Media Room

PRESS CONTACT

For team and rider press inquiries, please contact Philippe Maertens at pressoffice@johanbruyneel.com.

For LIVESTRONG.COM inquiries, please contact Yasmeen Coning at yasmeen@livestrong.com.

For business inquiries surrounding RadioShack, please contact media.relations@radioshack.com.

For LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Campaign inquiries, please contact press@livestrong.org.

• October 31, 2010

  Two-for-two for Chris Horner

  October 31st, 2010 – Team RadioShack’s Chris Horner won the Storm the Beach Cyclocross on Sunday in Oceanside, California.  The 8th race of the Southern California Prestige Series of Cyclocross ended in a two man battle between Horner and Sid Taberlay, the leader in the Series.
  

  

• October 23, 2010

  Chris Horner wins Spooky Cyclocross

  October 23rd, 2010 - For Chris Horner there was no better way to celebrate his 39th birthday than by participating in a bike race. Chris Horner started in his first cyclocross of the season and won that race.  In Irvine, CA, he was the fastest rider of all participants. The fifth race of the Southern California Prestige Series of Cyclocross was a night race. The Spooky Cross at Hidden Valley, Camp James was a Halloween-themed cyclocross with a lot of music, madness and costumes.
  

  

• October 13, 2010

  Chechu Rubiera retires after Tour of Lombardy

  The Tour of Lombardy will be the last international race for Spanish rider José Luis “Chechu” Rubiera. After 16 years of professional cycling, the Asturian rider will retire. Rubiera (37) always has been one of the strongholders of his teams. In 2000 he joined Johan Bruyneel's US Postal Service Team. Chechu Rubiera is best known for being Lance Armstrong's mountain lieutenant for five Tour de France victories, but has also achieved individual success with two stage victories in the Giro d’Italia, two top ten finishes in the Giro, as well as the Vuelta and he rode six times the Tour the France. He was also instrumental in the Tour of Spain victory of Alberto Contador in 2008.

  

• August 16, 2010

  Zubeldia wins Tour de l Ain / Levi Leipheimer sets new Leadville course record

  Belley - August 14th / Team RadioShack’s Haimar Zubeldia took the overall victory in the Tour de l’Ain on Saturday by the slimmest of margins at twenty-hundredths of a second over second-place finisher and stage winner Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil).  Zubeldia and Poels tied on time and the hundredths of a second from the prologue result decided about the overall victory. After five days of racing, the gaps going into the final stage were so small that the race was up for grabs down to the wire, pushing the riders in contention for the win to give it their all on the final stage.  Tackling the HC Grand Colombier (20 K, 6%) in the final 35km, a group went away that included all the race favorites.  Zubeldia’s fourth place in the stage placed him in the winner’s circle, marking his first overall win in ten years, the last time being on May 28th 2000 in the Bicicleta Vasca. 
  

  

• July 14, 2010

  Team RadioShack victory in Tour de France. Sergio Paulinho wins Stage10

  Chambéry, July 14th 2010 - Patience and experience earned Team RadioShack’s Portuguese rider Sérgio Paulinho his first individual stage victory in Wednesday’s Tour de France stage from Chambéry to Gap.  Part of a day-long break of six riders that included two Frenchmen, Paulinho celebrated Bastille Day in his own way by taking the win by half a wheel  length over Vasili Kiryienka of Caisse d’Epargne.  Riding in his third Tour de France, 30-year old Paulinho was part of the 2009 Team Time Trial victory and also won the silver medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics as well as a stage in the Tour of Spain in 2006.
  

  

• June 14, 2010

  Team Manager Johan Bruyneel Stunned over Team RadioShacks Non-Invite to the Vuelta

  Bern, June 14th 2010 -
  
  Team RadioShack has not been selected as one of the 22 teams that will line up in the Tour of Spain in September 2010.  Team Manager Johan Bruyneel was perplexed when he heard the news from the media.  Sixteen teams had already been pre-selected under a 2008 agreement between the organizers and the UCI but Team RadioShack did not get one of the six wild cards. 
  
  

  

• June 13, 2010

  Biggest career win for Jani Brajkovic in Dauphiné

  Sallanches, June 13th 2010 -
  
  Team RadioShack’s Jani Brajkovic won the 62nd edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Sunday after eight stages and more than 1070K of racing.  After taking the yellow jersey in the individual time trial in the third stage, Brajkovic never relinquished his hold on the race lead despite battling in the French Alps with Astana’s Alberto Contador.  It was the biggest win of the 26-year old Slovenian time trial champion’s career.
  The last stage produced a breakaway win for Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Professional Cycling Team) and was no threat to Brajkovic’s overall race lead.  Contador took second with Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Columbia) claiming the third spot on the podium.  It was in Saturday’s stage up the mythic Alpe d’Huez that Brajkovic sealed his win.  With Contador needing to make up 1:41 to Brajkovic, the Spaniard set up a series of more than six attacks with 8K to go.  Each attack was answered by Brajkovic pacing himself back to the wheel with laser-like focus coming from the Slovenian. 
  
