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• Saxo Bank To Take Over Full Title Sponsorship of Riis Cycling
  November 16th, 2011
  

  Saxo Bank, the trading and investment specialist, will take over the full title sponsorship of Riis Cycling in 2012. In 2011 the sponsorship was held jointly with SunGard, one of [...]

• Japan’s Miyazawa Signs With Team Saxo Bank
  October 22nd, 2011
  

  PARIS, Oct 21, 2011 (AFP) – Saxo Bank have signed Japanese veteran Takashi Miyazawa on a one-year deal, team manager and owner Bjarne Riis announced Friday. “In my opinion Takashi [...]

• McGee Calls For Patience As Porte Runs Out Of Steam
  January 20th, 2011
  

  by Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia – Saxo Bank team manager Brad McGee called for patience from Richie Porte Thursday after a failed attack late on the Tour Down Under’s third [...]

• O’Grady Signs On With Team Schleck
  November 1st, 2010
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS – Seasoned Tour de France campaigner Stuart O’Grady has rubber-stamped his departure from Saxo Bank by signing with the Luxembourg Cycling Project being led by [...]

• Team Saxo Bank Honored With Two Vélo d’Or Awards
  October 27th, 2010
  

  Team Saxo Bank’s reigning World and Olympic time trial champion, Fabian Cancellara won the prestigious French cycling award, Vélo d’Or after an unusually magnificent season. The Swiss phenomenon started off [...]

• Saxo Bank Sign Nuyens As Classics Leader
  October 9th, 2010
  

  Belgian Nick Nuyens has been told to expect bigger things in his career after signing a two-year deal with Danish outfit Saxo Bank. Nuyens, who has previously won Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, Omloop [...]

• Riis Convinced Of Contador Innocence
  October 6th, 2010
  

  COPENHAGEN – Saxo Bank team director Bjarne Riis said Wednesday he still believed in the innocence of new team recruit Alberto Contador despite his positive test for a banned substance. [...]

• Cancellara Is Saying Goodbye To Riis
  September 18th, 2010
  

  Switzerland’s Fabien Cancellara is leaving Team Saxo Bank a year before the end of his contract, the head of the Danish team Bjarne Riis told TV2 news Saturday. “I will [...]

• Cancellara For Sale?
  September 2nd, 2010
  

  The rumors are flying that Fabian Cancellara is for sale. Well at least his contract is. The rumors that we have been hearing are putting the price tag to buy [...]

• Bocharov Wins Stage 3, Larsson Keeps Yellow At Tour du Limousin
  August 19th, 2010
  

  Mansac (Corrèze) – The Russian rider Alexander Bocharov (Katusha) won the third stage of the 43rd Tour of Limousin cycling race on Thursday. The stage covered a distance of 191.5 [...]

• Kasper Klostergaard And André Steensen Sign New Contracts
  August 12th, 2010
  

  Team Saxo Bank has secured an important weapon on the French/Belgian cobblestone sections by signing a two year- contract extension with Dane, Kasper Klostergaard. The strong fighter has been showing [...]

• Jakob Fuglsang Won Tour Of Denmark 2010
  August 8th, 2010
  

  It was a determined Team Saxo Bank ready to fight to secure Jakob Fuglsang a third consecutive win of Tour of Denmark, taking on the sixth and final stage from [...]

• Matti Breschel Leads In Denmark After Team Saxo Bank Massacre
  August 6th, 2010
  

  [06.08 18:40] On a sunny Friday, Team Saxo Bank forced the peloton to its knees during the 185 kilometer long third stage of Tour of Denmark from Hadsten to Vejle. [...]

• The Schlecks Set To Leave Team Saxo Bank
  July 30th, 2010
  

  Luxembourg pair Andy and Frank Schleck are to leave their Saxo Bank team with a view to joining a home-based outfit next season, it was reported the pair stated on [...]

• Gustav Larsson In The Lead After Prologue Victory
  July 17th, 2010
  

  Today, Team Saxo Bank tempo specialist, Gustav Larsson won the prologue over eight kilometers of Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid that runs this weekend after. Teammates, Andre Steensen and [...]

• Schleck Mum As Riis Announces New Sponsor
  July 12th, 2010
  

  MORZINE-AVORIAZ, France, July 12, 2010 (AFP) – Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis announced a new co-title sponsor for his team Monday as Tour de France contender Andy Schleck refused to [...]

