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Leopard SA Statement on Fränk Schleck. With the end of Fränk Schleck’s suspension approaching, Leopard and its partners have assessed the situation in view of a possible renewal of the collaboration with Fränk Schleck. Having finalized this assessment in a broad and objective way, Leopard has decided to not renew […]
The biggest challenge in today’s 176.5 km long sixth stage of the Tour de France between Aix en Provence to Montpellier was not climbs but the mistral wind that blew at 67 meters per second in the last half of the route. So it was not just a simple transport […]
40th Win in Three Disciplines for OPQS03-Jul-2013: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team put all riders on the front for sprinter Mark Cavendish on Wednesday, on a deceptively lumpy course that included Col de Gineste (2.89km, 4.4%) with just 12.5km to go in the 228.5km Stage 5 of the Tour […]
Today’s fourth stage of the Tour de France was a 25 kilometer long and flat team time trial around Nice. Omega-Pharma Quickstep was the fastest team at the finish line. Saxo-Tinkoff rode an excellent team time trial and was the first intermediate second best with under two seconds to Omega-Pharma […]
With 1800 meters to go Jan Bakelants seized the moment to attack his breakaway group and challenge for the win in the 100th Tour de France. Known as a rider who always attacks and willingly takes his chances, Bakelants, 27, took the win by one second and in doing so, […]
Marcel Kittel (GER) got Team Argos-Shimano off to a perfect start at the 100th edition of the Tour de France by winning stage 1. Kittel and the team successfully negotiated a confusing and technical finale but finished off the job to perfection after keeping cool heads throughout the chaos. As […]
Will be covering the 100th Tour de France live beginning July 10 in Mont St Michel.
Lance Armstrong recently did an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde. Following are some of the questions and answers from the interview with Stephane Mandard “It’s okay to erase my name from the palmares, but the Tour took place from 1999 – 2005, did it not? There has to […]
Astana Pro Team General Manager Alexandr Vinokurov said the squad is ready for the upcoming Tour de France, and pointed to Jakob Fuglsang and Alexey Lutsenko as the key protagonists for July. “Fuglsang is stepping in to the role of Captain for the first time, as he has always worked […]
Team Garmin-Sharp today announced its much-anticipated 2013 Tour de France roster. The squad for the centennial edition of the Tour de France features 2012 Giro d’Italia champion and former top-ten finisher, Ryder Hesjedal, young American Andrew Talansky, making his Tour de France debut, 2013 Liege-Baston-Liege winner Dan Martin, two-time top-ten […]
