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Video: Nygaard convinced Schleck can win Tour, but Andersen wanted more time gained by Shane Stokes - Saturday, July 23, 2011 Differing moods of confidence in Luxembourg squadGeneral manager Brian Nygaard and directeur sportif Kim Andersen were in different moods at the end of yesterday’s stage to Alpe d’Huez, with the former being upbeat and confident that Andy Schleck can win the Tour de France, while the latter seemed ... → Read More
Jean-Christophe Péraud hopes for top ten spot by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, July 23, 2011 AG2R La Mondiale fighting to hold onto second placeJean-Christophe Péraud (AG2R La Mondiale) slipped out of the top ten yesterday in the overall classification of this year’s Tour de France. The Frenchman, who is the highest placed rider from AG2R La Mondiale, battled his way up Alpe d’Huez to finish... → Read More
Tour de France: Resurgent Cunego back in Grand Tour top ten by Kyle Moore - Saturday, July 23, 2011 Italian again shows promise in the big mountainsAfter several years spent limping through Grand Tours and listening to critics call him just a hilly classics specialist, Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) is back in the top ten of a three-week race, a result he confirmed yesterday with a strong ride on A... → Read More
Tour de France: Danielson and Hesjedal push Garmin-Cervelo towards team title by Kyle Moore - Saturday, July 23, 2011 Yesterday's performance has American team positioned wellAfter getting off to a rough start in the Tour de France’s opening week, the Garmin-Cervelo GC hopes have rebounded in the Alps, with strong showings by both Tom Danielson and Ryder Hesjedal which has put the squad close to sealing up the the Tour's ... → Read More
Video: Tony Martin psyched to win final time trial in Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Saturday, July 23, 2011 German was victorious on same course in Critérium du DauphinéHis hopes of a high overall placing didn’t translate into results during this year’s Tour de France, but Tony Martin believes he has a chance to end his race on a high in today’s final time trial. Last month the HTC Highroad rider won a race held on ... → Read More
Video analysis: Stephen Roche believes Cadel Evans will beat Andy Schleck to win Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Saturday, July 23, 2011 Former winner thinks time advantage is not sufficient for Leopard Trek riderHaving won one of the closest ever Tours de France in the final time trial in 1987 (pictured), Stephen Roche believes that Cadel Evans will also come from behind and defeat a specialist climber to win this race. Twenty four years ago Roche overcame h... → Read More
Video: Schleck convinced he has enough time on hand to hold Tour de France yellow jersey by Shane Stokes - Saturday, July 23, 2011 Father Johnny Schleck concedes Cadel Evans is a stronger time trialist, outcome uncertainWith everything coming down to today’s concluding 42.5 kilometre time trial in Grenoble, Andy Schleck could be part of one of the closest Tours de France in history. He is just 57 seconds clear of Cadel Evans and is expected to finish behind him in t... → Read More
Pierre Rolland: “He told me: ‘Play your card, go get the white jersey.’” by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 22, 2011 Europcar rider pays tribute to Thomas Voeckler as he takes the Alpe d’Huez stage and the lead in the young riders’ classificationAfter serving as a faithful lieutenant to yellow jersey Thomas Voeckler for the past ten days, Europcar’s Pierre Rolland was finally released on the road to Alpe d’Huez and allowed to ride for himself. The 24-year-old from the Loire valley followed ... → Read More
Thüringen-Rundfahrt: Emma Pooley solos to Zeulenroda victory by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 22, 2011 World time trial champion escapes breakaway companions to finish alone; Emma Johansson holds overall leadEmma Pooley (Garmin-Cervélo) won the fourth stage of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, the Rund um Zeulenroda, in a solo breakaway. The British rider marked her return to the race where she first announced herself to the rest of the elite peloton back in 200... → Read More
Tour de France: Alberto Contador continues to fight, voted day's most aggressive rider by Kyle Moore - Friday, July 22, 2011 Trademark pistol doesn't leave holster after a valiant effortAs some predicted, Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank–SunGard) went on the offensive in today’s short but violent stage nineteen to Alpe d’Huez, but he was forced to accept a consolation of third place on the stage and modest time gains on his rivals.