• Riis Defiant As Schleck Exit Talk Upset Tour Plans
  July 1st, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, July 1, 2010 – Former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis stood defiant Thursday amid rumors that his two top contenders for the yellow jersey [...]

• Nicki Sørensen Danish National Champion
  June 27th, 2010
  

  Today, the Danish national road championships were held in Hobro, Denmark where Team Saxo Bank conquered the podium in the national time trial championship. And the Danish Team Saxo Bank [...]

• Team Boss Quits Saxo Bank Ahead of Tour de France
  June 27th, 2010
  

  COPENHAGEN, June 27, 2010 – Kim Andersen, the sporting director of the Danish team Saxo Bank, is stepping down from his job less than a week before the start of [...]

• Riis Names Saxo Bank’s Tour de France Team
  June 22nd, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 22, 2010 (AFP) – Saxo Bank team owner Bjarne Riis named his nine-man team for the Tour de France, with Andy Schleck, last year’s runner-up, once again spearheading [...]

• Carrara In Front, As Schleck Takes Luxembourg Stage 2
  June 4th, 2010
  

  Home rider Frank Schleck of Saxo Bank won the second stage of the Tour of Luxembourg on Friday but Italian Matteo Carrara of Vacansoleil took the overall lead from previous [...]

• Insinuations of Cheating by “Mechanical Doping” Strongly Rejected
  June 3rd, 2010
  

  [03.06 15:11] Team Saxo Bank rejects all insinuations and accusations that have been made in the media regarding Fabian Cancellara’s alleged use of an electric motor in his bike. Team [...]

• Richie Porte Intends To Fight For The Jersey
  May 11th, 2010
  

  Team Saxo Bank’s Richie Porte signed with Team Saxo Bank in the autumn of 2009 and he has entered his first season as a professional taking a stage victory in [...]

• Richie Porte Now Second Overall In Giro
  May 10th, 2010
  

  [10.05 17:23] The 224 kilometer long stretch between Amsterdam and Middelburg formed today’s third stage of Giro d’Italia and similar to yesterday’s wild ride on the narrow and windy roads [...]

• Alex Rasmussen Took Third Victory This Week
  May 7th, 2010
  

  [07.05 17:14] Team Saxo Bank’s Alex Rasmussen conquered his third great victory this week when he out sprinted everyone on a demanding stage in race, Four Days At Dunkerque. The [...]

• Alex Rasmussen Won Stage One Of Four Days At Dunkirk
  May 5th, 2010
  

  [05.05 17:06] Saturday, he won GP Herning on home ground and today, Team Saxo Bank’s Alex Rasmussen out sprinted everyone on stage one of Four Days at Dunkirk from Dunkirk [...]

• Team Saxo Bank Giro Preview
  May 4th, 2010
  

  The 101st edition of the Giro d’Italia kicks off in the most spectacular fashion when the riders this coming Saturday are sent off to do the 8,4 kilometer time trial [...]

• No Big Stars For Saxo Bank’s Giro Campaign
  April 27th, 2010
  

  Danish cycling team Saxo Bank will line up for the three-week Giro d’Italia in May without any of its major stars. Top names like Swiss Fabian Cancellara and the Luxembourg [...]

• Team Saxo Bank Liege-Bastogne-Liege
  April 24th, 2010
  

  On Sunday 25th of April, the last of this year’s spring classics, Liege-Bastogne-Liege is winding its 258 kilometers through an increasingly rugged landscape as the field will be approaching the [...]

• Amstel Gold Race Team Saxo Bank Preview
  April 16th, 2010
  

  Sunday April 19th, the 45th edition of the Dutch classic, Amstel Gold Race is due. The course takes place in an undulating landscape on roads so narrow that the riders [...]

• Team Saxo Bank With A New Line-Up
  April 13th, 2010
  

  [13.04 13:40] It has been a very successful past month for Team Saxo Bank. With convincing victories in Volta a Catalunya (Jens Voigt and Juan José Haedo, Dwars door Vlaanderen [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Wins An Unforgettable Paris-Roubaix
  April 11th, 2010
  

  Team Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara crushed everyone in today’s Paris-Roubaix and secured Team Saxo Bank The Double. The queen of the classics was however invaded by 19 riders after 60 [...]

