Johnny Hoogerland hoped to wear the polka dot jersey on the podium in Paris. He was in a break when he was hit by a passing France Television car who obviously didn’t know how to drive the course. Hoogerland said he’s sure the driver didn’t intend to hit him, but […]
Tour de France
2011 Tour de France Stage 8
HTC-Highroad’s Tejay Van Garderen is the Tour de France’s new leader of the King of the Mountains competition after taking part in a daylong break on stage eight. Van Garderen claimed maximum points on the toughest single climb of the day, the Col de la Croix Saint-Robert. He now leads […]
2011 Tour de France Stage 7
TC-HIGHROAD’S MARK CAVENDISH BLASTS TO SECOND TOUR DE FRANCE SUCCESS OF 2011 Britain’s Mark Cavendish has claimed his seventeenth Tour de France stage today in a bunch sprint at Chateauroux. Cavendish clinched the win on the same finish that he took his first ever Tour de France stage in 2008. […]
2011 Tour de France Stage 6
Team Sky’s Boassen Hagen won the wet stage today in Lisieux. Thor Hushovd is still in yellow.
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 […]
