Topic: Thor Hushovd

BMC sign world champion Hushovd

AFP Global Edition - 188 days ago
Norway's world road race cycling champion Thor Hushovd will race for American team BMC next year after he signed a two-year contract with them on Tuesday, the Americans announced on their website.The 33-year-old two-time Tour de France green jersey winner ...

Cardboard Zabriskie makes Tour de France podium

AFP American Edition - 204 days ago
In 2010 Lance Armstrong's American team RadioShack caused controversy on the Tour de France podium when they ignored protocol to wear black 'Livestrong' jerseys.A year on and fellow American outfit Garmin-Cervelo found a lighter way to celebrate victory in the ...

Hushovd stuns Roy as Voeckler keeps yellow jersey

AFP Global Edition - 213 days ago
Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Garmin-Cervelo continued his dream Tour de France with victory in the 13th stage from Pau to Lourdes on Friday.Frenchman Thomas Voeckler, of Europcar, retained the race leader's yellow jersey after arriving with the main peloton and ...

Hushovd thwarts Frenchmen to claim Tour 13th stage

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 214 days ago
LOURDES, France (Reuters) - World champion Thor Hushovd claimed the 13th stage of the Tour de France after defeating two Frenchmen in a nail-biting finale on Friday.The Norwegian rider from the Garmin-Cervelo team powered away with 2.5 kilometers left to beat ...

Hushovd's Tour lead under threat in eighth stage

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 220 days ago
AIGURANDE, France (Reuters) - Thor Hushovd's yellow jersey is in jeopardy in Saturday's 189-km eighth stage of the Tour de France to Super-Besse when the peloton encounter the first mountains in this edition.The finale in the Massif Central ski resort ...

Boasson Hagen breaks Tour duck, Hushovd keeps yellow

AFP Global Edition - 221 days ago
Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen claimed his and Team Sky's maiden Tour de France victory when he powered to victory in the race's sixth stage on Thursday.Compatriot Thor Hushovd, of Garmin-Cervelo, finished third to retain the race leader's ...

Cavendish bags Stage Five win in Tour de France

AFP Global Edition - 222 days ago
Britain's Mark Cavendish of HTC-Highroad took a stab at his detractors after claiming his 16th career win in the crash-marred fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday.Norwegian Thor Hushovd, of the Garmin-Cervelo team, kept the race leader's ...

Cavendish bags 16th stage win in Tour de France

AFP Global Edition - 222 days ago
Britain's Mark Cavendish of HTC-Highroad took a stab at his detractors after claiming his 16th career win in the crash-marred fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday.Norwegian Thor Hushovd, of the Garmin-Cervelo team, kept the race leader's ...

Evans keeps yellow jersey bid boiling over

AFP Global Edition - 223 days ago
Cadel Evans won a battle on the fourth stage of the Tour de France but admits he's preparing for a war in the coming weeks of the world's toughest bike race.Evans, a former two-time runner-up, has finished outside the ...

Evans pips Contador in Tour de France stage four

AFP Global Edition - 223 days ago
Two-time runner-up Cadel Evans of BMC held off a late charge from Alberto Contador to claim a prestigious victory on the fourth stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday.Norwegian Thor Hushovd, tipped to lose the yellow jersey after a brutal ...