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Samuel Sanchez: “It’s always a matter of pride to be on the podium in Paris” by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 22, 2011 Olympic champion misses out on a second stage victory but has the consolation of the polka-dot jerseySamuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) just missed out on a second stage victory in this year’s Tour de France, as he was dropped in the final kilometres by Pierre Rolland (Europcar). The Olympic champion, who won stage twelve to Luz-Ardiden, effectivel... → Read More
Andy Schleck: “I’ve never been so close to winning the Tour in my life” by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 22, 2011 Two-time runner up just has 42km against the clock between himself and yellow in ParisAfter coming close to the yellow jersey with his solo attack to the Col du Galibier on stage eighteen, Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) well and truly took it on today’s nineteenth stage to Alpe d’Huez. The Luxembourg rider finished in ninth place on the ... → Read More
Video: Andy Rihs says Cadel Evans will win Tour de France in the final time trial by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 22, 2011 Swiss believes final glory awaits his rider in ParisBMC Racing Team owner Andy Rihs will be a very happy man this evening, believing that as Cadel Evans kept in touch with the Schleck brothers on today’s final mountain stage, that the overall Tour de France victory awaits him on Sunday.
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Tour de France: Pierre Rolland takes the stage for France on Alpe d’Huez by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 22, 2011 Contador tears the race apart on the Télégraphe; Voeckler finally cracks; Andy Schleck into yellowPierre Rolland (Europcar) took the host nation’s first stage of the 2011 Tour de France, and he took the biggest one of the race on Alpe d’Huez. The 24-year-old, who has served as the right hand man to team captain Thomas Voeckler in his ten-day stin... → Read More
Thomas Voeckler battling to keep yellow jersey as race heads to Alpe d’Huez by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 22, 2011 Tenacious Frenchman says he’ll give everything today Midway through the post race press conference two days ago, Thomas Voeckler reached behind his neck, pulled down a zipper and started take off the yellow jersey he had been presented with minutes earlier. It was a bit of a struggle but he successfull... → Read More
Merckx applauds Andy Schleck’s gamble, says Tour is wide open by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 22, 2011 Belgian great says if Voeckler holds yellow on Alpe d’Huez, he can win the raceCycling’s top champion Eddy Merckx has applauded the attack made by Andy Schleck on yesterday’s stage of the race, saying that it took guts to strike out from so far away from the finish
“What Andy Schleck did today is something that I really app... → Read More
Cadel Evans: “They looked at me to do the work” by Ben Atkins - Thursday, July 21, 2011 Australian questions tactics of race leader Thomas Voeckler’s Europcar teamCadel Evans (BMC Racing) almost single-handedly pulled the group of race favourites to the top of the Col du Galibier, in pursuit of eventual stage winner Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek). The Australian positioned himself on the front of the thinning gr... → Read More
Thüringen-Rundfahrt: Amanda Miller takes Rund um Schleiz as the breakaway stays away again by Ben Atkins - Thursday, July 21, 2011 Emma Johansson holds on to race lead after showery third stageAmanda Miller (HTC-Highroad) won the third stage of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, the Rund um Schleiz, as a breakaway made it to the finish for the second straight day. The American outsprinted British champion Lizzie Armitstead (Garmin-Cervélo) into sec... → Read More
Video: Ivan Basso and George Hincapie talk Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Thursday, July 21, 2011 Speaking prior to the start of Thursday’s stage to Galibier Serre Chevalier, both Ivan Basso and George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team) talked about their different positions in the race. Basso is the official leader of his Liquigas squad while Hincapie i... → Read More
Tour de France: Could the green jersey be decided in the mountains? by Ben Atkins - Thursday, July 21, 2011 Points deduction for Cavendish gives José Joaquín Rojas hopeWith Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) proving the fastest sprinter in this year’s Tour de France, with four stage victories in the race so far, his opponents in the green points jersey competition are having to come up with different ways of beating him... → Read More
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