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Cavendish leaves Tour de France with two stage wins to his credit by Shane Stokes - Sunday, July 21, 2013 Manxman misses out in Paris, winning streak there comes to an endPreviously undefeated on the Champs Elysees, Mark Cavendish’s aim of taking a record fifth consecutive win in Paris came up short today when the Briton had to be satisfied with third.
The Omega Pharma Quick Step rider was defeated by Marcel Kitte... → Read More
BMC Racing Team: Ballan’s withdrawal from Wallonie due to injury, not Mantova case by Shane Stokes - Sunday, July 21, 2013 Team says it has not received any official notification of Ballan’s indictment Alessandro Ballan withdrew from the Tour de Wallonie prior to Sunday’s stage start, but his team has insisted that the Italian’s absence was due to a flare-up of a medical issue rather than his reported involvement in the Mantova doping investigation... → Read More
Tour de France: Marcel Kittel takes Champs-Élysées sprint as Froome is crowned winner by Ben Atkins - Sunday, July 21, 2013 German takes his fourth stage in a close fight with Cavendish and Greipel in twilight finishMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) took his fourth victory of the 2013 Tour de France as he sprinted to win the 21st and final stage between the Palace of Versailles and Paris’ iconic Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The 25-year-old German was led out of the fi... → Read More
Tom Boonen takes a UCI-ranked victory at last in 2013 in Tour de Wallonie sprint by Ben Atkins - Sunday, July 21, 2013 Belgian on target for Autumn Classics after crash-marred SpringTom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has taken his first UCI-ranked victory of the 2013 season in a bunch sprint at the end of the second stage of the Tour de Wallonie, between Verviers and Engis. The former Belgian and World champion did win the He... → Read More
Thüringen-Rundfahrt: Emma Johansson secures overall victory as Guderzo wins final stage by Ben Atkins - Sunday, July 21, 2013 Former World champion takes MCipollini-Giordana’s second straight breakaway victoryTatiana Guderzo (MCipollini-Giordana) took her first road race victory of the 2013 season, as she escaped the peloton to win the seventh and final stage of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, in Zeulenroda-Triebes. The 2009 World champion broke clear on the fou... → Read More
Quintana breaks through in debut to take Colombia’s biggest Tour de France success by Shane Stokes - Sunday, July 21, 2013 Stunning first Tour dedicated to Mauricio SolerAn important part of the peloton in recent decades, Colombia had trailblazers such as two time King of the Mountains Lucho Herrera and podium finisher Fabio Parra, as well as stage winners Oliverio Rincon, Félix Cárdenas, Mauricio Soler, Chepe Gonzál... → Read More
After disappointing Tour, Evans to hold talks with BMC Racing Team about future direction by VeloNation Press - Sunday, July 21, 2013 Australian says he needs to see if squad still has confidence in him for future Tours Still having a year and a half left on his current contract, Cadel Evans has accepted that his standing and goals within the BMC Racing Team will be assessed after the conclusion of the Tour de France.The 2011 winner finished seventh overall last yea... → Read More
Andy and Fränk Schleck to be part of new Trek team in 2014 by VeloNation Press - Sunday, July 21, 2013 Brothers remain together, will join Fabian Cancellara After questions about where he will race in 2014, Andy Schleck has confirmed that he will indeed form part of the new Trek team next year.
The Luxembourg rider will transfer across to the squad from the current RadioShack Leopard team. The WorldT... → Read More
Albasini and Meyer extend contracts with Orica GreenEdge team by VeloNation Press - Sunday, July 21, 2013 Swiss rider wants to win an Ardennes Classic, Meyer to continue focus on stage racesHaving been part of a successful Orica GreenEdge team which clocked up two stage wins earlier in the race, and after riding aggressively on several stages and netting second on stage fourteen to Lyon, Michael Albasini has extended his contract by two... → Read More
Froome intends to fight for multiple Tour de France victories by VeloNation Press - Saturday, July 20, 2013 “To be here the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, the biggest event on our cycling calendar...is an amazing feeling.”Set to end the Tour on Sunday with the biggest winning margin in nine years, Chris Froome has said that he is not satisfied with one yellow jersey in Paris, but instead wants to keep chasing that goal for several seasons to come.
