Team Sky’s Boassen Hagen won the wet stage today in Lisieux. Thor Hushovd is still in yellow.
Tour de France
2011 Tour de France Stage 5 Brajkovic
6 July 2011 –Team RadioShack’s Jani Brajkovic (27) suffered a race-ending injury in a day filled with more than ten crashes in Wednesday’s stage 5 of the Tour de France. Brajkovic touched wheels with another cyclist on the narrow roads of northern France and came down hard on the pavement, […]
2011 Tour de France Stage 5
HTC-HIGHROAD’S MARK CAVENDISH CLAIMS FIRST TOUR DE FRANCE SUCCESS OF 2011 Britain’s Mark Cavendish has claimed his first stage win of the 2011 Tour, the 16th of his career in cycling’s biggest bike race. Cavendish’s victory, his fifth of 2011, came in a hotly disputed bunch sprint at the end […]
Colombian Maurico Soler Hernandez in a coma
Colombian cyclist Mauricio Soler Hernandez is in a hospital in an induced coma. During the 6th stage of the Tour of Switzerland he crashed into a spectator. He lost consciousness, broke his ankle, fractured his skull and has a hematoma of the brain. He’s been put on a breathing machine […]
Contador May Miss the Tour
According to the UCI, Alberto Contador may miss the Tour de France this summer because of upcoming anti-doping procedures. UCI President Pat McQuaid says the problems are real and it’s a delicate situation.
2012 Tour de France Start Announced
Andre Gilles, President and Provincial representative, and Christian Prudhomme, Director of the Tour de France, have unveiled the details of the Grand Depart of the 2012 Tour de France in Liege. Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx, Miguel Indurain, Philippe Gilbert and many famous members of the great family of cycling attended […]
2011 Tour de France route
The 2011 Tour de France route was announced on Tuesday. The race starts in the Vendee region on July 2. It looks similar to the start in 1993 and again in 1995. The 2011 route will include the some favorite mountains – Col du Galibier, Luz Ardiden, Col d’Agnel, Col […]
2011 Tour de France rumors
It’s still two months away-the official announcement of the 2011 Tour de France route. But rumors are already swirling that the start will be in Brittany and will possibly look like this: Stage 1: Passage du Gois – Mont des Alouettes Stage 2: Les Essarts- Les Essarts (CLM par équipes) […]
2010 Tour – Stage 20
Paris The 2010 Tour ended with a typical sprint and Contador winning his third yellow jersey. Mark Cavendish took the sprint on the Champs Elysee. Second place went to Andy Schleck who finished 39 seconds behind and Dennis Menchov 2 minutes behind. The top 4 categories were Contador in yellow, […]
2010 Tour – Stage 18
Bordeaux Totally flat today for 198 km. The peloton finished in a sprint with Mark Cavendish winning and taking back the green sprinter jersey. The highlight of the day was the second presentation to Alberto Contador by actors Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise.
