Cycling: The Vuelta starts on Saturday. It's time to take a closer look at the Germans, Austrians, and Swiss. After all, there were seven German stage wins at the Giro d'Italia in May and two at the Tour de France in July. Will there be cause for celebration in Spain as well? Few German-speaking riders are among the winners. Due to recent successes… read more
Cycling: French sprint star Nacer Bouhanni's bad luck continues. After having to abandon the Tour de France in 2013 and 2015 due to crashes, he will now miss the entire race. He injured his hand after a fight at the hotel. Nacer Bouhanni effectively knocks himself out of the Tour de France. According to several international media reports… read more
Cycling: The 103rd edition of the Tour de France begins this coming Saturday. The nine riders registered by each of the 22 Tour de France teams have now been announced. It's high time for the Tour de France team check. We'll take a closer look at each team in three parts. We start with the stage hunters. These teams will have to rely on breakaways… read more
Cycling: We're almost halfway through our WorldTour team checks. Today we're looking at the Swiss team IAM Cycling, which made the leap into the WorldTour last season and would like to pass on the wooden spoon in 2016. IAM Cycling - Overview: Last season, the IAM Cycling team, founded in Switzerland in 2013, dared to make the jump into the… read more
Cycling: The Swiss IAM team experienced a bittersweet day yesterday. For the first time in this Tour de France, a team rider, Martin Elmiger, reached the podium. However, team captain Mathias Frank had to abandon the race with a serious injury. The final stages of yesterday's stage were plagued by crashes. Among those involved were the two Americans… read more
