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Greg Henderson and Bart de Clercq sign two year extensions with Lotto Belisol by VeloNation Press - Friday, July 12, 2013 Team continues to solidify around Andre Greipel, de Clercq also looking to possible GC goalsAndre Greipel’s lead out man Greg Henderson has been given a two year extension to his current contract with the Lotto Belisol team, as has the Belgian Bart de Clercq. The signings come several weeks after Greipel extended his own agreement, and ar... → Read More
Cookson responds to McQuaid’s veiled threat that cycling could be dropped from Olympics if he is not re-elected by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 12, 2013 Says claim sport could go is ‘poor quality scaremongering’Pat McQuaid’s rival for the position of UCI president, Brian Cookson, has responded to the Irishman’s recent intimation that if he is voted out, that cycling could lose its place in the Olympic Games.
Cookson has described the claim as ‘scaremong... → Read More
Rusvelo team hit by three positive tests at Russian national championships by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 12, 2013 Solomennikov, Maikin and Ovechkin provide positive A samples for unnamed substanceAfter an earlier positive test in April, the Russian Pro Continental team Rusvelo is under increasing pressure now after three more of its riders failed tests in recent weeks.
The Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA has announced that Andrey Solome... → Read More
Kelly: Cavendish isn’t slowing, it’s just that Kittel has an unbelievable turn of speed in the last 100 metres by Shane Stokes - Friday, July 12, 2013 “Cavendish is desperate for stages. There will be a real drive today by his team to get a stage win with him”Four time winner of the Tour de France’s green jersey Sean Kelly has said that he believes this year’s Tour is more a case of Marcel Kittel emerging and showing great form rather than Mark Cavendish slipping backwards.
Speaking to VeloNation prior... → Read More
Marcel Kittel: “We’ve been working a long time for this” by Kyle Moore - Thursday, July 11, 2013 Loaded Argos-Shimano sprint train getting better with age and experienceMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) blasted to stage victory number three in the 2013 Tour de France, with all three of his career Tour stage wins coming in this 100th edition of the race. What made the third in the German’s treble so surprising was the m... → Read More
Tour de France: Pileup sees Greipel lose chance towards end of stage twelve by Shane Stokes - Thursday, July 11, 2013 German remains upright but misses out on sprint to lineGunning to improve on Tuesday’s runner-up slot by taking his second stage win of the race, Andre Greipel instead got caught up in a big crash which occurred just inside the final three kilometres of today’s stage of the Tour.
The German rider did... → Read More
Cavendish gracious in defeat as momentum appears to waver by Shane Stokes - Thursday, July 11, 2013 Says Kittel is the next superstar in sprinting, but will Briton bounce back? When Mark Cavendish hit the front with approximately 200 metres to go today, there were several reasons to believe that he was going to win his second stage of this year’s Tour. There was the fact that he had only taken one thus far in the race; th... → Read More
Juan Antonio Flecha: “It's nice to know that I could stay ahead for so long.” by Ben Atkins - Thursday, July 11, 2013 Breakaway specialist still searching for a second Tour stage, ten years after his firstJuan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil-DCM) ended the day on the podium of the twelfth stage of the 2013 Tour de France, but not in the way he had intended. The Spanish rider was collecting his award for being the most combative rider of the day, having be... → Read More
Edvald Boasson Hagen out of the Tour with fractured shoulder from stage twelve crash by Ben Atkins - Thursday, July 11, 2013 Former Norwegian champion’s injury sees Team Sky reduced to seven ridersEdvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) is out of the 2013 Tour de France after fracturing his right shoulder in the mass pile up at the end of stage twelve into Tours, Team Sky has confirmed . The former Norwegian champion was among the fallers as a crash h... → Read More
Tour de France: Marcel Kittel pips Mark Cavendish in chaotic stage twelve Tours sprint by Ben Atkins - Thursday, July 11, 2013 Crash with three to go stops most of the peloton but most sprinters get aroundMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) sprinted to his third victory in the 2013 Tour de France, as he won a chaotic sprint at the end of stage 12, between Fougères and Tours. The 25-year-old German just managed to pip British champion Mark Cavendish (Omega P... → Read More
