Stuart O'Grady is racing for Team Saxo Bank in the 2010 Tour de France. The race starts this Saturday and ends in Paris on July 25th. The course covers over 2000 miles of racing. One of Stuart's teammates, Fabian Cancellara, has been surrounded by scandal this Spring. Earlier this year Cancellara was accused of hiding a motor within the frame of his bike. The International Cycling Union, or UCI, took the rumor seriously enough to demand that all bicycles used in the Tour de France be...Read Full Story
Brisbane Times Cycling great O'Grady in assualt complaint Brisbane Times Australian cycling star Stuart O'Grady will cooperate with a police investigation into an alleged assault, but he has termed the blot on the World Tour debut of his team GreenEDGE as "completely outrageous". South Australian Police confirmed to Fairfax ... and more »Read Full Story
Newcomers Team Sky are off to a good start. (Getty Images) Stage 4 of the 2010 Tour de France was a 94 mile ride through France that ended in Reims. Stuart OGrady competed the ride in 03:34:55. He ranked #25 for the stage. The day's winner was Alessandro Petacchi. At the end of Stage 4, Stuart OGrady now ranks #153 in the overall general classification. His current GC time is 18:47:16 and he has a total gap of 00:18:21 from Fabian Cancellara. Cancellara currently holds the yellow...Read Full Story
LEOPARD TREK has won the opening team time trial at the 66th edition of the Vuelta a España. Jakob Fuglsang led four riders across the finish in Benidorm to assume the honor of the first race leader. It is the first time Fuglsang has donned the leader’s jersey at a Grand Tour. “Our goal today was simply to do a good time trial ,” said Fuglsang. “We knew if we did a good time trial we could win. This is a really special moment for the team — and for me, to pull on the leader’s jersey at the...Read Full Story
Veteran Stuart O’Grady said Monday he will leave the Leopard-Trek cycling team and the Schleck brothers to join new Australian pro team GreenEDGE. “To ride for an Australian team has been a dream of mine since I turned pro way back in 1995. I wasn’t sure such a team would come around before I retired, but I’m glad it has,” O’Grady said. The 38-year-old O’Grady joins Jack Bobridge and Cameron and Travis Meyer as the first racers to commit to GreenEDGE, Australia ’s first UCI World Tour...Read Full Story
The PM is urged to stop the live export of Australian greyhounds to Macau, where they face certain death after racing. US president Barack Obama pays tribute to soul singer Al Green in a fundraiser speech at New York's Apollo Theatre. US president Barack ...
CHAMPION cyclist Stuart O'Grady has described as ''bizzare'' claims he assaulted a chauffer days before the start of the Tour Down Under. The Advertiser understands that the driver has made a statement to police alleging that O'Grady, 38, grabbed him by ...
A CHAUFFEUR has accused champion cyclist Stuart O'Grady of attacking him during a journey ... He told police that he picked up O'Grady, his wife and two other people from the Lane Vineyard at 11pm on January 10. Shortly after the journey began, O'Grady ...
TOUR de France legend Eddy Merckx believes the man who convinced him to come to the Santos Tour Down Under - cycling warhorse Stuart O'Grady - is also the man who could deliver new Australian team GreenEDGE success at the race this week. An official guest ...
POLICE say there will be no charges laid against Stuart O'Grady over allegations he assaulted a hire car driver. Police said they have now completed their investigation into the claims. Chauffeur Ralf Hadzic had claimed O'Grady grabbed him by the neck as ...
Stuart O'Grady OAM (born August 6, 1973) is an Australian professional road bicycle racer who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics. O'Grady also won Paris-Roubaix in 2007.