 Robbie McEwen
cyclingnews.com,
5 July 2006
Life of a sprinter (part 1)
Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen is firmly in the hunt for the green jersey in this year's Tour after his spectacular win on stage two.
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 Matthias Kessler
t-mobile-team.com,
5 July 2006
"A dream come true"
On Monday Matthias Kessler's gutsy late attack was foiled in the final metres when he was swamped by the fast finishing bunch; today in Valkenburg the T-Mobile man timed his move to perfection, attacking on the Cauberg, to hold off the bunch and win ahead of team mate Mick Rogers in a superb magenta
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 Tom Boonen
cyclingnews.com,
5 July 2006
King for a day
This morning, Tom Boonen said that he wanted to win the stage, grabbing the maillot jaune by default. He didn't win, but he did grab the lead, and as a consequence, 'Tommeke' will have the honour of riding through his home country draped in yellow tomorrow.
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Robbie McEwen
cyclingnews.com,
4 July 2006
Boom-boom Boonen? No.
Boom-boom McEwen? Yeah!
Monday, July 3 marked Australian sprint king Robbie McEwen's ninth Tour de France stage victory and he's already looking for more!
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 Wilfried Cretskens
cyclingnews.com,
4 July 2006
Catch-up with Cretskens
The room-mate of world champion Tom Boonen is no longer his room-mate after all...during this Tour, they're changing rooms sometimes because there's always someone sleeping alone in a room.
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 George Hincapie
cyclingnews.com,
4 July 2006
"It's really up to Johan"
Becoming the fourth American to wear the maillot jaune in Tour de France history was a pretty special accomplishment for Discovery Channel rider George Hincapie.
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 Bradley Wiggins
pezcyclingnews.com,
3 July 2006
The big show down
The English cycling press have been talking it up for months, the “big show down” between Olympic pursuit champion, Bradley Wiggins and former Prologue winner David Millar. You can’t call ‘em ‘best friends’, so we tracked them down before the start of stage 1 to talk about their blast through the st
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 David Millar
pezcyclingnews.com,
3 July 2006
The big show down
The English cycling press have been talking it up for months, the “big show down” between Olympic pursuit champion, Bradley Wiggins and former Prologue winner David Millar. You can’t call ‘em ‘best friends’, so we tracked them down before the start of stage 1 to talk about their blast through the st
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 Cadel Evans
cyclingnews.com,
3 July 2006
Stepping up to the plate
Cadel Evans finished eighth in the Tour last year, and after a solid build up and the elimination (for various reasons) of five of the riders who finished in front of him in 2005, he is now a real contender.
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George Hincapie
roadcycling.com,
2 July 2006
Wearing the yellow jersey at the Tour de France
Smart thinking by George Hincapie saw him take third in the final intermediate sprint and earn a two-second time bonus as a result, placing him two seconds in front by the end of the day. Naturally, the 33 year-old American was delighted, but told the press that wasn't his intention until very late
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 Alejandro Valverde
dailypeloton.com,
2 July 2006
"but it is quite ok for me!"
On the eve of the start of the Tour de France, World Cup leader Alejandro Valverde answers from his press conference.
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 Thor Hushovd
cyclingnews.com,
1 July 2006
'The Bear from Grimstad' tears the Tour apart
Flying down Strasbourg's Avenue Herrenschmidt and passing through the arrivée with a time of eight minutes seventeen, Thor Hushovd set a magnificent average speed of 51.429 kilometres per hour, surpassing 176 others and earning the right to wear the first maillot jaune of the 93rd Tour de France.
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Robbie McEwen
cyclingnews.com,
1 July 2006
A reflection of human nature
A prologue is not usually Robbie McEwen's thing, but as usual, the Australian speedster is focusing on tomorrow's second stage, where he can use his talents. But it's been difficult to get into the swing of things with the drama leading up to the race.
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George Hincapie
CNN,
1 July 2006
" It's not going to change my focus. "
This morning during the CNN Headline News Robin & Company morning show, sports anchor Will Selva interviewed U.S. cyclist George Hincapie about the recent doping scandal at the Tour de France. Here’s what George had to say…
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 Chris Horner
dailypeloton.com,
30 June 2006
The Salem Witch Hunt
36 hours before the start of the Tour in Strasbourg, the international cycling community is still waiting for official information of the investigation which began with the arrest of former Liberty Seguros manager Manolo Saiz just over one month ago, and which has slowly but steadily grown to be a n
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 Enrico Degano
teambarloworld.com,
30 June 2006
"My first win of the year was the key: I beat Robbie McEwen!"
Four wins in Portugal and a new found competitive spirit. Can a rider's career start or restart at 30?
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