Bianchi to celebrate Fausto Coppi at Tour de France with Vacansoleil-DCM’s special Oltre frame Bianchi will provide the whole World Tour team Vacansoleil-DCM with an Oltre special edition bike on the occasion of 99th Tour de France. In addition to yellow inserts along the tubes, on both sides of the headtube, […]
Tour de France 2012
2012 Tour de France Stats
4500 people: organization – sports groups – media – partners – publicity caravan – providers Riders 198 riders at the start (22 teams of 9 riders) 300 escorts 17 members of the College of Commissioners Course 2012 3497 km (20 stages + prologue) 37 stage towns 695 towns […]
Prudhomme Comments Before Tour Start
Race Director Christian Prudhomme was interviewed in advance of the start of the Tour de France on Saturday. He noted that some big names will be missing, but once the race starts, the focus will be on who is there. Cadel Evans was last year’s winner, so he’s at the […]
Bruyneel to Skip the Tour
Johan Bruyneel will not be at the Tour de France next week so as to not distract from his team in the race. It’s all because of the recent doping allegations. His decision was made in conjunction with the key sponsors and Leopard team principal directors. He has said it’s […]
2012 BMC Tour Team
Defending champion Cadel Evans headlines the BMC Racing Team’s roster for the 2012 Tour de France. Difficult Roster ChoiceOchowicz said it was not an easy task selecting the eight riders who will help Evans during the three-week race that begins Saturday, June 30 in Liège, Belgium. “We have a number […]
2012 Argos Shimano Tour Team
Team Argos-Shimano has announced its final selection for the Tour de France. The following nine riders will appear at the start of the prologue in Liege in Belgium on June 30: Johannes Fröhlinger (GER), Patrick Gretsch (GER), Marcel Kittel (GER), Yann Huguet (FRA), Matthieu Sprick (FRA), Tom Veelers (NED), Koen […]
2012 RadioShack NissanTrek Tour Roster
Radio Shack Nissan Tour de France 2012 Roster includes the following nine riders: Fabian Cancellara Tony Gallopin Chris Horner Andreas Kloden Maxime Monfort Yaroslav Popovych Frank Schleck Jens Voight Haimar Zubeldia Team Directors Alain Gallopin and Dirk Demol
Andy Schleck to Miss 2012 Tour
RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK rider Andy Schleck suffers from a fracture in the sacral body (segment S3) due to his crash in last Thursday’s time trial of the Critérium du Dauphiné. Schleck will be out for four to six weeks and will not be able to start in the Tour de […]
Radio Shack Tour PreSelection
RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK Team Management made a preselection of 14 riders for the 2012 Tour de France. Fabian Cancellara, Jakob Fuglsang, Tony Gallopin, Linus Gerdemann, Markel Irizar, Andreas Klöden, Maxime Monfort, Yaroslav Popovych, Gregory Rast, Hayden Roulston, Andy Schleck, Fränk Schleck, Jens Voigt & Haimar Zubeldia The final roster of […]
Argos-Shimano Tour Preselection Team
Team Argos Shimano has rounded out its pre-selection for the Tour de France. These are the riders selected: Marcel Kittel, Simon Geschke, Johannes Frohlinger, Patrick Gretsch, Tom Veelers, Koen de Kort, Albert Timmer, Roy Curvers, Tom Stansnijder, Alexandre Geniez, Yann Huguet, Thierry Hupond, Mathieu Sprick and Bert de Backer. John […]
