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Responding to Wiggins, Froome says he has full backing of Sky management to win Tour de France by VeloNation Press - Monday, April 29, 2013 “I have no doubt that the strongest and most willing riders will be there to support me”Commenting in the wake of Bradley Wiggins’ assertion today that he does want to achieve the Giro/Tour double this year, Chris Froome has said that he has been told by his Team Sky bosses that he will remain the leader for this year’s Tour de France. ... → Read More
Movistar to back Cobo in Giro d'Italia, but admits uncertainty about how he will fare by VeloNation Press - Monday, April 29, 2013 Intxausti will also fill a leadership role in raceWinner in 2011 at the Vuelta a España, Juan Jose Cobo will enjoy protected status at the Giro d’Italia, but his Movistar team has conceded that it is not sure how he will fare in the race.“The team's goal is continuing the streak from the last two ye... → Read More
Bradley Wiggins re-confirms that he wants a Giro/Tour double by Ben Atkins - Monday, April 29, 2013 Defending champion may support Froome in July but won’t “won’t swing off and lose 30 minutes”Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) has once again raised the spectre of a Lemond/Hinault battle with teammate Chris Froome in this year’s Tour de France, as he has repeated his intention to defend his title in the race. Although the 33-year-old will start th... → Read More
Vini Fantini-Selle Italia offering Giro d’Italia swan song to Garzelli and Di Luca by Ben Atkins - Monday, April 29, 2013 Two former race winners to support the ambitions of aggressive young teamVini Fantini-Selle Italia has historically been more associated with the performances of its ambitious youngsters at the Giro d’Italia, but the headline for the ‘giallo-fluo’ team at this year’s race is all about the swam song it will give two vetera... → Read More
UCI/CADF and French AFLD agree cooperation for testing at Tour de France and other events by Shane Stokes - Monday, April 29, 2013 An important cooperation for drug testing has been confirmed for major French races this season, with the Cycling Anti Doping Foundation linked to the UCI plus the French agency for the fight against doping (AFLD) agreeing to work together in 2013.
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Team Colombia: “We are going to the Giro to show off and put up a big show” by Ben Atkins - Monday, April 29, 2013 South American team targeting the mountains as it makes its Grand Tour debutThe Colombia team has named its nine-man line up for the Giro d’Italia, which starts on Saturday, May 4th, with the intention of putting on a show in the race’s numerous mountain stages. In what it bills as “a Colombian team’s comeback to the Giro d’... → Read More
Video: Chris Juul Jensen stepping things up in year two in professional ranks, hopes for Vuelta ride by Shane Stokes - Monday, April 29, 2013 Danish rider building experience and strength Chris Juul Jensen has expressed satisfaction with his season thus far, saying that he is encouraged by his second year as a pro with the Team Saxo Tinkoff squad.
The 23 year old has been riding a higher standard of races than in his debut season,... → Read More
Kittel: Argos Shimano sprint train is improving constantly, Tour de France is major goal for team by Shane Stokes - Monday, April 29, 2013 German rider wants to take on Cavendish in the Tour; says he and Greipel have mutual respectHe missed out on a stage win last year; this time round, he was the best sprinter with three successes in the race. Marcel Kittel has credited a continuously-improving Argos Shimano team plus his own evolution as a rider as helping make the differenc... → Read More
Video: Sayar may consider a bigger team after Presidential Tour of Turkey win by Shane Stokes - Monday, April 29, 2013 Talks about health, buildup to race and says he’s not happy to face questionsHaving picked up a bundle of UCI points for the biggest-ever success of his career, Presidential Tour of Turkey victor Mustafa Sayar said yesterday that he may consider offers to change teams. The points gained in taking the race could make him attra... → Read More
Marianne Vos takes race and overall in final Esly Jacobs stage by Ben Atkins - Sunday, April 28, 2013 World champion turns the tables on Giorgia Bronzini to confirm final victoryMarianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/GIant) won the second and final stage of the Festival Luxembourgeois du Cyclisme Féminin Elsy Jacobs, in Mamer, Luxembourg, as she jumped away from the peloton on the final corner of the race with 500 metres to go. The Worl... → Read More
