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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 […]
Christian Prudhomme has announced the official position of the Tour de France for the years that Lance Armstrong won the race. They will list the years that he won as without a winner. Lance will have to return the $3 million prize money that he won. His statement included the […]
Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team became only the third American to win the best young rider classification at the Tour de France Sunday while teammate George Hincapie made history by reaching Paris and finishing a record 16th edition of the world’s greatest bicycle race. With van Garderen […]
RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK successfully secured victory in the prestigious team classification in the 2012 Tour de France, leading Bradley Wiggins’ Team Sky by almost 6 minutes. “Winning the Team Classification (the total of times for the first three riders on each stage) is always special, especially with only six riders […]
During Friday’s eighteenth stage of the Tour de France Patrick Gretsch was part of a very strong breakaway. Unfortunately, the select group, including seven riders who’d in the past won a Tour stage, didn’t get permission from the peloton to stay away. On the rolling roads between Blagnac and Brive-la-Gaillarde […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