• Team Saxo Bank Paris-Roubaix Preview
  April 10th, 2010
  

  Paris-Roubaix is with its 259 kilometres, of which 52.9 will be on uneven and slippery cobblestone divided into 27 sections, probably the most loved and still very much hated one-day [...]

• Juan José Haedo Wins Rund um Köln For Team Saxo Bank
  April 5th, 2010
  

  Today, Team Saxo Bank continued on their path of success represented by Juan José Haedo who took a convincing sprint victory ahead of home ground favorite, André Greipel on the [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Won Ronde Van Vlaanderen
  April 5th, 2010
  

  Cold showers in fierce winds and Team Saxo Bank in the front of the peloton was the standing image of this year’s edition of Ronde van Vlaanderen. A breakaway of [...]

• Cancellara Conquers Flanders With Authority
  April 4th, 2010
  

  MEERBEKE, Belgium, April 4, 2010 (AFP) – Saxo Bank rider Fabian Cancellara ended Switzerland’s long wait for victory in the Tour of Flanders one-day classic Sunday with a superb solo [...]

• Riis Cycling and Luxembourg Airlines Formalize Their Partnership
  March 30th, 2010
  

  Riis Cycling and Luxembourg Airlines have agreed to formalize their cooperation so Luxair will become an official sponsor and continue to support Team Saxo Bank throughout 2010. Over the past [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Won E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke
  March 27th, 2010
  

  Another Belgian semi classic was due today and Team Saxo Bank took another beautiful victory in the 203 kilometer long E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke. The Danish squad was represented [...]

• Matti Breschel Won Dwars door Vlanderen In Great Style
  March 24th, 2010
  

  Team Saxo Bank totally dominated Dwars door Vlaanderen and Matti Breschel took the win in convincing style. Today, Team Saxo Bank took on the series of Belgian Spring races by [...]

• Andy Schleck – Motivated And Ready
  March 17th, 2010
  

  In December, Andy Schleck was hit by a car during training. The knee of the national champion of Luxembourg was hurt but not severely enough to keep him from training. [...]

• Jens Voigt In The Lead Of Paris-Nice
  March 10th, 2010
  

  Yann Huguet (Skil Shimano), Nikolas Maes (Quick Step) and Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma Lotto) characterized the third and 208 kilometer long stage of Paris-Nice between Saintjunien and Aurillac. Entering the [...]

• Dramatic Stage 2 At Paris-Nice – Jens Voigt Still Second
  March 8th, 2010
  

  It was an extremely nervous first and 201, 5 kilometer long stage of Paris-Nice between Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines og Contres. Two crashes along the way was the direct consequence of the eager [...]

• Jens Voigt Second In Paris-Nice
  March 7th, 2010
  

  Today, The Race to the Sun, Paris-Nice was launched with an 8 kilometer long and hilly time trial in Montfort-L’Amaury. The course took off with a 15, 5 kilometer long, [...]

• Jens Keukeleire Gets A Win At The GP Le Samyn
  March 3rd, 2010
  

  Today, the international cycling peloton took on the 190 kilometer long Belgian race, GP Le Samyn which remained an exiting duel between attacking riders and the chasing pack until the [...]

• Argentina’s Haedo Wins Tour de Mumbai
  February 21st, 2010
  

  Argentina’s Jose Juan Haedo on Sunday won the inaugural Tour de Mumbai, India’s first professional cycling race sanctioned by the sport’s governing body. The Team Saxo Bank sprinter took the [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Wins Tour Of Oman
  February 19th, 2010
  

  Today, Team Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara showed off his amazing power engine as he finished second on the final stage of Tour of Oman and took the overall victory of [...]

• Juan José Haedo Third In Qatar For Saxo Bank
  February 12th, 2010
  

  [12.02 13:03] Sixth and final stage of Tour of Qatar ended with six laps on a circuit of seven kilometers. Four escapees had a lead of one minute with eleven [...]

• Morkov And Rasmussen Won The Six-Day Race In Copenhagen
  February 9th, 2010
  

  [10.02 00:03] Team Saxo Bank’s world champions delivered a world class performance in the final hunt of the six-day race in Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen where the four leading couples [...]

