Tour de France

Andy Schleck to Miss 2012 Tour

RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK rider Andy Schleck suffers from a fracture in the sacral body (segment S3) due to his crash in last Thursday’s time trial of the Critérium du Dauphiné.  Schleck will be out for four to six weeks and will not be able to start in the Tour de […]

Radio Shack Tour PreSelection

RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK Team Management made a preselection of 14 riders for the 2012 Tour de France. Fabian Cancellara, Jakob Fuglsang, Tony Gallopin, Linus Gerdemann, Markel Irizar, Andreas Klöden, Maxime Monfort, Yaroslav Popovych, Gregory Rast, Hayden Roulston, Andy Schleck, Fränk Schleck, Jens Voigt & Haimar Zubeldia The final roster of […]

Marcel Kittel

Argos-Shimano Tour Preselection Team

Team Argos Shimano has rounded out its pre-selection for the Tour de France.  These are the riders selected: Marcel Kittel, Simon Geschke, Johannes Frohlinger, Patrick Gretsch, Tom Veelers, Koen de Kort, Albert Timmer, Roy Curvers, Tom Stansnijder, Alexandre Geniez, Yann Huguet, Thierry Hupond, Mathieu Sprick and Bert de Backer. John […]

Hushovd to Skip Tour de France

Thor Hushovd will not compete at the the Tour de France and instead will ride the Tour de Pologne as he recovers from a viral infection that slowed him earlier this season, the BMC Racing Team announced Monday. Program Adjusted Hushovd has not raced since withdrawing from the Giro d’Italia […]

Schleck and Contador racing 2010 TdF

Andy Schleck receives 2010 Yellow Jersey

On Tuesday, Andy Schleck was given the yellow jersey for the 2010 Tour de France that was taken from Alberto Contador because of his doping offense. There was a ceremony in Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg in which Tour director Christian Prudhomme presented the jersey. Frank Schleck said it wasn’t really like a […]

2012 Tour de France Details

The 2012 Tour de France has many new features. It will have three time trials and several new mountain stages.  Some of the new climbs are steep. Christian Prudhomme, race director, has said it should be possible for a rider to attack on a climb early in a stage and […]

2012 Tour de France

The 2012 Tour de France route was “officially” announced today. 2012 Tour de France stages: P Prologue Sat 30 June Liège > Liège 6.1 km1 Road stage Sun 1 July Liège > Seraing 198 km2 Road stage Mon 2 July Visé > Tournai 207 km3 Road stage Tues 3 July […]

2011 Tour Final Thoughts

Alberto Contador said he’s delighted with his racing season despite not winning this year’s Tour.  He did win the Giro d’Italia.  It was a season full of emotions. He also said he’s coming back next year intending to win even if it means skipping the Giro. Thomas Voeckler is the […]