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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Yesterday the Tour headed into the high mountains for the first time with a Hors Category finish in Andorra.  At the finish Frenchman Brice Feillu lead home the breakaway group which had been out front for most of the day and the yellow jersey had changed hands from the back of Fabian Cancellara but not [...]

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Stage 7 of the Tour de France sees the riders tackle the first mountain top finish in Andorra.  Over 224km the peloton face five summits including one category 1 and the Hors category finish in what is the first real indication of what will happen on GC.

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Today the riders faced the return of the Team Time Trial ot the Tour de France and the possibility of the yellow jersey changing hands.  The teams went off in the order of the overall team classification with many of the GC contendors in serious danger of losing major time.

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Mark Cavendish of Columbia-Highroad claimed his 6th Tour de France victory in a sprint finish yesterday, stage 3 ahead of Cervelo’s Thor Hushovd.  The win in itself was something else but the way the team rode was particularly significant.

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Helmet manufacturer Giro debuted a new Time Trial helmet at Saturdays stage 1 of the Tour de France.  Astana, Garmin and Rabobank are all sponsored by Giro and their riders are using the as yet unnamed helmet for the first time in competition.

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Fabian Cancellara put in a dominant performance to take the first stage of the Tour de France yesterday.  The Swiss rider, nicknamed Spartacus, pulled on the yellow jersey following a comprehensive display of power.  However just behind him, Spaniard and favourite Alberto Contador launched his bid to win his second Tour with a great run [...]

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Ahead of the start of the Tour de France today in Monaco we thought it would be interesting to compile a list of predictions for the overall and the various jerseys.  First up we will tell you what we think but we would like to hear what you think through comments on this post.  You [...]

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Part 4 of this great series looks at the run up to the Tour de France, now only days away.

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