• Michael Mørkøv And Alex Rasmussen Take The Lead In Copenhagen
  February 5th, 2010
  

  The first hunt of day one of the six-day race in Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen was no parade as it was decided after one hour of breathtaking pace. Team Saxo [...]

• Schleck Senior Wants To Stick With Brother Andy
  February 5th, 2010
  

  LUXEMBOURG, Feb 5, 2010 (AFP) – Luxembourg’s Franck Schleck said Friday he wanted to continue to race in the same team as his 2009 Tour de France runner-up brother Andy [...]

• Michael Mørkøv And Alex Rasmussen Won In Berlin
  February 3rd, 2010
  

  Tuesday night, Team Saxo Bank’s world champions swept all competition aside by winning the six-day race in Berlin after an incredibly exciting finale with Alex Rasmussen and Michael Mørkøv in [...]

• André Steensen Looking Forward To 2010
  January 30th, 2010
  

  Team Saxo Bank’s youngest rider did not get it from strangers. The father ruled the Danish premier cycling division during the eighties. This was before Danes got a real chance [...]

• Jaroslaw Marycz On Training Camp With Team Saxo Bank
  January 26th, 2010
  

  [26.01 13:23] Jaroslaw Marycz was born and raised in Koszalin, Poland and now lives in Wroclaw where he enjoys the time home with his girlfriend, Milena before taking on the [...]

• Richie Porte On Training Camp With Team Saxo Bank
  January 26th, 2010
  

  [25.01 13:23] Australian Richie Porte is starting his first year at Team Saxo Bank and has just returned to his home in Monaco after his first team training camp on [...]

• Chris Anker Sørensen Extends Contract with Team Saxo Bank
  January 20th, 2010
  

  Team Saxo Bank has signed a three year extension of the contract with 25-year-old Chris Anker Sørensen who has been a part of the team since his first professional contract [...]

• Fränk Schleck – Cyclist, Brother and Father
  January 16th, 2010
  

  Blood is thicker than water and everyone who sporadically has been following Team Saxo Bank’s activities on the European roads knows that Andy and Frank Schleck are each others biggest [...]

• Saxo Bank Ends Sponsorship One Year Early
  January 8th, 2010
  

  Bjarne Riis’s successful very cycling team will now have to be on the lookout for a brand spanking new title sponsor during 2010 season after Saxo Bank (current title sponsor) [...]

• Baden Cooke Wins At Jayco Bay Cycling Classic
  January 6th, 2010
  

  The new Team Saxo Bank rider Baden Cooke won his first race of the year Baden riding for Skilled/Lowe Farms won race 4 of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic in [...]

• Clearidium and Team Saxo Bank Part Ways
  December 19th, 2009
  

  Rasmus’ company Clearidium will work directly for the UCI next year and it is therefore not possible for Rasmus to continue the private programs he initiated. Autumn 2006 Bjarne Riis [...]

• In The Rear View Mirror With Jakob Fuglsang
  December 18th, 2009
  

  [12.12 10:05] Team Saxo Bank rider, Jakob Fuglsang was recently voted Danish Rider of the Year by Danish TV2 and the website www.feltet.dk. A price that makes an impact on [...]

• Rider of The Year 2009 – The 4000 Meter Squad
  December 17th, 2009
  

  Like last year, the 4000 meter squad on the track was today voted for Rider of the Year by Cycling World´s readers. The 4000 meter squad with Team Saxo Bank [...]

• Jakob Fuglsang Extends Contract With Team Saxo Bank
  October 23rd, 2009
  

  [23.10 10:15] The Danish talent, Jakob Fuglsang, has had a dream start in his professional career with a terrific debut season with Team Saxo Bank. This has not passed unnoticed [...]

• Team Saxo Bank Application Approved
  October 23rd, 2009
  

  [23.10 15:13] Team Saxo Bank and Riis Cycling have now received written confirmation that all documents are in order for the requirements concerning the 2010 UCI license. Media reports earlier [...]

• Marcus Ljungqvist Says GoodbyeTo Saxo Bank As A Rider And Is Heading To Team Sky As Director
  October 20th, 2009
  

  [20.10 19:28] When Marcus Ljungqvist ended his career after last weekend’s Paris-Tours it was after thorough consideration and most importantly, it was his decision alone. Not even a contract from [...]

