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Disappointed Hesjedal forced to pull out of the Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Saturday, July 7, 2012 Injuries prove too much for Garmin-Sharp team leaderHaving promised to try to continue in the Tour de France after a very bad crash yesterday, Giro d’Italia champion Ryder Hesjedal has the disappointment of being forced out of the race due to his injuries.
The Canadian had a massive hematoma on hi... → Read More
Rabobank trying to salvage their Tour de France after stage six catastrophe by Kyle Moore - Friday, July 6, 2012 Gesink, Mollema, Kruijswijk all lose time, Wynants outAfter getting off to a fairly good, if uneventful start to the Tour de France, it has all gone wrong for Rabobank after a difficult stage six. The Dutch team had its whole roster get stuck behind the mass crash with 25km to race, with all the men in... → Read More
Hesjedal hoping to continue in Tour de France tomorrow by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 6, 2012 Participation uncertain for Giro d’Italia winner and VansummerenHe went into the race hoping to be the first to achieve the Giro-Tour double since Marco Pantani in 1998 but instead Ryder Hesjedal is now simply hoping to make it to Paris. On what was a very difficult Friday for the Garmin-Sharp squad, the Canadian... → Read More
Argos-Shimano: a more flexible Tour de France jury would help by Kyle Moore - Friday, July 6, 2012 Dutch team rues more bad luck; Poels, Txurruka show their mettleAfter a particularly tough Tour de France stage into Metz, with a high-speed crash inside the final 30 kilometres affecting a large portion of the peloton, teams are growing increasingly frustrated with bad luck, injuries, and time loss.
One of th... → Read More
Tour de France: Levi Leipheimer stays safe as crashes rip through the peloton by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 6, 2012 Omega Pharma-Quick Step still has its general classification cards to play as many favourites lose big timeOmega Pharma-Quick Step was one of the teams to get off lightest in the carnage of stage six, with only Belgian rider Dries Devenyns caught up in the many crashes that ripped through the peloton. Six of the team’s nine riders managed to finish ... → Read More
Tour de France: Alejandro Valverde licks his wounds after stage six carnage by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 6, 2012 Bumps and bruises for Movistar captain as he loses two minutes to his biggest rivalsMovistar’s Alejandro Valverde was one of the victims of both crashes on the sixth stage of the Tour de France, between Épernay and Metz, as he came down in both incidents. The Spanish rider is competing in his first Tour de France since 2008, b... → Read More
Giro Donne: Vos the cannibal strikes again on stage eight by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 6, 2012 Fifth stage win for the World number one with second overall victory in sightIn a cannibal-esque performance that now matches her 2011 race, Marianne Vos (Rabobank) took her fifth stage win of the 2012 Giro d’Italia Femminile, between Mornago and Lonate Pozzolo. The 25-year-old Dutchwoman, wearing the Maglia Rosa that s... → Read More
Freire, Viganò and others out of Tour de France as crash toll continues in race by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 6, 2012 Scarponi regrets losing time, vows to fight back tomorrowTriple world champion Oscar Freire has been forced to withdraw from what could be the final Tour de France of his career as a result of a crash which took place early on today’s stage. The Spaniard went down hard and suffered a broken rib in his ches... → Read More
Evans feeling ‘pretty fresh’ on eve of first mountain stage in Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 6, 2012 Van Garderen remains fourth overall and in white jerseyGaining time over many of his rivals today due to the massive crash which afflicted the peloton 24 kilometres from the finish, Cadel Evans’ chances of taking a second Tour win have improved. The Australian may have taken little pleasure in seeing his... → Read More
Tour de France: Sagan blasts to stage six win as crash tears GC to shreds by Kyle Moore - Friday, July 6, 2012 Slovak prodigy wins again but time losses to overall threats the big storyPeter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) more than made up for missing out on the sprint yesterday, having been caught up in a crash, with a flat and fast sprint win on stage six of the Tour de France. The young Slovak took win number three of the race, an... → Read More
Alex Rasmussen Interview: Dane responds to 18 month whereabouts sanction by Ed Hood - Friday, July 6, 2012 Former Garmin-Sharp rider gives his thoughts on CAS ruling and being sidelined until April Once again, the rug has been pulled from under Alex Rasmussen’s feet.
