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...
Bouygues Telecom and cloud gaming company Playcast Media Systems have announced the launch of Bbox games, a cloud gaming service for France. For the first time in Europe, Bouygues Telecom triple play subscribers will be able to play console ...
The Danish team is run by Bjarne Riis, who won the 1996 Tour de France but later admitted to doping during the race. Contador was stripped of one of his three Tour titles and banned for two years by CAS on Monday for failing a dope test during the 2010 race.
Francois Mitterrand, the late French president, once enunciated the three events which matter to fans of the Tricolor: soccer's World Cup, cycling's Tour de France and the Davis Cup of tennis. When asked to name his top three, Stephen Harper undoubtedly ...
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”.
Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich has been banned two years for blood doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. CAS announced Thursday that Ullrich, 38, was "fully engaged" in the doping program of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes that was ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Pure Black Racing have a roster of riders, a schedule and are back in business. It looked as if the hopes of New Zealand being able to have a team at the Tour de France in the next few years were over before Christmas when Pure Black Racing announced it ...
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.