• Team Saxo Bank Talks About The Tour de France 2010 Course
  October 14th, 2009
  

  [14.10 13:42] Tour de France 2010 kicks off with a prologue over eight kilometers in the largest port in Europe, Rotterdam in Holland. That was a fact when the Tour [...]

• Richie Porte Signs Contract With Team Saxo Bank
  October 10th, 2009
  

  [09.10 09:10] Team Saxo Bank has signed a two-year contract with the big Australian talent, 24-year-old Richie Porte, who after a phenomenally short career has impressed the world of cycling [...]

• Baden Cooke Signs One-Year Deal With Saxo Bank
  September 14th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Sept 14, 2009 (AFP) – Former Tour de France green jersey winner Baden Cooke is aiming to give fresh impetus to his once blossoming career after signing a one-year [...]

• Goss Win Keeps Paris-Brussels Classic In Aussie Hands
  September 12th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, Sept 12, 2009 (AFP) – Australia’s Matthew Goss, of Saxo Bank, won the Paris-Brussels cycling classic on Saturday, succeeding compatriot Robbie McEwen as champion. Goss finished ahead of fellow [...]

• Frank Schleck Facing Knee Surgery and Abandons The Vuelta
  September 9th, 2009
  

  Team Saxo Bank Fränk Schleck has for a long period of time been suffering from knee problems and has after consultation with team doctors made the decision to abandon this [...]

• André Steensen Extends Contract With Team Saxo Bank
  September 3rd, 2009
  

  [03.09 06:51] Team Saxo Bank is pleased to announce that one of Denmark’s greatest talents now has extended his contract with the team. The only 21-year-old André Steensen, who launched [...]

• Greg Henderson Won – Fabian Cancellara Defends The Leader’s Jersey
  August 31st, 2009
  

  [31.08 17:41] Three riders, Lars Boom (Rabobank), Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) and Jesús Rosendo Prado (Andalucia Cajasur) were the first riders in Germany when the Vuelta a Espana peloton rode out [...]

• Germany’s Ciolek Wins Second Stage of Tour of Spain
  August 30th, 2009
  

  EMMEN, Netherlands, Aug 30, 2009 (AFP) – Germany’s Gerald Ciolek, riding for the Milram team, won the second stage of the Tour of Spain between Assen and here on Sunday. [...]

• Gustav Larsson Won Tour de Poitou
  August 28th, 2009
  

  The Olympic time trial silver medalist, Team Saxo Bank’s Gustav Larsson, consolidated his victory on yesterday’s time trial and today he could celebrate the first stage race victory in his [...]

• Gustav Larsson Kept The Lead In Spite Of Crash At Tour de Poitou
  August 27th, 2009
  

  [27.08 16:44] In spite of a crash during today’s second half stage, Team Saxo Bank succeeded to defend Gustav Larsson’s leader’s jersey which he captured on today’s first half stage [...]

• Frank Høj Won Sparkassen Vesthimmerland GP
  August 26th, 2009
  

  [26.08 22:03] Tonight in the street race, Sparkassen Vesthimmerland GP in Aars, Denmark Team Saxo Bank’s Frank Høj demonstrated a peaking condition after participating in Vattenfall CyClassics and Eneco Tour. [...]

• Jens Voigt Signs With Saxo Bank For Another Year
  August 26th, 2009
  

  The horrific crash during this year’s edition of the Tour de France made no permanent damage on Jens Voigt’s good health. The 37 year-old German is with his sense of [...]

• Team Saxo Bank Signs Contract With Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
  August 24th, 2009
  

  [24.08 13:56] Team Saxo Bank is pleased to reveal that 23 year-old Jonas Aaen Jørgensen has signed a two-year contract with Team Saxo Bank. In January, Jonas made a huge [...]

• Jens Voigt Is Soon Fully Recovered
  August 14th, 2009
  

  [14.08 00:21] It was an ugly scene when Team Saxo Bank locomotive, Jens Voigt, hit the asphalt on a descent during the Tour de France with 80 km/h. It was [...]

• Tour of Denmark – Fuglsang Wins By Three Seconds
  August 2nd, 2009
  

  Jakob Fuglsang and Saxo Bank defend lead, win Tour of Denmark [02.08 20:23] Coming into the final stage of the Tour of Denmark with a narrow three second lead, Saxo [...]

