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Kwiatkowski continues impressive season with Tour de France white jersey by Kyle Moore - Sunday, June 30, 2013 “Actually, it’s not too bad,” says Martin; Chavanel wanted a birthday winPolish national road race champion Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has come of age in his fourth full professional season, and his third spent in the WorldTour ranks.
The Pole began with Caja Rural in 2010 before spending a year wit... → Read More
Evans up to tenth overall, pleased with Tour de France thus far by Shane Stokes - Sunday, June 30, 2013 BMC Racing Team sees opportunity on stages three and fourContinuing what has been a solid start to the Tour de France, BMC Racing Team rider Cadel Evans moved to tenth place overall on stage two of the race today. The 2011 overall winner was prominent on the final climb, which came twelve kilometres from t... → Read More
Tour de France: Bakelants steals thrilling stage two just ahead of sprinters by Kyle Moore - Sunday, June 30, 2013 Radioshack-Leopard rider breaks away with five others at 7km and just holds off packRadioshack-Leopard got a thrilling victory from Jan Bakelants in stage two of the Tour de France, as the Belgian got away with a six-man group inside 7km to go and was the only survivor to hold off the remaining peloton, which was breathing down his ... → Read More
Following theft, Kimmage documentary makers appeal for help by Shane Stokes - Sunday, June 30, 2013 Apple laptops needed to complete film projectThe makers of the Rough Rider documentary based on journalist/former pro Paul Kimmage and the Tour de France have appealed for help in trying to recover from the theft of three Apple Macbooks prior to the start of stage one yesterday.
The trio ha... → Read More
Tour de France: Hesjedal ‘as okay as you can feel’ after crash by VeloNation Press - Sunday, June 30, 2013 Canadian continues in Tour after early scareMemories of Ryder Hesjedal being forced to withdraw from last year’s Tour de France after a crash came flooding back yesterday when the Canadian came a cropper towards the end of the opening stage, but fortunately the effects of that have not been se... → Read More
Giro Rosa: Kirsten Wild returns from injury to sprint to stage one by Ben Atkins - Sunday, June 30, 2013 Intermediate bonuses give Marianne Vos the first Maglia RosaKirsten Wild (Netherlands) made a dream return from the shoulder fracture, sustained in April’s Omloop van Borsele, with a sprint victory in the opening stage of the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile, between Giovinazzo and Margherita di Savoia. The Dutch... → Read More
Froome okay after early scare, Tour favourite shrugs off crash by VeloNation Press - Sunday, June 30, 2013 “It’s about staying out of trouble and looking after ourselves in the peloton”Like several others, Chris Froome hit the deck on yesterday’s opening stage of the Tour de France, but the Briton did so before the race even started. The Team Sky rider clipped a kerb and went down, cutting his knee.
The scare was fortunately a ... → Read More
Evans feeling good in Tour de France, Gilbert and van Garderen escape serious injury by VeloNation Press - Sunday, June 30, 2013 Pandemonium of stage one doesn’t cause any time lossesAlthough he hasn’t raced since finishing third in the Giro d’Italia, Cadel Evans has said that he had good sensations on yesterday’s opening leg of the Tour de France and felt sharp in the peloton.
“Race speed is always difficult to train for, bu... → Read More
Injured Tony Martin takes to start of stage two of Tour de France by VeloNation Press - Sunday, June 30, 2013 Rider had suffered concussion yesterday, but doctors deem it safe for him to continueHaving waited until this morning to assess his condition once again, the Omega Pharma Quick Step team and its doctors have given Tony Martin a green light to start stage two of the Tour de France.
