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Both Schlecks in but Chris Horner out of RadioShack-Nissan Tour de France pre-selection by Ben Atkins - Monday, June 11, 2012 Back injury forces American veteran to miss out on what could be his final Grand BoucleThe Luxembourg-registered RadioShack-Nissan team has announced its fourteen-man pre-selection for this year’s Tour de France. Heading the list is four-time World time trial champion Fabian Cancellara, whom team manager Johan Bruyneel has said is the ... → Read More
Argos-Shimano announces long list for the Tour de France by Ben Atkins - Monday, June 11, 2012 John Degenkolb too young for race debut with Olympics and Worlds in his sightsArgos-Shimano has announced its long-list of fourteen riders, from which the nine man team for the Tour de France will be selected. The Dutch team is the one non-French outfit of the four Professional Continental squads that has been awarded a wildc... → Read More
Tour de Suisse: Peter Sagan wins stage three as Swiss Railways gives the breakaway a chance by Ben Atkins - Monday, June 11, 2012 Railway crossing barriers give breakaway an extra two minutes but it is caught in the final kilometrePeter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) continued his devastating run of form with victory in the third stage of the Tour de Suisse, between Martigny and Aarberg, to take his second win of the race so far. Despite pulling his foot out his pedal with 300 me... → Read More
Hincapie announces he’ll ride just two more pro races before retiring from cycling by VeloNation Press - Monday, June 11, 2012 End of the road beckons, but not before a record-breaking Tour participationEighteen days from what will be his 39th birthday, American veteran George Hincapie has announced that he will compete in just two more races before retiring from professional cycling.
The three time US national champion and former Tour de France... → Read More
Fränk Schleck driven by anger, wants to prove a point in Tour de Suisse by VeloNation Press - Monday, June 11, 2012 2010 race winner believes he’s perfectly poised to strike in days aheadWhile his brother Andy is some way off top form and has a lot of work to do to get into shape, Fränk Schleck showed that he is in strong condition heading towards his biggest target of the year, the Tour de France.
The RadioShack Nissan rider att... → Read More
Europcar says Voeckler’s knee issues won’t affect his Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Monday, June 11, 2012 2011 Maillot Jaune had pulled out of Dauphiné on final stageFears that French favourite Thomas Voeckler’s Tour de France chances might be compromised by injury have been downplayed by his Europcar team, with the directeur sportif Andy Flickinger stating that the rider was under no danger of missing the race.
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Wiggins jumps to third in UCI WorldTour rankings, Sky new leader in teams list by Shane Stokes - Monday, June 11, 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné points reshuffle top UCI tableFollowing its dominant showing in the Critérium du Dauphiné, the Sky Procycling team and its riders are the big movers in the newly-updated UCI WorldTour rankings. Race winner Bradley Wiggins has jumped from sixth to third after the event, his 335 po... → Read More
Nervous Cavendish working hard towards Olympics, is four kilos lighter by VeloNation Press - Sunday, June 10, 2012 Briton drops weight in a bid to boost climbingKnowing that his chances of winning the Olympic road race will largely come down to how he can handle the nine ascents of Box Hill, Mark Cavendish has revealed that he has been working hard to become lighter in order to better deal with that section ... → Read More
Tour de Suisse: Rabobank downplaying their disappointing Verbier result by Kyle Moore - Sunday, June 10, 2012 Gesink, Kruijswijk, Mollema all concede time on Swiss mountaintopRabobank is racing with all three of its potential leaders in the Tour de Suisse, but the trio has stumbled out of the starting gate, two stages in to the race.