  

  

• June 9, 2010

  Stage victory and yellow jersey for Jan Brajkovic in Dauphine

  Sorgues, June 9th 2010 - Team RadioShack’s Jani Brajkovic powered to the victory in the 3rd stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné (France), an individual time trial from Monteux to Sorgues over 49 kilometer (30.4 mi). The Slovenian time trial champion was impressive. He completed the course in 1:01:51 with an average speed of 47.53 K/h (29.53 mi/h). David Millar finished 2nd, 26 seconds behind Brajkovic, Edvald Boasson Hagen 3rd, losing 43 seconds, and Tejay Van Garderen 4th. Spanish champion and race leader Alberto Contador was sixth, coming in at 1:46 back.  Brajkovic's performance moved him from third to first on general classification.
  

  

• June 7, 2010

  Wrist fracture for Haimar Zubeldia

  Voiron, June 7th 2010 - Team RadioShack’s Haimar Zubeldia suffers from a distal radius fracture (right side). Zubeldia broke his forearm (wrist) in the massive crash that occurred 15 kilometers from the finish in the first stage of the  Critérium du Dauphiné (France).
  Some hours after the race, Zubeldia underwent surgery in the Centre Hospitalier of Voiron (France). The doctors inserted a plate to stabilize the fracture and to ensure a quick recovery.
  

  

• June 2, 2010

  Wrist fracture for Sébastien Rosseler

  Team RadioShack’s Sébastien Rosseler suffers from a small avulsion fracture of the dice bone in his left hand as well as from bruises of the right shoulder. Rosseler was hit by a car on his training ride between Liège and Tongeren (Belgium).  He will not be able to put pressure on his wrist for at least 14 days.
  
  Tour of Luxemburg updates
  Team RadioShack finished with four riders in the Top Ten in the prologue of the Tour of Luxemburg. Daily updates and reactions of riders on www.teamradioshack.com

  

• May 31, 2010

  Ben Hermans Wins Queen Stage in Tour of Belgium

  Team Radio Shack’s Ben Hermans took the victory in the last stage of the Tour of Belgium, a stage with 14 climbs, including the Liège-Bastogne-Liège climbs of  Côte de la Redoute and Mont Theux. The Belgian rider preceded Stijn Devolder who took the overall victory. With 17 K to go, both riders escaped from a select group of seven riders which included Team RadioShack’s Geoffroy Lequatre, Philippe Gilbert, Thomas De Gendt and former world champions Philipp Walsleben and Oscar Freire.
  
  

  

• May 20, 2010

  No fractures for Lance Armstrong after his crash in the Amgen Tour of California

  Team RadioShack’s Lance Armstrong suffered a severe left elbow contusion with big hematoma as well as a 3 cm/1.2 inch complex swollen laceration under his  left eye.
  
  

  

• May 7, 2010

  Team RadioShack in Tour of California / Press Conference

   To kick off the 2010 Amgen Tour of California, race presenter AEG will hold a press conference with race officials, sponsors and athletes to discuss the 2010 race. For Team RadioShack Lance Armstrong and three-times Tour of California winner Levi Leipheimer will be attending this press conference.
  

  

• May 3, 2010

  Levi Leipheimer wins Tour of the Gila

  Team RadioShack’s Levi Leipheimer secured his overall win in the 24th SRAM Tour of the Gila (New Mexico, USA) on Sunday. He accomplished this with only Lance Armstrong and Jason McCartney as his support team throughout the 5-day race. The three riders rode the national event as individual riders in the Mellow Johnny’s jersey. Australian rider Darren Lill (Fly V Australia) won the last stage, the 171.2km/106.4mi Gila Monster Road Race.
  

  

• April 29, 2010

  Levi Leipheimer first leader in Tour of the Gila

  Levi Leipheimer won the first stage of the 24th SRAM Tour of the Gila from Silver City to Mogollon (151 km/94.1 mi).  With the start of the Tour of California two weeks away, Leipheimer is clearly doing more than a tune-up for California.  Under the flag of Mellow Johnny’s, Leipheimer sprang from the pack on the final climb, just as he did last year. Second place went to Tom Danielson (DZ Nuts) and third to Cesar Grajales (OUCH-Bahati Foundation). Last year’s third-place finisher Phil Zajicek finished fourth.
   

