 Cyril Dessel
cyclingnews.com,
13 July 2006
Taking some revenge
In only his second Tour participation, Frenchman Cyril Dessel managed to obtain one of the treasured jerseys of his country's national tour: the maillot jaune. Dessel finished a close second in the 10th stage behind breakaway companion Juan Miguel Mercado, but still claimed the leader's tunic as wel
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 Juan Miguel Mercado
cyclingnews.com,
13 July 2006
"More than I expected"
The only team in the Tour de France with a wildcard, Agritubel, scored a huge win today when Spanish climber Juan Miguel Mercado outsprinted Cyril Dessel (AG2R) in Pau. The two had attacked the leading break with just under 50 km to go, and finished an impressive 7'23 ahead of the peloton.
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 Óscar Freire
cyclingnews.com,
12 July 2006
The strongest doesn't always win
Rabobank’s Oscar Freire won his third stage in the Tour de France, beating Robbie McEwen on the line in Dax on Tuesday. Afterwards, in the press conference, he explained to the journalists how he appreciated his victory, the second at this year’s Tour.
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 Sergei Gonchar
t-mobile-team.com,
11 July 2006
"I'll enjoy every day in yellow"
Leading the T-Mobile charge is Serhiy Honchar, the plucky Ukrainian veteran who pulverised the field at Saturday's time trial to move into yellow.
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 Sylvain Calzati
cyclingnews.com,
10 July 2006
French, but with a heart for Italy
Calzati was asked if his win was an omen for the French beating Italy in the evening’s World Cup final. “People will be disappointed to hear this,” the 27 year old laughed nervously, “but I’ll be supporting Italy.”
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Serguei Gonchar
cyclingnews.com,
9 July 2006
The test of Time
36 year-old Serguei Gonchar showed today there's plenty of fight left in the old dog from the Ukraine. But for the last time, how do you spell that surname of his?
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 Floyd Landis
roadcycling.com,
8 July 2006
'perfectly poised'
Floyd Landis is in the perfect position as the race heads towards the first big mountain stage on Wednesday. After todays individual time trial the Phonak rider is currently second overall, 1 minute behind T-Mobile's race leader Serguei Gonchar, and the fact that the pressure of race leadership is o
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 Robbie McEwen
cyclingnews.com,
8 July 2006
Chewin' the fat
Arriving at the press conference in Vitré chirpy and chatty as ever, Robbie McEwen spoke about his personal TGV, his self-confessed obsessive compulsive disorder, and his Dumb and Dumber victory salute, amongst other things.
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 Michael Rogers
t-mobile-team.com,
7 July 2006
"I was expecting a better performance"
In the wake of the controversy that has dogged this year's Tour de France T-Mobile rider Michael Rogers has been asked to clarify his former contact with Italian doctor and sports scientist Michele Ferarri.
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 Tom Boonen
cyclingnews.com,
7 July 2006
"Ça c'est le Tour!"
With no stage win so far, is there anything wrong with Tommeke?
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Óscar Freire
cyclingnews.com,
6 July 2006
Taking the Tour by its horns
In previous days, a lot of hard work brought little reward for Oscar Freire. But today, a change of tactics proved the perfect recipe for success.
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 Adam Hansen
dailypeloton.com,
6 July 2006
"the WOW affect"
Adam is currently riding for Aposport Krone Linz cycling team in the Hervis Tour of Austria and is in 21rst place after Stage 3.
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Robbie McEwen
cyclingnews.com,
6 July 2006
Keeping it in the family
"The secret of my win today might be the fact that yesterday we had a great evening in our hotel near Liège. Everybody's family and friends came over for the night. We were like a big family, because there were more than 60 people over there."
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 Ed Clancy
britishcycling.org.uk,
5 July 2006
Back on Track
Ed Clancy is one of the country's top Team Pursuit riders and part of the 2005 World Championship winning team. The Team Sparkasse rider has been in Germany since returning from the Commonwealth Games in Australia early in the year and he has been helping his teammate Mark Cavendish in the German ro
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Floyd Landis
cyclingnews.com,
5 July 2006
Make no mistake
After the debacle last Friday, the names of Valverde, Landis, Evans, Schleck, Leipheimer, Menchov, and Hincapie have gone from outside favourites to real podium contenders. And with T-Mobile and Team CSC both losing their lead riders, the Phonak Cycling Team have, by default, strengthened themselves
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Robbie McEwen
cyclingnews.com,
5 July 2006
Life of a sprinter (part 2)
Top sprinter Robbie McEwen is already a stage winner in this year's Tour. He continues his interview about the effort that goes into preparing for the Tour and what it's like to be one of world's top sprinters.
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