Tour de Romandie: Chris Froome wraps up overall as Tony Martin takes final time trial by Ben Atkins - Sunday, April 28, 2013 World champion continues dominance of 2013 TTs; Froome follows in teammate Wiggins’ footstepsChris Froome (Team Sky) followed in the footsteps of teammate Bradley Wiggins as he wrapped up overall victory in the 2013 Tour de Romandie in the final time trial in the city of Geneva. The Kenyan-born Briton - who led the race from start to finish ... → Read More
Tour of Turkey: Marcel Kittel takes final Istanbul stage as Mustafa Sayar confirms overall by Ben Atkins - Sunday, April 28, 2013 German sprinter wins third victory of the race; First Turkish winner for a decadeMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) completed the near-total domination of the sprint stages of the 2013 Presidential Tour of Turkey by the Germans, as he powered to his third victory of the race in the eighth and final day in Istanbul. The outspoken 24-y... → Read More
Marcel Kittel press conference video: Looking forward to sprinting against Greipel by Shane Stokes - Sunday, April 28, 2013 Won’t elaborate on his pointed tweet about race leaderThe two haven’t really gone head to head in this year’s Tour of Turkey, with crashes, obstructions in the finale and the tough terrain on some stages ensuring that they were never in contention in the final 100 metres of any stage. However yesterday’... → Read More
Giorgia Bronzini wins Elsy Jacobs stage one in a small bunch sprint by Ben Atkins - Saturday, April 27, 2013 Two-time World champion fastest of a 20-rider group; Marianne Vos takes overall leadGiorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda) sprinted to her second victory of the season at the head of the remains of a depleted peloton at the end of the first stage of the Festival Luxembourgeois du Cyclisme Féminin Elsy Jacobs, in Garnich, Luxembourg. The f... → Read More
Guardini rues near miss in Presidential Tour of Turkey by Shane Stokes - Saturday, April 27, 2013 Italian to refocus on tomorrow’s final stage in IstanbulAstana rider Andrea Guardini had his clearest shot yet at a stage win in the Presidential Tour of Turkey today, finishing towards the very front of the peloton at the end of the seventh stage to Izmir.
The young Italian avoided a big crash on a t... → Read More
Tour de Romandie: Spilak wins weather-altered version of stage four by Kyle Moore - Saturday, April 27, 2013 Katusha rider works with Chris Froome to finish a minute ahead of other favouritesThe long list of bike races altered by inclement weather got a bit longer on Saturday, as stage four of the Tour de Romandie got a small makeover, making the queen stage not quite as difficult topographically, while wet and freezing conditions on the... → Read More
Tour of Turkey: Kittel gets second stage win in dominant sprint by Kyle Moore - Saturday, April 27, 2013 Wins from reduced sprinting bunch after final kilometre slow speed pileupMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) capitalized on the expected day for the sprinters in stage seven of the Presidential Tour of Turkey, and the day played out as anticipated with a bunch sprint into Izmir. Kittel went from 300 metres out and dominated th... → Read More
Seeldraeyers video: ‘I exploded myself on the climb trying to follow the Turkish guy’ by Shane Stokes - Saturday, April 27, 2013 Belgian rider says Mustafa Sayar ‘killed’ him. Astana rider Kevin Seeldraeyers had hoped for a strong performance on yesterday’s sixth stage of the Presidential Tour of Turkey, starting the day just ten seconds behind the race leader Natnael Berhane (Europcar). He had finished six seconds behin... → Read More
Cofidis, Sojasun and Europcar awarded Tour de France wild cards by Ben Atkins - Saturday, April 27, 2013 ASO goes all-French after CAS’ Katusha decisionTour de France organiser ASO has announced the names of the three teams awarded wildcard invitations for this year’s race, with Cofidis, Sojasun and Team Europcar getting the nod. Following the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) decision to uphold ... → Read More
Video: Sayar celebrating top career result after grabbing overall lead in Presidential Tour of Turkey by Shane Stokes - Saturday, April 27, 2013 Says he had worked for six months to be ready for race, has nothing to say to questions in peloton He finished third from last in 2012, one hour 41 minutes and 34 seconds behind his former Torku team-mate Ivailo Gabrovski, but Mustafa Sayar has shrugged off questions about his domination of this year’s race and said questions relating to Gabrovski... → Read More
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