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VanGarderen Extends BMC Contract

Tejay van Garderen, the winner of best young rider honors at this year’s Tour de France, has extended his contract with the BMC Racing Team, President/General Manager Jim Ochowicz announced Thursday. Future Team Captain In addition to a fifth place finish overall at the Tour de France, Van Garderen won […]

Tejay Extends BMC Contract

Tejay van Garderen, the winner of best young rider honors at this year’s Tour de France, has extended his contract with the BMC Racing Team, President/General Manager Jim Ochowicz announced Thursday. Future Team Captain In addition to a fifth place finish overall at the Tour de France, Van Garderen won […]

2013 Argos Shimano Team

Team Argos-Shimano has finalized their selections for the upcoming season. The men’s team has a total of 28 riders, while the women’s team will in 2013 consist out of ten riders. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg is the most notable newcomer. The 23-year-old South African is a good sprinter and time […]

Corti, Chaves and Prudhomme

Colombia Coldeportes Excited About 2013

Chaves says the double ascent of Alpe d’Huez is a dream for climbers. There will be six high mountain stages which include four uphill finishes. Esteban Chaves attended the presentation of the 2013 Tour de France with team manager Claudio Corti in Paris. “The route is great – General Manager […]

Contador Talks About Armstrong

At the presentation for the 2013 Tour de France, Alberto Contador commented on the Armstrong debacle. “From my point of view, he was humiliated and lynched.  They are destroying him.  If cycling is popular in the United States, it is thanks to him.  It’s also thanks to him that Americans […]

Tour de France 2013 Stages

THE STAGES 2013 TdF       STAGE DATE START FINISH DISTANCE 1 Saturday, June 29th Porto-Vecchio Bastia 212 km  2 Sunday, June 30th Bastia Ajaccio 154 km  3 Monday, July 1st Ajaccio Calvi     145 km 4 Tuesday, July 2nd Nice Nice 25 km Team Time Trial 5 Wednesday, July […]

2013 Tour Highlights

The route Running from Saturday June 29th to Sunday July 21th 2013, the 100th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,479 kilometres (before ratification). First up Corsica… then nothing but the French mainland. Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse were the only two departments in […]

Alberto Contador Respects Armstrong

At the presentation for the 2013 Tour de France, Alberto Contador commented on the Armstrong debacle. “From my point of view, he was humiliated and lynched.  They are destroying him.  If cycling is popular in the United States, it is thanks to him.  It’s also thanks to him that Americans […]