Tour runner up Andy Schleck is switching teams for 2011, from long term home Saxo bank, to the newly formed (and as yet unnamed) Luxembourg Pro Cycling team.  On Wednesday it was announced that the team will be riding Trek road and TT bikes along with Bontrager components wheels and helmets.  Trek already sponsor American based Radioshack [...]

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Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has moved to Team Saxo Bank for 2011 Bjarne Riis confirmed today Tuesday.  Speaking at a press conference he announced his big signing commenting - “I think I can contribute to polishing this diamond (Contador) even further.”

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After three weeks of one of the toughest Tours in history, Alberto Contador rode into Paris with the yellow jersey on his back for the third time.
It has been a Tour of many different faces with drama and controversy a feature from start to finish.  The opening prologue when Armstrong beat Contador, the big crash [...]

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After yesterdays rest day and several days of high drama the Tour takes on its toughest day with the Pyreneean climb to the top of the Tourmalet on today’s final mountain stage.  With Contador in yellow and a furious Schleck in second vowing to attack, attack, attack this will be the day that should decide [...]

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Stage 9 of the Tour de France saw a major shake up on GC again as the yellow jersey cracked and the two main contenders for the overall showed they are head and shoulders above the rest.
Following the rest day the peloton headed further into the Alps with a fearsome stage taking in several tough [...]

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One week in and the riders have ridden a time trial, flats, mountains and cobbles and we know a lot about who is in form and who is not.
Saturday and Sunday saw the peloton into the mountains for the first time and disaster for one rider in particular.  Lance Armstrong has seemed on form but [...]

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Stages 3 & 4 of the Tour de France are behind us and after a breakneck day on Tuesday the riders had a break on Wednesday as they cruised into Reims.

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Yesterdays stage into Spa was marred by a multitude of crashes that saw many of the favourites on the deck and a change in the yellow jersey.

Garmin-Transitions Christian VandeVelde limps to the finish in Spa

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And we’re off…  The 2010 Tour de France has started and what a start!
The Prologue was held amid heavy rain on the streets of Rotterdam.

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We are just hours away from the start of the 2010 Tour de France with the prologue stage around the streets of Rotterdam.  Tour fever is at its peak as we await one of the most hotly contested Tours in years - or is it?  Lets take a look at the teams and favourites for [...]

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The makers of two classic MTB films - 24 Solo and Off road to Athens - are back with a new film Chasing Legends.  This film shifts tack to road racing following the HTC-Columbia team in the 2009 Tour de France.

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Lance Armstrong’s bid for an 8th Tour de France title was announced in earnest today as the team released details of the riders on his squad.

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Cervélo TestTeam rider Philip Deignam is on the short list of potential riders for the Tour de France the team revealed today.  The Irish rider has impressed since joining the team with a stage win at last years Vuelta and countless other good performances.  With Carlos Sastre a doubt due to a bad crash at [...]

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Four years after pulling on the maglia rosa as Giro champion, a jubilant Ivan Basso repeated the feat following one of the most eventful races in years.  With multiple leaders across the three weeks and a GC that was turned on its head the Liquigas rider rode into the Roman arena in Verona as victor.

In [...]

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Trajectoires Cycles Nantes, France have agreed a sponsorship deal with the undeniably quick Irishman Janos Köhler. The deal is initially for the duration of the 2010 Red Bull Road Rage downhill road racing season which kicks off in Belgium this coming May.

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British rider Bradley Wiggins has just confirmed a move to the new UK Team Sky squad on a four year contract which will take him to 2013.

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This photo was released this morning of the new Radioshack team Trek Madone for 2010.

It is interesting to see a lot of influence from Lance Armstrong’s custom painted ‘09 bikes which featured similar graphics, particularly the wheels.

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On Monday Team Radioshack, the new team of Lance Armstrong, announced its full 2010 roster.  The team will be managed by Johan Bruyneel, and will feature 26 riders coming from 16 different countries.

“It is a well balanced team“, commented Bruyneel. “We have experienced riders - with some of them I worked already many years in [...]

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Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsbladis is reporting that 2009 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has been offered a four year contract with the Astana cycling team for a staggering 8 million euros per year.

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Road World Champion Cadel Evans has just completed a shock move to the Swiss based BMC Racing squad for 2010.
Evans has raced for many years for the Silence-Lotto/Predictor-Lotto team finishing 2nd twice in the Tour de France.

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Wednesday saw the launch of the route for the 2010 edition of the Tour de France.  In attendance were two previous race winners Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong along with sprint sensation Mark Cavendish.

The route runs in reverse to last year as per usual with the Pyrenees coming after the Alps.

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As the 2009 road racing season draws to a close, Lance Armstrong has been busy contracting riders to his new Radioshack squad.

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It seems this is the year to break your collarbone.  American Columbia rider George Hincapie broke his collarbone on stage 17 of the Tour, July 22nd.

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Lance Armstrong has just announced the formation of a new American Pro-Tour team for 2010 under the sponsorship of American chain Radioshack.

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Well it’s all over for another year.  After 3,459.5 kilometres the yellow jersey rests on the shoulders of Spaniard Alberto Contador with the most impressive winning margins since 2005.

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In a dominating performance Spaniard Alberto Contador again distanced the peloton in a fantastic ride up to the Swiss town of Verbier on Stage 15 of the Tour de France today.  

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Today saw a large breakaway group succeed to the line with George Hincapie the unluckiest rider, missing out on yellow by a lousy five seconds.  The stage was won by Ivanov of Team Katusha with Ireland’s Nicolas Roche an impressive second.

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Ever wonder what a Tour rider consumes on the bike in a day?  Dr Allen Lim is the team nutritionist for Garmin-Slipstream and here he takes us through what Christian VandeVelde, Bradley Wiggins and co eat during a stage.

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At the stage finish today in Saint-Fargeau it was Manx man Mark Cavendish who dominated yet again easily winning the sprint finish.

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Following a neutralised stage (by the majority of the riders) on Bastille day today, Mark Cavendish won a bunch sprint with green jersey holder Thor Hushovd following behind for second place.

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