Team Radioshack and Yaroslav Popovych are ready to race.  The most popular cycling event of the year kicks off this weekend. The 97th year of the Tour de France begins this Saturday in Rotterdam, Netherlands.  The Tour is a stage race which starts on July 3rd and ends after over 2,000 miles of racing on July 25th. Most press about Team Radioshack is about thier celebrity cyclist and co-owner Lance Armstrong.  The 38-year-old Lance Armstrong finished second in the Tour of Switzerland earlier...Read Full Story

Yaroslav Popovych is one of the many strong cyclists on Team Radioshack.  Radioshack is a new sponsor for the Tour de France and has invested heavily into it's new marketing program centered around cycling. Most of the press about Team Radioshack will hinge on their biggest star, Lance Armstrong .  Armstrong is the most famous cyclist in the world, and even at the ripe old age of 38 he is considered a top contender in the 2010 Tour.  That said, he and his team have their work cut out for them...Read Full Story

It was a dead sprint at the end of Stage 4. (Getty Images) Yaroslav Popovych ranked #88 in today's stage of the Tour de France.  He completed the ride in 03:34:55.  The stage ended in a hotly contested sprint and was won by Alessandro Petacchi.    At the end of Stage 4, Yaroslav Popovych now ranks #53 in the overall general classification.  His combined general classification time is 18:32:21. He has a gap of 00:03:26 with yellow jersey holder Fabian Cancellara.    Yaroslav Popovych is...Read Full Story

German Tony Martin of HTC-Highroad hammered home his victory intentions at Paris-Nice by winning the sixth stage time trial to take command of the 'Race to the Sun' on Friday. Fellow German Andreas Kloden started the 27km race against the clock with a 10sec advantage on Martin but could only finish in fourth, 46sec back, as Martin scorched to a superb stage win two days before the finish. Racing at an average of 48.5kph, Martin left Britain 's Bradley Wiggins in second at 20sec with...Read Full Story

Tour de France stage winners Yaroslav Popovych and Gert Steegmans will boost Lance Armstrong's Team RadioShack when it makes its worldwide debut at Australia's Tour Down Under, organisers said on Thursday. Seven-time Tour de France winner Armstrong is returning for a second attempt at the first UCI ProTour race of the 2010 season, but this time with his new team. The full team roster was announced last month by Johan Bruyneel, manager of the new RadioShack team, and the line-up has now been...Read Full Story