Froome leads Sky in Tour defence
CHRIS Froome will be supported by a well-balanced team in his bid to succeed the injured Bradley Wiggins as Tour de France champion.
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Stage win is Orica’s target
AUSTRALIAN team Orica-GreenEDGE has abandoned plans to chase the green jersey in next week’s Tour de France.
O’Grady ready to ride Le Tour again
AUSSIE cyclist Stuart O’Grady is set to equal the Tour de France appearance record when he will compete for the 17th time.
O’Grady leads ORICA-GreenEDGE
STUART O’Grady has been formally named captain of the ORICA-GreenEDGE team for his record-equalling 17th Tour de France.
Kristoff sprints to stage victory
NORWAY’S Olympic bronze medallist Alexander Kristoff won the fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland as Mathias Frank kept the leader’s jersey.
Demare surprise Swiss stage winner
FRENCHMAN Arnaud Demare was the surprise winner of the fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland, narrowly beating Australia’s Matthew Goss.
GreenEDGE welcome back White
DISGRACED Australian cycling coach Matt White has been welcomed back by the Orica-GreenEDGE team.
Meyer loses yellow jersey
SWISS rider Mathias Frank has taken the overall Tour of Switzerland leader’s yellow jersey from Australian Cameron Meyer.
Cycling’s mutants exposed
A MAJORITY of Tour de France champions in the past two decades have displayed “mutant” strength levels in riding to victory.
Meyer keeps overall Swiss lead
AUSTRALIAN Cameron Meyer kept the leader’s jersey as Dutchman Bauke Mollema won the second stage of the Tour of Switzerland.
Aussies hot in Tour countdown
AUSTRALIA could be in for one of its most exciting Tours de France in history, with a host of our riders hitting form ahead of the three-week race.
Froome wins Tour de France warm-up
BRITISH rider Chris Froome has reinforced his status as favourite for the Tour de France winning the warm-up race, the Criterium du Dauphine.
Whole new pain for McEwen
HE’S A triple Tour de France green jersey winner but even Robbie McEwen admitted to being in a whole new world of pain yesterday.
Meyer wins Swiss Tour prologue
VIDEO: Cameron Meyer exploited good conditions to win the opening prologue at the Tour of Switzerland with fellow Australian Heinrich Haussler third.
Tearful Sanchez wins Criterium stage
SPAIN’S 2008 Olympic road race champion Samuel Sanchez has won the seventh and penultimate stage of the Criterium du Dauphine.
Froome maintains lead over Aussies
TEAM Sky’s Chris Froome has retained the race leader’s yellow jersey in the Criterium du Dauphine, ahead of two Australian riders.
Froome finds form ahead of Tour
CHRIS Froome has showed improved form in the Dauphine Libere race, less than a month out from the Tour de France.
Dennis snatches overall Dauphine lead
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN Rohan Dennis won the race leader’s yellow jersey of the Criterium du Dauphine after today’s fourth stage.
Dennis snatches overall Dauphine lead
AUSTRALIAN Rohan Dennis snatched the race leader’s yellow jersey of the Criterium du Dauphine after today’s fourth stage, which was won by German Tony Martin.
Yellow a sign of Rohan’s potential
TO APPRECIATE what Rohan Dennis achieved at the Criterium du Dauphine overnight, look at the list of riders below him.
O’Grady to retire next year
AUSTRALIAN cycling great Stuart O’Grady will retire from the international peloton after a record-breaking 18th Tour de France next year.
Robbie McEwen set to ride on
TRIPLE Tour de France green jersey winner Robbie McEwen is set to race the opening round of the national cyclo-cross series in Adelaide this weekend.
Cyclo-cross riders hit the city
MORE than 100 riders will hit Adelaide this weekend as the popularity of European cyclo-cross continues to grow in Australia.
Santambrogio fails drug test
GIRO d’Italia stage winner Mauro Santambrogio has tested positive for EPO in a sample given on the opening day of the race last month.
Defending champ Wiggins out of Tour
TEAM Sky says defending champion Bradley Wiggins will not race in this year’s Tour de France because of a knee problem.
Criterium a tour de force
A host of high-class Australians will tackle the Criterium du Dauphine from Sunday in a crucial preview to next month’s Tour de France.
Adelaide Tour on track for growth
ORGANISERS of the Adelaide Tour will investigate increasing the race to four stages and moving it to April to open the National Road Series next year.
Nibali secures maiden Giro title
VINCENZO Nibali secured his maiden Giro d’Italia title as Mark Cavendish took his fifth stage win on the 21st and final leg into Brescia.
Rookies Euride on road to triumph
SOUTH Australia’s rookie Euride Racing team stormed to a shock victory in the inaugural Adelaide Tour yesterday.
Evans slips to third in Giro
VIDEO: Italian Vincenzo Nibali virtually secured his maiden Giro d’Italia win as Cadel Evans slipped to third.
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