BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen continued his climb up the overall standings at the Tour de France Thursday, moving into fifth place while holding onto his lead in the best young rider classification. Teammate Cadel Evans also improved one spot, to sixth overall, on the race’s final day in […]
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Schlecks May Go Back to Astana
Rumors are floating that the Schleck brothers will leave Radio Shack and go back to the Astana team next year. A Luxembourg newspaper has reported that they are on the outs with the team management and have filed a report with the UCI about unpaid wages. Vinoukourov who had replaced […]
Guiberteau Proud of Sprick
It might not have been the terrain where you normally would expect Matthieu Sprick, but yet the Frenchman was to be seen at the front in the Pyrenees during Wednesday’s 16th stage of the Tour de France. As part of a large breakaway, Sprick was out of reach of the […]
Van Garderen Moves Up, Evans Slips
Tour de France, Stage 16: Van Garderen Moves Up; Evans Slips Back BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen climbed one spot to sixth in the overall standings Wednesday while teammate Cadel Evans lost time and slid from fourth to seventh overall on the penultimate day in the mountains at the […]
Frank Schleck Statement
Our team attaches great value to transparency. Because of this, we can announce the following as a response to the adverse analytical finding of xipamide in Fränk Schleck’s urine sample of July 14 during the Tour de France. After being informed by the UCI about the presence of xipamide in […]
Chavannel Stopping Tour
Sylvain Chavannel has decided to stop racing the Tour de France so he can rest up for the Olympics. He’s hoping to do well in the Olympic time trials. It’s the first time in 12 Tours that he’s not finishing the race. He’s suffering from bronchitis and the antibiotics are […]
Pro Challenge & Nissan Extend Partnership
Nissan and the USA Pro Challenge have extended their partnership for two more years, with Nissan as a Founding Partner of the event through 2013. One of the biggest races in the United States, the USA Pro Challenge will take place August 20-26, and will travel through 12 Colorado host […]
Fedrigo Wins Stage 15 in Pau
Fedrigo won the stage today in Pau. He won here in 2010 as well. Wiggins is still in yellow and tomorrow is a rest day. Vandevelde was the last man in the break who made it to the line with him. David Millar controlled the head of the peloton for […]
DeKort on the Tour
Tour de France stages wherein attackers can go for the win are rare. And as a result almost half of all the riders wants to be in the breakaway during these kind of rides. Monday’s fifteenth stage from Samantan to Foix was such a moment. The riders of Team Argos-Shimano […]
BMC Stage 15
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, […]