Last season the 28 year-old Danish former multiple world track champion’s equilibrium was turned upside down when he was pulled out of the Tour of Britain by his HTC Highroad t... → Read More
Tour de France video preview: La Planche des Belles Filles to blow race apart by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 6, 2012 Preview of tomorrow’s first summit finish of the 2012 Tour de France The riders still have to negotiate todays’ flat stage to Metz, but the Tour de France will take a very different tone tomorrow when the riders hit the mountains and have the first summit finish of the race.
The Planche des Belle Filles will featu... → Read More
Sagan frustrated by loss of points, green jersey lead reduced by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 6, 2012 Slovakian rues crash in finale of stage fiveHe’s still holding the green jersey as points classification leader in the Tour de France, but Peter Sagan lost out on some of his advantage over the riders behind him when he crashed in yesterday’s finale of the race.
Unlike the previous day whe... → Read More
Ted King says racing with Sagan is more fun than racing against him by Xylon van Eyck - Thursday, July 5, 2012 American still dealing with missing Tour selectionFour days into his Tour de France debut and Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) had won two stages. The explosive 22 year old rider has been dominant all season with fifteen wins thus far. Liquigas-Cannondale teammate Ted King says he remembers when th... → Read More
Fabian Cancellara to spend a record 27th day in Maillot Jaune by Ben Atkins - Thursday, July 5, 2012 Swiss rider has had more time in yellow than any other non-winner; concedes again that final victory is beyond himAs a four-time World time trial champion, and five-time winner on the opening day of the Tour de France, Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) is no stranger to record breaking, but today he broke another. Tomorrow, stage six of this year’s Tou... → Read More
Sylvain Chavanel delighted with selection for London 2012 by Ben Atkins - Thursday, July 5, 2012 Second Olympics for French rider who will compete in both road race and time trialSylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has declared himself happy to have made the five-man French team for the London Olympic Games, which will begin less than a week after the end of the Tour de France. As the newly re-crowned national ti... → Read More
Giro Donne: Marianne Vos outclasses the field on uphill stage seven finish by Ben Atkins - Thursday, July 5, 2012 World number one strengthens grip on Maglia Rosa with fourth stage victoryBouncing back from a rare sprint defeat the day before, Maglia Rosa Marianne Vos (Rabobank) jumped away from the rest of a very select group on the uphill finish of stage seven, to take her fourth victory in the 2012 Giro d’Italia Femminile. Th... → Read More
Tour de France: Greipel goes two out of two in false flat drag race by Kyle Moore - Thursday, July 5, 2012 Cavendish runs out of gas a bit short, Sagan caught up in late crashAndré Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) punched his way to a second win in a row in the Tour de France, this time on stage five into Saint-Quentin. It was the second sprint in as many days that was contested without one of the major players, as this time it w... → Read More
USADA responds to Dutch report, says attempts to guess at witnesses can lead to errors or intimidation by Shane Stokes - Thursday, July 5, 2012 Tygart states that attempts to ‘bully or silence people who may or may not be witnesses cannot be tolerated.’US Anti Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart has responded to the Telesport article naming what it states are five witness who have given evidence in the US Postal Service team investigation, saying that such an action allows errors to be made and intim... → Read More
Kittel forced to withdraw from Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Thursday, July 5, 2012 Stomach problems finally wear German outGerman sprinter Marcel Kittel has reluctantly been forced to withdraw from the Tour de France, calling it quits approximately 40 kilometres after today’s start in Rouen.
The Argos-Shimano rider went into the race highly tipped to win a stage but ... → Read More
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