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Tour de France crash victim Jens Voigt has been told he will have to wait for a decision on whether he faces surgery on his smashed cheekbone, his Saxo Bank team announced Wednesday.
The 37-year-old was temporarily knocked unconscious after a high speed crash during the race’s 16th stage from [...]
On stage 16 of the 2009 Tour de France, Jens Voight of Team Saxo Bank had a horrific crash. At about 60km per hour it looks like Jens had a slight lapse of concentration. It appears he took his hand of his bar at the same time he hit a bump on the decent.
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BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE, France, July 21, 2009 (AFP) – German veteran Jens Voigt of Saxo Bank crashed out of the Tour de France after suffering a horrific crash on Tuesday’s 16th stage.
The 37-year-old temporarily lost consciousness after a heavy fall early on the descent from the Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard and was [...]
BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE, France, July 21, 2009 (AFP) – Alberto Contador tightened his grip on the Tour de France yellow jersey after soaking up attacks from Luxembourg rival Andy Schleck on the race’s 16th stage here on Tuesday.
Spaniard Miguel Astarloza won the 159km stage from Martigny in Switzerland to here, after attacking his breakaway [...]
BESANCON, France, July 18, 2009 (AFP) – Saxo Bank rider Jens Voigt admitted Saturday he felt like punching someone in anger after a flat-tyre cost him the chance to stay with a breakaway group on the 14th stage of the Tour de France.
The 37-year-old suffered a back-wheel puncture at [...]
ISSOUDUN, July 14, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France contenders Saxo Bank suffered a blow Tuesday when road captain Kurt-Asle Arvesen was forced out of the race after suffering a broken collarbone in a heavy crash during the 10th stage.
The 34-year-old Norwegian champion, who won the 11th stage on [...]
KRAKOW, Poland, Sept 20, 2008 (AFP) – Germany’s Jens Voigt, of the CSC team, won the Tour of Poland after the seventh and final stage won by compatriot Robert Foerster of the Gerolsteiner team on Saturday.
Results from the final stage of the Tour of Poland, held over 1OO km between Rabka Zdroj [...]
BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – A selection of what they’re saying ahead of this year’s Tour de France, which begins here Saturday and ends on July 27:
“If they had to take the fight against doping any further, they’d have to come and live in my house! I’ve [...]
Evergreen Voigt wins maiden Tour of Italy stage
VARESE, Italy, May 29, 2008 (AFP) – Veteran German rider Jens Voigt won his first ever stage in the Tour of Italy when he took the 18th leg here on Thursday, a 147 kilometres ride from the Swiss town of Mendissio the venue for the [...]