2014 Tour de France

Tour de France runner-up Péraud chasing form after winter distractions, names first target

Second overall in the 2014 Tour de France, Jean-Christophe Péraud has admitted that his winter training has been affected by commitments and surgeries, delaying his start to the season and meaning he is further behind that he had planned to be. Due to this the Ag2r La Mondiale rider has accepted that a big ride […]

Rocacorba Daily

In this morning’s edition of the Rocacorba Daily news digest: Katie Hall wins stage 5 of the Tour Femenino de San Luis; IAM’s Beucherie: “A rider who takes cortisone is a sick rider, so he must stop racing”; MTN-Qhubeka to sign Matt Brammeier on two-year deal; 2016 Tour de France - Andorra to host mountain […]

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In this morning’s edition of the Rocacorba Daily news digest: UCI still waiting for Padova file from CONI, keen to see any relevant Astana information; Jack Bobridge to attempt the Hour Record; Rohan Dennis declares hour record bid - “It is within reach”; Renshaw, Meersman, Bouet and Velits amongst Etixx – QuickStep team for Santos […]

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In this morning’s edition of the Rocacorba Daily news digest: John Degenkolb takes his fourth sprint victory on stage 17 of the Vuelta; Michal Kwiatkowski wins Tour of Britain’s fourth stage, moves into overall lead; Rigoberto Uran out of Vuelta and will undergo specialist medical treatment to try to recover for worlds; Robert Gesink leaves […]

All anti-doping tests from 2014 Tour de France declared negative

The Cycling Anti Doping Foundation (CADF), which manages the anti-doping programme of the UCI, has announced that there were no positive tests in this year’s Tour de France. The Swiss-based organisation has said that a total of 719 blood and urine controls were carried out on riders, and that none had been red-flagged. CADF Director […]

An interview with Greg LeMond: part two

CyclingTips’ roving reporter Dave Everett recently caught up with three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond and, in addition to going for a ride, the pair sat down to talk about LeMond’s career, the Tour de France and cycling more generally. In this final part of a two-part interview, LeMond talks about his ongoing love […]

An interview with Greg LeMond: part one

CyclingTips’ roving reporter Dave Everett recently caught up with three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond and, in addition to going for a ride, the pair sat down to talk about LeMond’s career, the Tour de France and cycling more generally. In this first part of a two-part interview, LeMond talks about returning to the […]

Rocacorba Daily

In this morning’s edition of the Rocacorba Daily news digest: Jonas Van Genechten wins stage 4 of the Tour of Poland; Magnus Cort Nielsen wins stage 1 of the Tour of Denmark; Moreno Hofland wins stage 3 of the Tour of Utah; Cavendish returns from Tour injury in Tour de l’Ain, Uran also back in […]

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In this morning’s edition of the Rocacorba Daily news digest: Gianni Meersman wins final stage and the overall at the Tour de Wallonie; Jesse Kerrison wins stage 2 of Tour of the Murray River, Brenton Jones wins stage 3 and maintains overall lead; Team Belkin’s future guaranteed after letter of intent signed with Lotto and […]

The Ultimate Job: ending the journey on the Champs-Elysees

Over the past two weeks we’ve followed Matt McCullough and Stefano Ferro as they made their way around France, tackling amazing climbs and following Le Tour. In this final post, our Ultimate Job winners see out the 2014 Tour de France on the Champs-Elysees, watching the race from “Norwegian Corner”.