Cadel Evans and the BMC Racing Team enjoyed a smoother ride to the finish Monday, one day after an attack by tacks thrown onto the road created chaos for the peloton. Rest Day Is Tuesday On a day when the peloton finished nearly 12 minutes after a five-man breakaway, […]
Tour de France 2012
DeKort Gets Another Chance Tomorrow
Sunday should’ve been the day of Koen de Kort. The Dutch rider of Team Argos- Shimano was really looking forward to the fourteenth stage from Limoux to Foix, but unfortunately didn’t manage to get into a breakaway. On Monday he will get another chance. De Kort undertook several attempts to […]
Evans Survives Stage 14 Tour Sabotage
Cadel Evans endured three wheel changes in a 10-minute span of Sunday’s stage of the Tour de France as the result of tacks being thrown onto the road. But the race’s defending champion was brought back after a furious chase by the BMC Racing Team and a gesture of sportsmanship […]
Greipel wins at Cap d’Agde
Andre Greipel took the win today at Cap d’Agde after easily climbing Mont Saint Clair along the Mediterranean. Some French journalists described him as the most complete sprinter in the peloton. Cavendish and Goss had faded so his main rival today was Peter Sagan. He worked hard to stay with […]
Argos Shimano Stays Agressive Without Veelers
After the withdrawal of sprinter Tom Veelers on Friday the riders of Team Argos-Shimano promised to attack whenever they could in the remainder of the Tour de France. During Saturday’s thirteenth stage to Le Cap d’Agde they already delivered. While Roy Curvers got himself in an early breakaway, Matthieu Sprick […]
2012 Tour de France Stage 13
Cadel Evans and the BMC Racing Team went on the offensive late in Saturday’s stage of the Tour de France, splitting the field on the day’s only categorized climb to eventually set up Philippe Gilbert’s eighth-place finish. Team Effort Leading into the Category 3 climb of Mont Saint-Clair with fewer […]
Not Easy, Even in the Bus says Argos Shimano Team
It wasn’t easy, but all of the Team Argos-Shimano riders made it to the finish during Thursday’s queen stage of the Tour de France. All of the riders completed the stage in the ‘autobus’, or the so called ‘grupetto’. They arrived 33 minutes after winner Pierre Rolland at the top […]
2012 Tour de France Stage 11
BMC Racing Team’s Cadel Evans lost ground to his rivals Thursday on the first day in the Alps at the Tour de France, but Tejay van Garderen said his teammate can recover from a performance that saw him slip from second to fourth overall. ‘Cadel Is Mentally Tough’ On the […]
Cancellara Abandons Tour
Albertville – 12 July 2012 – RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK’s Fabian Cancellara has decided not to start today’s 11th stage of the 99th Tour de France. Cancellara, winner of the Prologue and 7 days yellow jersey in the 2012 Tour, returns home to Bern, Switzerland to assist his wife in the […]
2012 Tour de France Stage 10
BMC Racing Team’s Cadel Evans maintained his second place overall Wednesday at the Tour de France while teammate Tejay van Garderen held onto his lead in the best young rider competition but slipped to 10th in the general classification. Bradley Wiggins wasn’t fazed by the attacks from Nibali. The attitude […]