The German rider crashed inside the final ten kil... → Read More
Danny Van Poppel earns Tour stage podium at age 19 by Kyle Moore - Saturday, June 29, 2013 Surprising Vacansoleil-DCM selection pays off with stage one finishHe may have been the final man picked for the Vacansoleil-DCM Tour de France roster, but Danny Van Poppel turned his surprise selection into a solid stage placing on Saturday’s first stage of the Tour. Van Poppel sprinted to third place behind winne... → Read More
Contador escapes serious injury in Tour de France crash, pleased not to lose time by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 29, 2013 “These are the typical first-day jitters…at least we are all on the same time”Many riders were held up by the crash on today’s opening stage of the Tour de France, but the sight of GC contender Alberto Contador trailing in after the main bunch quickened the pulse of his fans and those who want to see a big overall battle in th... → Read More
Tour de France: Tony Martin down but not out by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 29, 2013 Several injuries to world time trial champion but no decision yet about withdrawing from raceAlthough earlier reports suggested that Tony Martin’s Tour de France is at an end, his Omega Pharma Quick Step team have confirmed that no decision has been taken yet in relation to the German rider’s participation in the race.
The world time tri... → Read More
Cavendish relieved to avoid Tour stage one crash but concerned for team-mates by Kyle Moore - Saturday, June 29, 2013 Trentin and Terpstra become Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s alternative optionsAfter going in to stage one of the Tour de France with the yellow jersey as his goal, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was simply relieved to have all of his skin after a big crash took out a number of the favourites for the sprinter’s stage.... → Read More
Kittel at Tour de France: “This is absolutely awesome and I really cannot believe it” by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 29, 2013 Second Tour going to plan for German rider, Kristoff rues missed opportunity Sick during last year’s Tour and abandoning on the fifth stage with 25th place in the opening time trial as his best result, Marcel Kittel has quickly surpassed his debut in this year’s event.
The Argos Shimano rider avoided the crash which preve... → Read More
Tour de France: Orica-GreenEdge DS Matt White explains team bus mishap by Kyle Moore - Saturday, June 29, 2013 Team bus had come in after finish gantry had been lowered to stage finish positionThe finish to stage one of the Tour de France was as hectic and unconventional as any in recent memory, due to a large crash inside the final five kilometres, and due to the Orica-GreenEdge team bus getting stuck under the gantry suspended over the f... → Read More
Kittel grabs first Tour de France stage win, Greipel, Cavendish and Sagan held up by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 29, 2013 Chaos on opening stage of Tour de France with jammed team bus and big bunch pileupStaying out of trouble in a chaotic final ten kilometres and avoiding a crash which delayed Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step), Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and others, Marcel Kittel (Argos Shimano) sped to his first-ever Tour de France stage win p... → Read More
Tour de France: Greipel chasing yellow on stage one by VeloNation Press - Saturday, June 29, 2013 Van den Broeck feeling good after recent illnessGerman sprinter Andre Greipel is relishing the possibility of grabbing the yellow jersey in this year’s Tour de France, recognising that today’s opening stage will almost certainly end in a bunch sprint and that tomorrow’s lumpy race could also suit ... → Read More
Tour riders protest to French sports minister about focus on doping in the past, say cycling is being harmed by VeloNation Press - Saturday, June 29, 2013 CPA issues statement protesting at unfair treatment, says current riders shouldn’t pay for sins of the past Protesting at what they see are the skeltons of the past being used to haunt today’s sport, members of the peloton and of the riders association CPA have complained at the current focus on past doping.
Several riders met with the French minister ... → Read More
Nicolas Roche interview: All for Contador in the Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Saturday, June 29, 2013 Irishman embraces new role on Team Saxo Tinkoff, tips compatriot Dan Martin for successHe’s finished twelfth and fourteenth in the past and taken second and third on stages but, as the first stage of the Tour de France plays out on the rugged Corsican roads, Nicolas Roche has very different thoughts on his mind. Gone are ideas of perso... → Read More
Dan Martin Interview: Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner in the zone as Tour de France begins by Shane Stokes - Friday, June 28, 2013 Garmin-Sharp rider chasing first Irish stage win in 21 years Things have changed hugely for Dan Martin in the past twelve months, and that transformation from talented outsider to one of the big guns in the sport mean he starts his second Tour de France with a very different perspective.
He made his debut ... → Read More
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