Tour de France

Argos Shimano Stays Agressive Without Veelers

After the withdrawal of sprinter Tom Veelers on Friday the riders of Team Argos-Shimano promised to attack whenever they could in the remainder of the Tour de France. During Saturday’s thirteenth stage to Le Cap d’Agde they already delivered. While Roy Curvers got himself in an early breakaway, Matthieu Sprick […]

2012 Tour de France Stage 13

Cadel Evans and the BMC Racing Team went on the offensive late in Saturday’s stage of the Tour de France, splitting the field on the day’s only categorized climb to eventually set up Philippe Gilbert’s eighth-place finish. Team Effort Leading into the Category 3 climb of Mont Saint-Clair with fewer […]

2012 Tour de France Stage 11

BMC Racing Team’s Cadel Evans lost ground to his rivals Thursday on the first day in the Alps at the Tour de France, but Tejay van Garderen said his teammate can recover from a performance that saw him slip from second to fourth overall. ‘Cadel Is Mentally Tough’ On the […]

Cancellara Abandons Tour

Albertville – 12 July 2012 – RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK’s Fabian Cancellara has decided not to start today’s 11th stage of the 99th Tour de France. Cancellara, winner of the Prologue and 7 days yellow jersey in the 2012 Tour, returns home to Bern, Switzerland to assist his wife in the […]

2012 Tour de France Stage 10

BMC Racing Team’s Cadel Evans maintained his second place overall Wednesday at the Tour de France while teammate Tejay van Garderen held onto his lead in the best young rider competition but slipped to 10th in the general classification. Bradley Wiggins wasn’t fazed by the attacks from Nibali.  The attitude […]

Wiggins Wins TT

Wiggins averaged 41.5k per hour and showed his stuff today at the Besancon Time Trial. He’s a 1’53” ahead of Cadel Evans and 2’07” ahead of Froome. He got his first Tour bouquet at age 32 today. TeJay VanGarderen is in fourth place, 1’06” behind Wiggins and reclaimed the Best […]

Frohlinger Out of Tour

Johannes Fröhlinger will not start in Sunday’s eighth stage of the Tour de France. The German climber of Team Argos-Shimano is experiencing too much discomfort from his broken little finger.  In concert with the team management and the medical staff Fröhlinger has decided to go home for surgery. “This is […]

Froome Wins Stage 7, Wiggins in Yellow

Froome won the stage while Evans tried to maneuver himself around Froome and Wiggins. Nibali lost just 7 seconds.  Estonian Rein Taaramae of Cofidis is now in the white best young rider jersey. Pierre Rolland is in 7th.  Vandenbroeke and Valverde suffered mechanical problems at the start of the climb and […]