• Tour of Denmark – Fuglsang Holds His Lead
  August 1st, 2009
  

  Jakob Fuglsang holds tight lead going into final stage in Denmark [01.08 21:56] The evening time trial at the Tour of Denmark turned into a heart-stopping race for the overall [...]

• Jakob Fuglsang Continues The Dominating Saxo Bank Performance In Denmark
  August 1st, 2009
  

  [31.07 23:20] Just as Niki Sörensen predicted after stage two at the Tour of Denmark, another Saxo Bank rider won solo after a late stage attack in the circuits around [...]

• Nicki Sørensen Solos To Denmark Stage Two Victory
  July 30th, 2009
  

  Takes Over Leader’s Jersey [30.07 20:19] There was little doubt coming into the second stage of the Tour of Denmark that the Saxo Bank race leaders would be hot favourites [...]

• Matthew Goss and J.J. Haedo Go 1-2 on Wallonie Final Stage, Alex Kolobnev 3rd Overall
  July 29th, 2009
  

  [29.07 19:26] Topping off what has been a satisfyingly successful week of racing for the team, Saxo Bank bagged their third stage victory of the tour. Matthew Goss won his [...]

• Tour of Wallonie
  July 28th, 2009
  

  Alexandr Kolobnev takes fifth in difficult fourth stage at Wallonie, moves up GC [28.07 18:10] The fourth stage at the Tour de Wallonie saw another large split happen in the [...]

• Matthew Goss Wins Wallonie Third Stage After 200 km Break
  July 28th, 2009
  

  [27.07 19:56] Coming into the stage with a plan to work for the team’s sprinters, Saxo Bank sent Matthew Goss on the attack very early on. Getting into a break [...]

• JUAN JOSE HAEDO WON STAGE 2 OF TOUR DE WALLONIE
  July 26th, 2009
  

  [26.07 16:57] The Team Saxo Bank riders were once again very visible on today’s 210 kilometer long second stage of Tour de Wallonie. Thus, both Michael Mørkøv, Juan Jose Haedo [...]

• Solo Victory for Patrick Sinkewitz in Sachsen Tour
  July 24th, 2009
  

  [24.07 17:25] The Team Saxo Bank-riders were once again ready to go during the 176 kilometer long third stage of the Sachsen Tour International between Aue and Meerane. The stage [...]

• Have Your Team Saxo Bank Jersey Signed During Tour of Denmark
  July 24th, 2009
  

  [24.07 10:57] When the Tour of Denmark comes to an end Sunday 2nd of August after the traditional mass sprint on Frederiksberg Allé you can find Team Saxo Bank’s webshop [...]

• Riders Rally Around ‘Lucky’ Crash-Victim Voigt
  July 23rd, 2009
  

  ANNECY, France, July 23, 2009 (AFP) – German Jens Voigt insists the horror crash on the Tour de France which left him with a broken cheekbone could have been far [...]

• Voigt May Need Cheekbone Operation After Horrific Crash
  July 22nd, 2009
  

  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 [...]

• Horrific Crash Puts Voigt Out of Tour
  July 21st, 2009
  

  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. [...]

• Selfless Soerensen Deserved Win, Says Schleck
  July 16th, 2009
  

  by Ryland James VITTEL, France, July 16, 2009 (AFP) – Saxo Bank leader Andy Schleck insisted no one deserves winning Thursday’s 12th stage of the Tour de France more than [...]

• Saxo Bank Lose Injured Road Captain Arvesen
  July 14th, 2009
  

  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 [...]

• Media Focus On Andy Difficult For Older Schleck
  July 14th, 2009
  

  LIMOGES, France, July 14, 2009 (AFP) – Luxemburger Frank Schleck admitted he struggled to cope with media focusing on his younger brother Andy during the first days of the Tour [...]

• I Am A Fighter Not A Climber, Says Cancellara
  July 9th, 2009
  

  BARCELONA, July 9, 2009 (AFP) – Fabian Cancellara insists he will fight to keep hold of his Tour de France yellow jersey, but admitted he could switch to a new [...]

• Playitas New Co-Sponsor For Team Saxo Bank
  June 26th, 2009
  

  [26.06 12:29] The Spanish holiday resort, “Playitas”, which is operated by the travel services company “Apollo”, will be a new co-sponsor for Team Saxo Bank with a signed agreement that [...]