But having just come off of extended periods of training, Rabobank manager Nico Verho... → Read More
Critérium du Dauphiné: Saur-Sojasun, Europcar lead the French teams by Kyle Moore - Sunday, June 10, 2012 FDJ-BigMat, Cofidis, AG2R La Mondiale assess performances with the Tour on the horizonWith the Critérium du Dauphiné completed and with Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) crowned the back-to-back champion, the participating French teams are looking at their performance over the week with their biggest race of the season just a few weeks... → Read More
Tour de Suisse: Rui Costa takes stage and lead on the climb to Verbier by Ben Atkins - Sunday, June 10, 2012 Portuguese rider reels in lone attack from Fränk Schleck in the finishing straightRui Costa (Movistar) won the second stage of the Tour de Suisse, between Verbania, Italy, and the Swiss ski station of Verbier, after catching and passing a lone attack from Fränk Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan) in the final 200 metres. The Portuguese ri... → Read More
Emakumeen Euskal Bira: Judith Arndt secures the race as a wet descent settles final stage by Ben Atkins - Sunday, June 10, 2012 World time trial champion takes Basque stage race despite a crash in the closing kilometresAnnemiek van Vleuten (Rabobank) attacked to win the final stage of the 2012 Emakumeen Euskal Bira, between Orduña and Iurreta, but the wet descent to the finish saw Judith Arndt (Orica-GreenEdge) take the overall victory from Emma Pooley (AA Drink-Le... → Read More
Critérium du Dauphiné: Dani Moreno takes final stage as Bradley Wiggins completes successful defence by Ben Atkins - Sunday, June 10, 2012 British champion calmly presides over a day of attacks across the medium AlpsDani Moreno (Katusha) sprinted to victory at the uphill finish of the seventh and last stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, between Morzine and Châtel, after a short, sharp stage across some of the lesser climbs of the Alps. The Spanish rider was able... → Read More
Evans insists he’s pleased with his Dauphiné and is on schedule for the Tour by VeloNation Press - Sunday, June 10, 2012 Australian says it’s too soon to be in strong formAlthough Cadel Evans has come up against a very strong Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky in this Critérium du Dauphiné, the Australian appears satisfied with his own showing in the race, emphasising that there’s still a long time to go before he needs to ... → Read More
An improving Nick Nuyens falls foul of the technical jury in Suisse time trial by Ben Atkins - Sunday, June 10, 2012 Saxo Bank Classics star forced to adjust previously approved saddle by a “crooked jig”Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank) is making steady progress in his return from the fractured hip he sustained in the Paris-Nice prologue. After getting through most of the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, and completing the Tour of Norway, the 2011 Ronde van Vlaande... → Read More
Timmy Duggan Interview: The new US pro champion speaks about top career win by Ed Hood - Saturday, June 9, 2012 American rider moves to a new level after years of knocking on the doorLiquigas’s 29 year-old US pro Timmy Duggan has come a long way back from that day in the 2008 Tour of Georgia when he hit the tarmac at 100 km/h and was left with life-threatening injuries.
A year later it looked as if his rehabilitation was compl... → Read More
Former Tour stage winner Regis Clere passes away at 55 by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 9, 2012 Frenchman was double stage winner in 1987 Tour Twenty-five years after he picked up two stage wins in the 1987 Tour de France, Regis Clere has passed away in hospital at 55 years of age.
The Frenchman was a well known rider in the 1980s, turning pro in 1981 with the Miko-Mercier team and winn... → Read More
Damiano Cunego content with Tour de Suisse time trial performance by Ben Atkins - Saturday, June 9, 2012 Piccolo Principe ten seconds slower than last year but in amongst the other overall contendersDamiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) has proclaimed himself satisfied with his performance in today’s opening time trial in the Tour de Suisse, despite finishing the Lausanne course ten seconds slower than he did last year. While some were markedly quicker t... → Read More
Emakumeen Euskal Bira: Linda Villumsen wins stage three time trial by Ben Atkins - Saturday, June 9, 2012 Emma Pooley clings onto overall lead in Basque stage raceLinda Villumsen (Orica-GreenEdge) won the third stage time trial of the Emakumeen Euskal Bira, in Orduña, north west Spain. The Danish-born New Zealander completed the undulating 13.4km course in a time of 18’21” to beat teammate, and World time tria... → Read More
Tom Boonen: “The Olympics is an ideal course for me” by Ben Atkins - Saturday, June 9, 2012 Belgian Cobble king explains his decision to miss the Tour de France and looks ahead to the World championshipsTom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) announced recently that he will be missing this summer’s Tour de France in order to concentrate on the Olympic Games road race, which will come just a week later. The Belgian Classics king, who wrote himself into... → Read More
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