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Evans not happy with BMC Racing Team’s performance: ‘We weren’t fast enough” by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Lelangue agrees, but says there’s still plenty of racing aheadSlipping back to 28th overall, 26 seconds behind the new race leader Simon Gerrans and dropping 23 seconds to Tour de France rival Chris Froome, Cadel Evans is clear that his BMC Racing Team didn’t do enough in yesterday’s team time trial.
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Roche philosophical about missing out on chance to wear Tour de France yellow jersey on his birthday by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Irishman ninth overall but rules out any attempt to try to move up todayAlthough he is celebrating his 29th birthday today and had in theory the opportunity to do so while wearing the yellow jersey of the Tour de France, Nicolas Roche said that he wasn’t disappointed to miss out by a narrow margin.
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Damiano Cunego “very happy” after Lampre-Merida’s surprise team time trial eighth by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Former Giro d’Italia champion credits “good team spirit” and technical sponsorsOne of the big surprise performances in today’s Tour de France team time trial came from Lampre-Merida, with the team putting in what it described as “one of the best performances ever” to finish in eighth place. The Italian blue-fuchsia-green team c... → Read More
Van den Broeck benefits from solid Lotto-Belisol team time trial by Kyle Moore - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Belgian GC hope “extra relieved,” still sitting comfortably near the topLotto-Belisol produced one of the surprising rides of Tuesday’s stage four team time trial in the Tour de France, eventually finishing fifth after taking the second best spot behind Omega Pharma-Quick Step for the first half of the stage.
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Contador hails ‘good day’ for Team Saxo Tinkoff in Tour de France team time trial by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Spaniard pleased with fourth place, says he’s getting over his crash injuryHis team finished outside the top three of the time trial but in netting fourth and conceding just six seconds to the Team Sky squad plus its GC contenders Chris Froome and Richie Porte, Alberto Contador reported himself satisfied with Team Saxo Tink... → Read More
Giro Rosa: Marianne Vos asserts her superiority with stage three solo victory by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 World champion extends overall lead on cobbled hilltop finishMarianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) asserted her superiority over the rest of the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile peloton, with a dominant solo victory on stage three into Cerro al Volturno. The World champion, already clad in the Maglia Rosa of race lead... → Read More
Tour de France: Orica-GreenEdge team time trials Simon Gerrans into yellow by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Two in two days for Australian team in 25km Nice testOrica-GreenEdge took the closest of victories in the fourth stage team time trial of the 2013 Tour de France in the Côte d’Azur city of Nice, to put stage three winner Simon Gerrans into the Maillot Jaune. Having taken its long awaited first victory ... → Read More
Roche dreaming of taking yellow jersey in Tour de France team time trial by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Irishman best placed overall of Team Saxo Tinkoff squad Nicolas Roche spent much of his life growing up in the south of France, in the same area as today’s team time trial at the Tour de France, and has written of his desire for a top performance in the test.“I think my Saxo-Tinkoff team has a good chance... → Read More
Cancellara confirms reports that he’ll be with new Trek team until 2016 by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 “I’m in it for winning bike races, not sitting out until I retire”Following yesterday’s news that Fabian Cancellara had been linked to a three year contract with the planned Trek team, an evolution of his current RadioShack Leopard squad, the Swiss rider has confirmed the news.
“There was a lot of speculation a... → Read More
Orica GreenEdge stage win relieves pressure: ‘The monkey is off the back’ by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Australian team ready to chase more success after breakthrough victory with GerransBasking in the glow of Simon Gerrans’ win on yesterday’s stage three of the Tour de France, the Orica GreenEdge team considers a major goal has been achieved, and that the release of that pressure means that more success should follow.
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UCI confirms that McQuaid and Cookson are sole candidates for UCI President’s role by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, July 2, 2013 No more contenders come forward before cut-off dateWith the three month time limit prior to the UCI congress being reached in recent days, the UCI has officially confirmed that the incumbent Pat McQuaid and management committee member Brian Cookson are the sole candidates for the position of UCI pres... → Read More
Pierre Rolland: “I don’t think it’s ever killed anyone to make such efforts.” by Ben Atkins - Monday, July 1, 2013 Corsican attacks put great French hope into polka-dots; hopes he won’t pay later onPierre Rolland (Europcar) was on the attack for the second straight day in today’s third stage of the Tour de France, between Ajaccio and Calvi, and leaves the island of Corsica with a comfortable lead in the mountains classification. Dressed almost ... → Read More
Giro Rosa: Giorgia Bronzini wins a spectacular sprint on a hilly stage two by Ben Atkins - Monday, July 1, 2013 Marianne Vos miraculously stays upright after losing a pedal in the sprintGiorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda) put the disappointment of the first day behind her as she sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile, in Pontecagnano Faiano. The former two-time World champion, who had been held up by a la... → Read More
Sagan accepts defeat, hoping to recover from stage one crash by Kyle Moore - Monday, July 1, 2013 A green-silver lining for the Slovak after losing Tour stage three to GerransPeter Sagan (Cannondale) found himself in the not-often-experienced position of losing out in a sprint, as Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) got the better of him in stage three of the Tour de France. The two fast men were the only riders in contentio... → Read More
Rojas helping Valverde but sprints well on Tour de France stage three by Kyle Moore - Monday, July 1, 2013 Former Spanish champion relieved to place well after bad day on SundayJose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) earned his best result of the season in stage three of the Tour de France in Calvi, sprinting to a third place finish behind winner Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) and Peter Sagan (Cannondale).
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Gerrans outfoxes Sagan to land Orica GreenEdge’s first-ever Tour de France stage win by Shane Stokes - Monday, July 1, 2013 Australian success on final day in Corsica, Bakelants holds onto yellow Simon Gerrans today clocked up the Orica GreenEdge team’s first-ever stage win in the Tour de France, timing his finishing move perfectly to usurp stage favourite Peter Sagan and snatch the victory.
After a late jump by Tom Dumoulin (Argos Shimano... → Read More
Report: Three year contract extension for Cancellara with Trek, salary cut for Schleck brothers by VeloNation Press - Monday, July 1, 2013 American bicycle manufacturer wants to use Swiss rider as new figureheadFollowing on from the confirmation that Trek will buy the current RadioShack Leopard WorldTour licence from Flavio Becca, more details have emerged about the likely structure of the team from 2014 onwards.
According to Swiss publication Blick, Fa... → Read More
Vaughters rues missed yellow jersey for Millar, Martin sees a silver lining by Shane Stokes - Monday, July 1, 2013 Photo finish reveals how close Scottish rider went to wearing jersey againThe Garmin-Sharp team went agonisingly close to taking the second yellow jersey of the Tour de France yesterday, with stage winner Jan Bakelants hitting the line one second clear of the fast-closing chase group. David Millar is the rider who would ha... → Read More
Tour de France: Orica-GreenEdge and Sojasun amongst those foiled by Bakelants by Kyle Moore - Sunday, June 30, 2013 Gerrans, Impey, and Simon well placed on GC after stage two sprintWhen Jan Bakelants (Radioshack-Leopard) surprised everyone with an enthralling victory in stage two of the Tour de France, by a single second over a pack of speeding sprinters, he ensured that a number of hill-climbing fast men missed out.
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Marcel Kittel on his day in yellow: “I had goosebumps when I went up the climb” by Ben Atkins - Sunday, June 30, 2013 German sprinter swaps for green after “probably the best thing that a cyclist can do”Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) described his day in the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France as “probably the best thing that a cyclist can do,” even though he was to ultimately lose it on the climbs between Bastia and Ajaccio on stage two. The 25-year... → Read More
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