July 13, 2023 Belleville-en-Beaujolais, Thursday, July 13th – Inspired by the end of the 15-year drought for Cofidis and the 5-year drought for Spain in terms of stage wins at the Tour de France, Ion Izagirre, 34, claimed his second stage win in Belleville-en-Beaujolais, seven years after his first one […]

Stage 11 – Wednesday, July 12th 2023Clermont-Ferrand->Moulins Moulins, Wednesday, July 12th – Jasper Philipsen took place in the modern history of the Tour de France as he became the second active rider with at least four stage wins in a single Tour after Mark Cavendish as he outclassed Dylan Groenewegen […]

“We want to give Mark Cavendish the chance to drive for one more year, but it’s up to him.” We would love to see him run in 2024, starting his 15. Tour de France and win the record 35. stage. ” says Astana’s boss Alexander Vinoukorov.

Michael Woods took his first Tour de France stage victory as he out-climbed everybody on the steep percentages on Puy de Dôme. This is Israel – Premier Tech’s third Tour de France victory, after two wins last year. “I’m so happy. Winning a stage in the Tour de France is […]

Limoges, Saturday, July 8th – On the sad farewell day of Mark Cavendish who crashed out, Mads Pedersen powered to his second Tour de France victory in Limoges one year after he opened his account in Saint-Étienne. Jasper Philipsen and Wout van Aert settled down for second and third. Jonas […]

Jasper Philipsen won the third bunch sprint of the 110th Tour de France, making it three out of three as he deprived Mark Cavendish from the record-breaking 35th stage victory of his career. It’s his fifth win in two years. The Belgian is definitely the current dominating sprinter. He also […]

July 6, 2023 Tadej Pogačar put in a brave ride to take stage 6 of the Tour de France at the first summit arrival in Cauteret Cambasque.After a less than perfect Wednesday, the Slovenian champion reacted in the best possible way, winning in a duel with his main rival Jonas […]

“After the race I was feeling pretty good, but soon afterwards I got sad because I heard my girlfriend Urska has crashed in the Giro Donne, and that she maybe has a concussion. That’s sad news – way sadder than losing 50” or 1’00” to Jonas. Let’s go day by […]

July 5, 2023 Laruns, Wednesday, July 5th – After Phil Anderson, Stuart O’Grady, Bradley McGee, Robbie McEwen, Simon Gerrans, Cadel Evans and Rohan Dennis, Jai Hindley became the eighth Australian in the yellow jersey as he soloed to victory in Laruns after making a smart move in a numerous breakaway […]

July 4, 2023 Nogaro, Tuesday, July 4th – From the start in Dax —home town of the legendary sprinter André Darrigade, who won 22 Tour de France stages— to the finish on the Circuit Paul-Armagnac race track in Nogaro, everything pointed to a sprinter taking the spoils in stage 4, […]