  

• April 22, 2010

  Fuyu Li suspended

  Team RadioShack management was informed today by the UCI that its rider Fuyu Li has had an A-sample positive test for the banned substance Clenbuterol. The sample was collected March 23, 2010 during Dwars door Vlaanderen (Belgium). Fuyu Li has been immediately suspended pending the outcome of his B-sample test in the next few weeks. If that test is positive the rider will be removed from the team.
  

  

• April 14, 2010

  Sébastien Rosseler Wins The Brabantse Pijl

  Team RadioShack’s Sébastien Rosseler won the historic 50th edition of the Brabantse Pijl in Belgium on Wednesday.  In true fighting sprint the Belgian rider beat his two companions Thomas De Gendt (Topsport Vlaanderen) and Jurgen Vandewalle (Quick-Step). After his earlier stage win in the Tour of Algarve it is Rosseler’s second victory of the season.
  

  

• April 13, 2010

  Time trial and overall title in the Basque Country

  Three Team RadioShack victories in one week; veteran Chris Horner is responsible for two of them. Horner (38) won the last stage, a 22 kilometer time trial, as well as the overall title in the Tour of the Basque Country (ProTour). After having won 16 professional stage races in America and Asia during his career, Chris Horner won his first European stage race by taking the final victory in the challenging Vuelta a País Vasco (April, 5th-10th).
  

  

• April 11, 2010

  Team RadioShack in Paris-Roubaix

  The Team line-up for the next race:
  
  Paris-Roubaix (Fra), 11/04/2010
  
  Riders: Fumiyuki Beppu, Sam Bewley, Markel Irizar, Geoffroy Lequatre, Yaroslav Popovych, Gregory Rast, Sébastien Rosseler & Tomas Vaitkus
  Director: Dirk Demol & Alain Gallopin. 

  

• April 7, 2010

  Tiago Machado sensational in la Sarthe

  Angers, 5 April 2010 - Team RadioShack’s Tiago Machado (24) was the fastest rider in the time trial of the Circuit Sarthe / Pays de la Loire (France) on Wednesday. Machado powered to the victory two seconds faster than race leader Luis-León Sánchez. Frenchman Anthony Roux finished third. In the classification Machado is second now, eight seconds behind Sánchez. Team RadioShack’s Yaroslav Popovych – leader in the mountains classification and fourth in the time trial -  is fourth overall.

  

• April 5, 2010

  Lance Armstrong forced to drop out in Sarthe

  Angers, 5 April 2010 - Lance Armstrong did not start  the second stage of the Circuit Sarthe - Pays de la Loire (France).  Armstrong came down with a viral intestinal infection after the conclusion of Stage 1.  He will return to the US as soon as his condition allows.
  

  

• April 2, 2010

  Team RadioShack in Flanders, Sarthe and Basque Country

  The Team line-up for the next races:
  
  Tour of Flanders/Ronde van Vlaanderen (Bel) 4/4/10
  Riders: Lance Armstrong, Markel Irizar, Geoffroy Lequatre, Dmitriy Muravyev, Yaroslav Popovych, Gregory Rast, Sébastien Rosseler & Tomas Vaitkus
  Directors: Johan Bruyneel & Dirk Demol
  

  

• March 30, 2010

  Team RadioShack in France and Belgium

  The Team line-up for the next races:
  
  Critérium International (Fra), 27-28/03/2010
  Riders: Lance Armstrong, Matthew Busche, Ben Hermans, Chris Horner, Tiago Machado, Sérgio Paulinho, Yaroslav Popovych & Ivan Rovny
  Directors: Johan Bruyneel & Alain Gallopin

  

• March 24, 2010

  Team RadioShack in Across Flanders (Waregem)

  The Team line-up for the next race:
  Waregem - Across Flanders / Dwars door Vlaanderen (Bel), 24/03/2010
  Riders: Fumiyuki Beppu, Ben Hermans, Markel Irizar, Geoffroy Lequatre, Fuyu Li, Dmitriy Muravyev, Gregory Rast & Sébastien Rosseler
  Director: Dirk Demol

  

• March 18, 2010

  Milan-Sanremo: Beppu Replaces Armstrong / Roster Set for Catalunya

  Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will not be able to participate in Milan-Sanremo, the second ProTour event of the 2010 season. The Team RadioShack leader, suffering from acute gastroenteritis, will be replaced by teammate Fumiyuki Beppu. "It would have been good to have Lance lineup for the start but we prefer not to take any risk," commented Team Director ;Johan Bruyneel. "It would not be very intelligent to let him start in a race of almost 300K, while not being healthy."
  