Unlike team-mate... → Read More
Thüringen-Rundfahrt: Valentina Scandolara takes a solo victory on stage six by Ben Atkins - Saturday, July 20, 2013 Emma Johansson safely holds lead despite late crash scareValentina Scandolara (MCipollini-Giordana) took her biggest victory of the season as she escaped the peloton to win the sixth stage of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, in Schmölln. The 23-year-old Italian managed to hold off the chasing pack around the compl... → Read More
Joaquim Rodríguez: “Not a lot of riders managed to enter the top-three of all the big stage races.” by Ben Atkins - Saturday, July 20, 2013 Purito climbs onto the Paris podium on the Tour’s final mountainJoaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) was arguably the rider that achieved most at the end of the 20th stage of the 2013 Tour de France, between Annecy and Annecy-Semnoz today, as he lifted himself up to his first ever final podium in the race. The Catalan rid... → Read More
Riblon excited to receive super combative prize on Champs Élysées podium by Kyle Moore - Saturday, July 20, 2013 Frenchman’s tenacity in breakaways continues to pay dividendsSoon after stage 20 concluded, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) was named by Tour de France decision makers as the race’s most aggressive rider, getting him the ‘super combative’ prize to go along with his stage 18 victory.
To win the award, R... → Read More
Tour de France: Quintana climbs onto the podium on Annecy-Semnoz as Froome wins overall by Ben Atkins - Saturday, July 20, 2013 The final battle on the final climb decides the final podiumNairo Quintana (Movistar) climbed onto the second step of the 2013 Tour de France, taking his first ever victory in the race, on the 20th stage between Annecy and Annecy-Semnoz. The Colombian climber broke clear of Maillot Jaune Chris Froome (Team Sk... → Read More
Dan Martin ‘in survival mode,’ aiming simply to make it to Paris by Shane Stokes - Saturday, July 20, 2013 Garmin-Sharp rider remains pragmatic after becoming ill, says he knows he can ride strongly in future ToursHe won a stage and was sitting in or just outside the top ten for much of the race, but Dan Martin’s goals have had to be downgraded since he became ill earlier this week at the Tour.
“It’s just survival,” he told VeloNation about today’s final m... → Read More
No Vuelta a España title defence for Contador by Shane Stokes - Saturday, July 20, 2013 Spaniard says he considered attacking yesterday, but ultimately decided not to do soAlthough he looks now almost certain not to win this year’s Tour de France, thoughts that Alberto Contador might seek to bounce back by taking the Vuelta a España have been dismissed by the Spaniard today.
Contador, who won the Tour in 2007 and 20... → Read More
Tour de France: Navarro’s rising stock sees Cofidis on the offensive by Kyle Moore - Friday, July 19, 2013 Quiet French squad gets something to cheer about with Spaniard in top tenNear the bottom in Tour de France earnings so far, French continental team Cofidis has had little to cheer about as the Tour draws to a close this weekend. But that is slowly but surely beginning to change with the ascension of first year Cofidis ma... → Read More
Thüringen-Rundfahrt: Emma Johansson consolidates lead with stage five victory by Ben Atkins - Friday, July 19, 2013 Swedish rider fastest from a 17-rider group that escapes earlyEmma Johansson (Orica-AIS) took her second victory of the 2013 Thüringen-Rundfahrt as she outsprinted a 17-rider group on the cobbled, uphill finish in Altenberg, Germany. The former Swedish champion finished a length clear of Netherlands champion Lu... → Read More
Bakelants gets another top Tour finish as Radioshack-Leopard moves up by Kyle Moore - Friday, July 19, 2013 Andreas Klöden runner up again in Le Grand Bornand, nine years onMore than 40 riders got away at the beginning of stage 19 of the Tour de France, from Bourg d’Oisans to Le Grand Bornand, but after it was whittled down to a better working group, the Radioshack-Leopard pair of Andreas Klöden and Jan Bakelants stayed... → Read More
Valverde and Quintana applaud Costa after failed stage 19 shakeup by Kyle Moore - Friday, July 19, 2013 Movistar duo had hoped to put more pressure on Froome but settle for status quoOn a long and mountainous day that they had hoped to use to administer more pain to overall leader Chris Froome (Sky Procycling), the Movistar team had to ‘settle’ for the stage win by Rui Costa out of the breakaway, while in the favourites group, th... → Read More
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