Rolland and Schleck set sights on chasing stages after slow time trials by VeloNation Press - Thursday, July 11, 2013 Mountain specialists rebuilding morale after difficult struggles against the clockPierre Rolland and Andy Schleck reinforced the perception of them as pure climbers yesterday when each lost bundles of time to the general classification riders in the Tour. Both riders, who are similar in style on the bike, struggled on the flat, wi... → Read More
Evans and Rodriguez react to disappointing time trials, hope for better showings in mountains by VeloNation Press - Thursday, July 11, 2013 “I hope to be in my best shape during the last week, in order to try something in the Alps”Cadel Evans said prior to yesterday’s time trial that the test would be ‘a really good indicator for the rest of the race,’ and may not have been wild about the answer it gave. The Australian rider dug deep but only finished 21st in the race against ... → Read More
Dan Martin: "After eleven days of racing, to be two minutes twenty off second place is far above what I expected” by Shane Stokes - Thursday, July 11, 2013 Irishman refuses to get downbeat after difficult time trialSitting eighth overall before the stage, Dan Martin’s hope of a solid performance in yesterday’s Tour de France time trial fell some way short, with the Irishman placing 62nd in the test.
Martin wasn’t at ease on a course which featured a large p... → Read More
Contador loses more time to Froome, but warns the Tour is an unpredictable race by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, July 10, 2013 “Cycling is one of the sports where many things can happen and if you have a bad day, you can lose everything”Knowing beforehand that the day was one where he needed to start getting himself back into the frame if he was to win another Tour de France, Alberto Contador instead conceded more time to the yellow jersey, Chris Froome.The Team Sky rider was by far... → Read More
Tour de France: Belkin duo Mollema and Ten Dam continue impressive riding by Kyle Moore - Wednesday, July 10, 2013 New Tour GC threats maintain top ten placings after stage 11 time trialBelkin Pro Cycling team-mates Bauke Mollema and Laurens Ten Dam did well in the stage 11 individual time trial to maintain their spots in the overall classification on Wednesday.
Even though stage runner up and overall leader Chris Froome (Sky Pro... → Read More
Chris Froome: “I think I'm going to need every second I can get at this stage” by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Maillot Jaune narrowly misses a second stage win in Mont-Saint-Michel but extends overall leadChris Froome (Team Sky) came within just twelve seconds of as second stage victory in the 2013 Tour de France, as he was narrowly beaten by World time trial champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) in the 33km 11th stage against the clock, betw... → Read More
Rolland and Sagan utilize different tactics in Mont-Saint-Michel time trial by Kyle Moore - Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Polka dot jersey waiting until final week, green jersey grasping for every possible pointThe leaders of the mountains classification and points competition took two different tactics into the stage 11 time trial in the Tour de France, and though neither added to their respective leads on Wednesday, both Pierre Rolland (Europcar) and Pete... → Read More
Tour de France: Chris Froome blows away his rivals in Mont-Saint-Michel time trial by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, July 10, 2013 World champion Tony Martin takes stage victory as most general classification riders sufferChris Froome (Team Sky) extended his lead in the 2013 Tour de France over all of his general classification riders in the flat, 33km stage eleven time trial, between Avranches and Mont-Saint-Michel. The British rider, wearing the all-yellow skinsuit ... → Read More
Evans says first Tour TT will be ‘a really good indicator’ for rest of race by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Lelangue believes BMC Racing Team rider has turned a cornerSitting back in sixteenth place starting today’s time trial, Cadel Evans has said the so-called Race of Truth was going to be precisely that; a good indicator of how he can do overall.
“It is coming together well,” he said, believing that his for... → Read More
Knee surgery for Jurgen Van Den Broeck following Tour de France crash by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Belgian not expected to race again this seasonJurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) has undergone surgery on the knee that he injured in the crash at the finish of the fifth stage of the Tour de France, in Marseille last week. The Belgian, who began the race with hopes of bettering the fourth pl... → Read More
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