• Triple Team Saxo Bank Triumph
  June 26th, 2009
  

  [25.06 20:43] Team Saxo Bank took all three places on the podium after today’s Danish championships in time trial held in Sønderborg, Denmark. The riders did 38.5 kilometres on a [...]

• Riis Wants Yellow Jersey From Start To Finish
  June 22nd, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 22, 2009 (AFP) – The Saxo Bank team run by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis will center its hopes for victory on next month’s race on [...]

• Matti Breschel Won The Stage – Fränk Schleck Won Overall
  June 7th, 2009
  

  [07.06 16:09] On the final stage of Tour of Luxembourg a group of riders was allowed to escape early but shortly after Team Saxo Bank went to the head of [...]

• Andy Schleck Won in Luxembourg – Matti Breschel Second
  June 5th, 2009
  

  [05.06 17:48] It was an active Team Saxo Bank-squad that did today’s 187 kilometer-long second stage of the race, Tour de Luxembourg, between Schifflange and Differdange. The entire team was [...]

• Schleck Cautious, But His Yellow Jersey Credentials Shining Through
  April 27th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis LIEGE, Belgium, April 27, 2009 (AFP) – The step up from winning one of the world’s toughest one-day bike races to reigning supreme on the Tour de [...]

• Attack Only Option In Liege Says Andy Schleck
  April 25th, 2009
  

  LIEGE, Belgium, April 25, 2009 (AFP) – After a promising but futile bid last year, Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck knows he has only one chance of beating his big rivals in [...]

• Frank Schleck In Contention At Liege
  April 24th, 2009
  

  LIEGE, Belgium, April 24, 2009 (AFP) – Luxembourg champion Frank Schleck of Saxo Bank has been confirmed by his team as a starter for the Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day classic this Sunday. [...]

• Jens Voigt Winner of Criterium International
  March 29th, 2009
  

  [29.03 16:26] Team Saxo Bank veteran German Jens Voigt won today the annual Criterium International for the fifth time in his career after a fifth place on the final time [...]

• Team Saxo Bank Switches to SRAM RED
  March 28th, 2009
  

  [27.03 17:30] After a period of test-riding, Professional Cycling Team Saxo Bank is changing its racing componentry to SRAM RED. Team Director Bjarne Riis, renowned for his selectiveness, has asked [...]

• Excellent Chances for Team Saxo Bank at Paris-Nice
  March 4th, 2009
  

  [03.03 08:11] Team Saxo Bank is embarking on this year’s edition of ”The Race Against the Sun” with sky-high ambitions. The race begins with a nine-kilometer time trial in Amily [...]

• Fantastic Victory for Frank Schleck of Team Saxo Bank
  February 25th, 2009
  

  PRESS RELEASE: [23.02 08:19] Frank Schleck and Team Saxo Bank closed this year’s edition of Amgen Tour of California with an impressive victory in the queen stage in the San [...]

• Team Saxo Bank To End Internal Anti-Doping Program
  February 4th, 2009
  

  COPENHAGEN, Feb 4, 2009 (AFP) – Top Danish cycling team Saxo Bank, who won last year’s Tour de France through Carlos Sastre when known as CSC, have officially ended an [...]

• First Victory of the Year for JJ Haedo and Team Saxo Bank
  January 26th, 2009
  

  [26.01 20:41] Team Saxo Bank took the first victory of the season in the final stage of Tour de San Luis. In the 167-kilometer stage with start and finish in [...]

• CSC-Saxo Bank Fight On After Fugitive Director ‘Bankrupts Sponsor’
  December 1st, 2008
  

  COPENHAGEN, Dec 1, 2008 (AFP) – Danish cycling team CSC-Saxo Bank have lost their new co-sponsor IT Factory after the company was declared bankrupt due to a misappropriation of funds, [...]

• Mission Accomplished – Team Saxo Bank – IT Factory
  November 29th, 2008
  

  Team Saxo Bank-IT Factory has just completed the first mission of a new era – and everything went according to plan: Mission accomplished down to the smallest detail. We’re of [...]

• Bjarne Riis Hoping For CSC Fireworks on Hautacam
  July 13th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France, July 13, 2008 (AFP) – CSC team manager Bjarne Riis is hoping Spanish team leader Carlos Sastre can give his fellow yellow jersey hopefuls a [...]