  

• March 18, 2010

  Team RadioShack in Milan-Sanremo

  The Team line-up for the next race:
  Milan-Sanremo (Ita), 20/03/2010
  Riders: Lance Armstrong, Daryl Impey, Markel Irizar, Geoffroy Lequatre, Dmitriy Muravyev, Gregory Rast, Sébastien Rosseler & Tomas Vaitkus
  
  Director: Johan Bruyneel 

  

• March 7, 2010

  Gert Steegmans Fractures Collar Bone

  Team RadioShack's Gert Steegmans broke his left collarbone in the Prologue of Paris-Nice. Steegmans was caught in a whirlwind while on his bike. The wind picked him up off the ground while he was going 75kph/47mph on a downhill section of the course. In addition to the fracture, Steegmans suffered from a big contusion of the shoulder muscle and has road rash all over his body.
  

  

• March 4, 2010

  Team RadioShack in Paris-Nice

  The Team line-up for the next race: Paris-Nice (Fra), 7-14/03/2010
  
  Riders: Jani Brajkovic, Chris Horner, Levi Leipheimer, Geoffroy Lequatre, Tiago Machado, Yaroslav Popovych, Sébastien Rosseler & Gert Steegmans
  
  Directors: Alain Gallopin & Dirk Demol

  

• March 2, 2010

  Team RadioShack in Three Days of West Flanders

  Three Days of West Flanders / Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (Bel), 5-7/03/2010
  
  Riders: Fumiyuki Beppu, Sam Bewley, Ben Hermans, Markel Irizar, Dmitriy Muravyev, Ivan Rovny, Bjørn Selander & Tomas Vaitkus
  
  Directors: Dirk Demol & José Azevedo
  
   

  

• February 24, 2010

  Team RadioShack in Murcia

  The Team line-up for the next race:
  Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia (Spa), 3-7/03/2010
  Riders: Lance Armstrong, Daryl Impey, Andreas Klöden, Jason McCartney, Gregory Rast, José Luis Rubiera & Haimar Zubeldia
  
  Directors: Johan Bruyneel & Viatcheslav Ekimov

  

• February 21, 2010

  Steegmans and Vaitkus in Belgium's Opening Weekend

  Gert Steegmans and Tomas Vaitkus will race in the opening weekend’s races of the Belgian cycling season. Their participation was questionable after crashes in the third and first stages of last week’s Tour of Algarve.
  Gert Steegmans suffered a concussion after landing on his head in stage three. After three days rest he did a 50 kilometer training ride on Tuesday, followed by a 6 hour training ride on Wednesday. He could finish both rides without experiencing a headache.
   

  

• February 20, 2010

  Team RadioShack in Sardinia

  Team RadioShack, winner of the Teams Classification in the Tour of Algarve (with three riders - Tiago Machado 3rd, Levi Leipheimer 4th and Andreas Klöden 8th - in Top Ten Overall GC), starts next Tuesday in the 28th Tour of Sardinia.
  The Team line-up for the next races:
  

  

• February 19, 2010

  Rosseler wins in Algarve. First Team RadioShack Victory.

  Team RadioShack’s Sébastien Rosseler won the 4th stage in the Tour of Algarve (Portugal) on Saturday. The Belgian was the strongest rider after a solo effort of 28 kilometer in a demanding stage. In Tavira he had 58 seconds advantage to 5 others riders who had been part of his original breakaway.
  

  

• February 17, 2010

  LIVESTRONG.COM Reports Strong Showing for Team RadioShack 2010 Cycling Site

  New Online Destination Gives Fans Unprecedented Access to Lance Armstrong and Team with Behind-the-Scenes Blog Posts, Videos and Race Updates.  Read More

  

• February 15, 2010

  Team RadioShack Podium Places for Machado and Leipheimer in Algarve. Steegmans Out.

  Home rider Tiago Machado (Team RadioShack) finished second atop the Alto do Malhão in the 3rd stage of the Volta ao Algarve (Portugal). Teammate Levi Leipheimer (USA) finished third. Stage winner Alberto Contador attacked at the bottom of the final climb, immediately took ten seconds and managed to keep that advantage.
  

  

• February 9, 2010

  Team RadioShack in Algarve

  The Team line-up for the next race:
   
  Volta ao Algarve (Port), 17-21/02/2010
   
  Riders: Andreas Klöden, Levi Leipheimer, Tiago Machado, Sérgio Paulinho, Gregory Rast, Sébastien Rosseler, Gert Steegmans & Tomas Vaitkus
  
  Directors: Dirk Demol & José Azevedo

  

• January 29, 2010

  Team RadioShack Training Camp / Media Day

  Team RadioShack will hold its second training camp in Calpe, Spain, from February 4th to 14th. All riders who did not participate in the Santos Tour Down Under will be present. On Tuesday, February 9th, riders and staff will be at the press’ disposal (no press conference, just individual and/or grouped interviews) in the afternoon. On the morning of the 9th, media will be permitted to attend the training session.  Riders will not be available for interviews during the other training days. Interested media should email the press office for additional details.