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 victories 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? Hardly any German-speaking victors at the start. 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 now misses the grand finale entirely. He injured his hand after a fight in a hotel. Nacer Bouhanni is boxing himself out of the Tour de France. According to several international media reports, it came... read more
Cycling: The 103rd edition of the Tour de France begins next Saturday. The nine registered riders from 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 all the teams in three parts. We'll start with the stage chasers. These teams will have to fight for their survival in the run... 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 jump to the WorldTour last season and would like to pass on the red lantern in 2016. IAM Cycling - Overview Last season, the IAM Cycling team, founded in Switzerland in 2013, ventured into the... read more
Cycling: The Swiss IAM team experienced a bittersweet day yesterday. For the first time in this Tour, a rider from the team, Martin Elmiger, made it onto the podium. However, team captain Mathias Frank had to abandon the race with a serious injury. Crashes occurred repeatedly in the finale of yesterday's stage. Among those affected were the two Americans... read more
