Alberto Contador, after finishing in twentieth position at the first on-line stage of the Tour of Spain, commented that it had been a day “with more nerves than expected”, perhaps because of the dangerous finish with possibility to lose time.”
“With 40 kilometers to go tensions heightened, Liquigas was trying to control and many others vying […]

Alberto Contador after the Team Time Trial / Alberto Contador después la contrarreloj por equipos
“The time differences are small and not so important”
Alberto Contador crossed the finish line as first rider of the Astana Team, losing 14 seconds to the winner of the first stage. The differences, in his opinion, are not significant.
 ”This first stage […]

First Endurance riders swept the podium today at the Tour of Germany today and are now first, second and third overall on general classification.   Linus Gerdemann and Thomas Lovkvist (both Team Colombia) soared to the top two places in  both stage one and the provisional overall and Jani Brajkovic (Astana) rounded out the podium […]

(Courtesy cyclingnews.com) A new course and a season of injury stood in front of Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Chipotle) as he tried to defend his time trial national championship in Greenville. Despite having an off-year, he targeted this race as a way to prove he is still the fastest – both to himself and to everyone else. […]

(Courtesy cyclingnews.com)
First Endurance rider Mark Cavendish (Team Colombia) took his third straight win in the Tour of Ireland, this time taking the 201km stage from Ballinrobe to Gallaway.   The win was the Manx-man’s 16th of the season, his 15th sprint win on the road, and 25th professional victory. This, along with four Tour de France […]