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Cancellara Retains National Time Trial Title

Still nursing the effects from an allergic reaction to a bee sting sustained during the time trial at the Tour de Suisse last Friday, Fabian Cancellara was a doubtful starter for the Switzerland National Time Trial Championship on Wednesday. However, his decision to take the start proved fruitful as he […]

A Tour for Climbers says Team Trek

Trek Factory Racing has released the nine names that will take the ‘Grand Départ’ in Yorkshire for the 2014 Tour de France. Keeping in mind the team’s two main goals – finishing top 10 in the general classification and pocketing a stage win – the 13 rider long list was […]

Roche 4th in Route du Sud

Route du Sud, 20th of June – 2014 Stage one didn’t offer a gentle way into the French stage race, Route du Sud where 181 kilometers were on the menu spiced up with a steep uphill finish in Campan-Payolle where the big battle were to commence. A breakaway of four […]

Alberto lost the race but won morally

Courchevel, 15th of June – 2014 The 8th and 131 kilometer long final stage of Dauphiné Libéré was not your usual final parade of a last stage. It was the crucial moment of truth for Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador and Chris Froome when they took on the final slopes to Courchevel. […]