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Dan Martin hoping Giro della Toscana victory will earn him Tour de France selection

by Shane Stokes - Monday, June 20, 2011
Irishman picks up first victory of the season in Italy

With Garmin-Cervélo chief Jonathan Vaughters currently wrestling with the team’s Tour de France selection, Irish climber Dan Martin put in a strong claim for a place on the team when he won yesterday’s Giro della Toscana in Italy.Martin picked up his... → Read More


BMC Racing announces Evans’ team-mates for Tour de France, Ballan misses out

by VeloNation Press - Sunday, June 19, 2011
Hincapie and Bookwalter part of US ProTeam selection

The identity of the eight riders to support Tour de France contender Cadel Evans has today been revealed by the BMC Racing Team which is, as anticipated, leaving former world champion Alessandro Ballan at home.The Italian rider has been linked to the... → Read More


Ster ZLM Toer: Howard picks up final stage, Gilbert nets overall victor

by Shane Stokes - Sunday, June 19, 2011
Strong pre-Tour performance by Omega Pharma Lotto leader


After taking the stage win and the race leader’s jersey on yesterday’s penultimate stage of the Ster ZLM Toer, Philippe Gilbert and his Omega Pharma Lotto team rode well on the final day to scoop the overall victory in the race. Gilbert managed h... → Read More


Leipheimer wins Tour de Suisse with strong time trial effort

by Shane Stokes - Sunday, June 19, 2011
Cunego only 39th on stage, ends race second overall

Levi Leipheimer (Team RadioShack) did the unexpected and scooped overall victory in the Tour de Suisse today, with overnight leader Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) have a disappointing time trial and losing out by a slender four seconds. Leipeheimer s... → Read More


Ag2r to decide in coming days about John Gadret’s Tour de France participation

by Shane Stokes - Sunday, June 19, 2011
Team emphases importance of national championships, will enter 20 riders in French road race

Following John Gadret’s career-best result of fourth overall in the Giro d’Italia, he and his Ag2r La Mondiale team are poised to decide whether or not he will ride the Tour de France. Gadret was one of the strongest riders in the recent Giro, wi... → Read More


Mollema pledges revenge for Leopard Trek tactics after puncture

by Shane Stokes - Sunday, June 19, 2011
Says his Rabobank team will repay gesture at Tour de France

Dutch rider Bauke Mollema has spoken angrily about what he said were opportunistic tactics by the Leopard Trek team on yesterday’s eighth stage of the Tour de Suisse, and has vowed that his team will take revenge in the Tour de France. The Leopar... → Read More


Dan Martin Interview: Hoping for Tour de France selection with Garmin-Cervélo

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 18, 2011
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 year when he won the 1.HC Tre Valli Varesine, rocketing clear on the final climb and beat... → Read More


Ster ZLM Toer: Gilbert adds to his season win total and takes over leader’s jersey

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 18, 2011
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 of the Ster ZLM Toer.The 2009 winner was one of eight riders w... → Read More


Tour de Suisse: Sagan grabs second stage win while Cunego extends lead

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 18, 2011
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 tightened his grip on the blue points jersey when ... → Read More


Vande Velde pleased with Tour de Suisse showing

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 18, 2011
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 riders who went clear on the first category clim... → Read More


Slaying the Badger book extract: Guimard on Hinault’s brilliance

by VeloNation Press - Saturday, June 18, 2011
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 France is at the heart of my new book, Slaying the Badger, writes Richard M... → Read More


Stijn Devolder set to miss Tour de France again

by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, June 18, 2011
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 some condition ahead of the biggest race of the year. However, he... → Read More


Blel Kadri recovering from injury faster than expected

by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, June 18, 2011
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 the opening prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné by finishing fi... → Read More


Is Alex Dowsett Britian’s next big time trialist?

by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, June 18, 2011
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 are now 31 and 34 years old respectively. As they ... → Read More


Anthony Charteau hits form before the Tour de France

by Xylon van Eyck - Saturday, June 18, 2011
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 de France King of the mountains jersey winner has been progressing steadily since break... → Read More


Giro del Trentino Donne: Teutenberg takes first stage in bunch sprint

by Ben Atkins - Friday, June 17, 2011
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 hold on to take second place, in front o... → Read More


Analysis: New UCI anti doping regulation imposing life bans from team roles raises questions

by Shane Stokes - Friday, June 17, 2011
New rule is a step forward, but three areas of concern exist

As reported earlier, the UCI has today announced a new regulation which will come into effect in two weeks’ time, and will prevent those who break anti-doping regulations from that point onwards from working with pro teams. The governing body has... → Read More


Ster ZLM Toer: Juan Jose Haedo on top as stage three goes to the sprinters

by Ben Atkins - Friday, June 17, 2011
Hilly, Amstel Gold style stage sees constant attacks from Philippe Gilbert

Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank-SunGard) won the third stage of the Ster ZLM Toer, starting and finishing in the village of Schimmert, as the race finished in a bunch sprint once more. The Argentinean sprinter beat Italian Giacomo Nizzolo (Leopard Trek) ... → Read More


UCI to block doping offenders from working with teams after their career ends

by Shane Stokes - Friday, June 17, 2011
Rule applies only to violations committed after July 1st 2011

The UCI has today announced the ratification of a new anti-doping measure which will prevent those deemed guilty of involvement in doping practices from working as part of pro teams.The new regulation, number 1.1.006.2 in the UCI’s rules, will come i... → Read More


Tour de Suisse: Thomas De Gendt holds off Andy Schleck to take stage seven

by Ben Atkins - Friday, June 17, 2011
Damiano Cunego rides out numerous attacks to hold on to race lead

Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) won the seventh stage of the Tour de Suisse between Vaduz, Liechtenstein, and Serfaus, Austria, after escaping the rest of a large breakaway group with less than 25km to go. The 24-year-old Belgian managed to hold of... → Read More

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