArticleChris Froome will win the Tour de France, says Jens Voigt
22 June 2013Last updated at 11:32 Tour de France veteran Jens Voigt is backing Briton Chris Froome to win the 100th edition of the race this year. Sir Bradley Wiggins became the first British winner in...
View ArticleRogers ready for ninth Tour de France
Michael Rogers leads Alberto Contador near the front of the peloton Australian set to play key support role for Contador Michael Rogers will be lining up for his ninth Tour de France next week and...
View ArticleChris Boardman answers six key questions for the 100th Tour de France
ITV cycling pundit Chris Boardman answers six key questions about this year’s Tour de France: 1) Who do you think will win this year’s Tour, why and how? “It’s not a very ‘out there’ kind of answer –...
View ArticleTour de France 2013: Alberto Contador has the experience to rival tyros
Veteran has opportunistic battle plan and the patience to wait to strike but younger riders can also be a threat to Chris Froome Spain’s Alberto Contador sprints at the end of the time-trial of the...
View ArticleNew sponsor vows ‘zero tolerance’
Cycling got a pre-Tour de France boost with arrival on Monday of a new American team sponsor who vowed “zero tolerance” for doping. Los Angeles-based consumer technology firm Belkin stepped into the...
View ArticleAlberto Contador – its game on Froome
For the last six months, after almost every race he has taken part in, Chris Froome‘s status as Tour de France favourite has grown stronger and stronger. But, despite the euphoria at Team Sky following...
View ArticleTour de France 2013: who are the major players??
Chris Froome has a course to suit him and his form is good but he must fend off the challenge of Alberto Contador Chris Froome’s victory in the Tour of Oman bodes well for the 2013 Tour de France....
View ArticleTour de France 2013 Stage 1 wrap.
All the action and colour from the 213-kilometre first stage from Porto-Vecchio to Bastia of the 100th edition of the Tour de France on the island of Corsica. Victory salute: Marcel Kittel celebrates...
View ArticleOrica bus driver needs help from a Garmin .
Tour De France ‘Carnage’ After Bus Gets Stuck The opening stage was marked by scenes of panic and chaos after a team bus became wedged under the finish line banner. The bus was stuck under a banner,...
View ArticleSITUATION NOT IDEAL, ADMITS STRUGGLING CONTADOR
Alberto Contador admitted on Monday that his position on the first rest day of this year’s Tour de France is not ideal but remains hopeful that nothing will be decided until the third and final week of...
View ArticleEvans keen to see his rivals’ form in the Pyrenees
Cadel Evans (BMC) BMC leader picks the finish at Ax 3 Domaines as the big day Cadel Evans (BMC) happily stopped to sign autographs before the start of stage seven of the Tour de France to Albi,...
View ArticleSir Dave Brailsford says Team Sky learned a lot from stage nine struggle
Sir Dave Brailsford admitted Team Sky learned a lot from their struggles on stage nine of the Tour de France. A dramatic day of the Tour saw Sky crumble on the first of the five categorised climbs,...
View ArticleTour de France: Chris Froome extends lead as Tony Martin wins stage 11 time...
Chris Froome strengthened his grip on the yellow jersey on stage 11 Chris Froome took a major step towards Tour de France victory by extending his overall lead with a blistering display on stage 11′s...
View ArticleTour de France: Mark Cavendish sprints to 25th stage win
Mark Cavendish won stage 13 of the Tour de France as Bauke Mollema and Alberto Contador closed the gap on race leader Chris Froome by 69 seconds. Cavendish escaped in a break led by Contador’s...
View Article5 things to know about the Tour de France
Overall leader Christopher Froome of Britain answers questions of reporters on the rest day of the Tour de France cycling race in Orange, southern France, Monday July 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Laurent...
View ArticleChris Froome wins time trial to extend Tour de France lead
Britain’s Chris Froome won Wednesday’s Tour de France time trial by nine seconds from Alberto Contador to tighten his grip on the yellow jersey. Contador is now Froome’s closest rival in the overall...
View ArticleTour de France’s Chris Froome urges organisers to shorten dreaded Alpe d’Huez...
Riders have to scale the 6,560ft peak twice on Thursday and race-leading Brit fears crashes in the wet on the descent The time is right: Wednesday’s stage win edged Froome closer to overall victory...
View ArticleChris Froome Set For Tour De France Win
The Team Sky cyclist is poised to become Britain’s second successive winner of the gruelling race after Sir Bradley Wiggins. Britain’s Chris Froome during the Tour’s stage 20 to Annecy-SemnozTeam...
View ArticleTour winner Chris Froome adds to USA Pro Challenge buzz
Levi Leipheimer rounds a left hand turn as he begins racing in the USA Pro Challenge Vail Time Trial in 2011, which he won. The time trial returns to Vail Aug. 23 after being left out of the stage race...
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