The overall winner of the 2007 Le Tour de Langkawi , Frenchman Anthony Charteau will be back to Malaysia after four years of absence. He’ll lead Team Europcar to a new challenge following their brilliant ride at the Tour de France last year with Thomas Voeckler wearing the yellow jersey in the mountains and Pierre Rolland winning the white jersey of best young rider in Paris . “Le Tour de Langkawi has a special place in my heart”, said Charteau who was underestimated by the favorites in 2007...Read Full Story
This is a cool pic of Voeckle in Palo Alto, back in 2008. I had the chance to see this event live and these guys were FLYING. Can't wait for the 2009 Tour de France to get started!Read Full Story
Last year, Lefevre had a good go of it in the Tour de France. This year we're expecting even more. Only a few short weeks away! Memories of last year:Read Full Story
Yellow jersey is not a new achievement for Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) but Wednesday’s victory got tears in his eyes, as he shook his head and looked behind the charging sprinter and crossed the finish line to add another Tour de France stage victory to his name.
The stage 5 between Le Cap d’Agde to Perpignan had a distance of 196.5 km and 178 riders started the race. Piet Rooijakkers (Skil-Shimano) had to withdraw due to his crash in team time trial stage 4. Stage 5 consisted...Read Full Story
French media company Bouygues Telecom and Playcast Media have joined forces to launch a new cloud gaming service, Bbox Games.
"We are very proud to be the first telecom operator in the French market to bring such high profile games franchises and AAA titles directly to our customers' TVs, through an easy-to-use interface," said Olivier Roussat, CEO of Bouygues Telecom...
PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Alberto Contador’s Tour de France dreams were shattered on Monday when the Spaniard was stripped of one of his three titles and banned for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for failing a dope test during the 2010 race.
The decision to strip Alberto Contador of his Tour de France title and ban him for two years for doping is another blow to the sport, cycling great Eddy Merckx has said. Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour title on Monday when the Court of Arbitration ...
1997 Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich described the doping ban for Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador as "unexpected and tough" on Wednesday on the eve of receiving the ruling in his own Court of Arbitration (CAS) case. "This is a tough verdict and I did ...
A MAJOR obstacle has been removed from Cadel Evans' quest for Tour de France glory after the suspension of three-time winner Alberto Contador, and bookies immediately installed the Australian as favourite to defend his crown in July. Contador, outed after ...
Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich, a long-time rival of Lance Armstrong, was banned for two years for blood doping and had all his results since May 2005 voided. The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced the ruling in an e-mailed statement.
WADA: Financial crisis hurting anti-doping efforts Cavendish wins stage in rainbow jersey Schleck upset over Contador ban Contador banned for two years Bet on Cycling The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency added that politicians should steer clear of ...
Andy Schleck of Luxembourg and Michele Scarponi of Italy, the two riders poised to gain most from the two year suspension handed to Spaniard Alberto Contador, feel there is no reason to celebrate the demise of their rival. Schleck, who is set to inherit ...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency says Alberto Contador should be considered a "cheat" now that he has been found guilty of doping and stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title. WADA president John Fahey says anyone ...
Held in France for the last 20 years, it’s a loving recreation of the Tour de France Automobile, which was first run in 1899 and took competitors on a gruelling route around the country’s nascent road network in examples of the very earliest “horseless carriages”.
Bbox Bouygues Telecom (UCI team code: BBO) is a professional road bicycle racing team that competes on the UCI ProTour. Its sponsor, Bouygues Télécom, is a French mobile phone ...
One of the last signing coups towards the end of the transfer window prior to the Pro Tour teams’ rosters were to be finalized for the 2009 season was the recruitment of Japanese ...
De bon augure Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Les Bbox Bouygues Telecom ont été au rendez-vous sur la 8e et dernière étape du Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.