On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the first Tour victory of Eddy Merckx, the Grand Départ will be held in Brussels. The first stage, with start and finish in Brussels, is a sprint stage. The day after, a team time trial of 27 kilometres is scheduled in the […]
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Tour de France 2019 : honor to Binche !
The 106th edition of the Tour de France (2.WT, 6-28/07) was presented on Thursday at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The Grand Départ in Brussels had been announced for some time, but the rest of the route remained unknown until yesterday. After his departure from the European capital La […]
2019 Tour de France Route Details
Below are some details on the route for the 2019 Tour de France, including some of the key stages and climbs. Stage 6: Mulhouse to Belle Filles Stage 6: La Planche des Belles Filles Stage 12: Toulouse to Bagneres de Bigorre Stage 12: Hourquette d’Ancizan Stage 14:Tarbes to The Tourmalet […]
TOUR DE FRANCE 2019: THE YELLOW JERSEY WILL HIT THE HEIGHTS
Key points : – The details of the 106th edition of the Tour de France, which will start on Saturday 6th July from Brussels, were unveiled this morning at the Palais des Congrès convention centre in Paris, in the presence of the five times winners Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and […]
TOUR DE FRANCE TEAM CLASSIFICATION : TEAM-WORK IS THE WATCHWORD FOR NAMEDSPORT
Key points : Ø From the 2019 edition, the Tour de France team classification will be sponsored by Italian nutrition company NAMEDSPORT.Ø Specialised in energy products for sports-people, NAMEDSPORT> has signed up for an initial period of five years, with the desire to play an active part in the provision […]
E.LECLERC TO TAKE POLKA-DOT JERSEY TO NEW HEIGHTS
Key points : Ø The polka-dot jersey of the Tour de France will display the colours of a new major sponsor starting in 2019, as the leader of the French retail market, E.Leclerc, joins forces with A.S.O. to reward the best climber in the peloton.Ø E.Leclerc, which is throwing its […]
Quick-Step Floors: Memories from the 2018 Tour de France
29-Jul-2018: We talked with our riders and staff about their personal highlightsat the end of three long and arduous weeks on which we can look back with pride and happiness, after winning four stages and the iconic polka dot jersey.
On the last day of the Tour de France 2018 sports manager Marc Sergeant looks back on a Tour that didn’t become what he had hoped it would
Marc Sergeant: “Our Tour was no success. It was a fiasco. There is no other way than admitting it. On the one hand there are the five riders who abandoned the race, and every rider has his own story of course, but on the other hand there’s the fact that […]
Julian Alaphilippe wins Tour de France polka dot jersey
KOM triumph the icing on the cake for World Tour leader Quick-Step Floors, who takes Grand Tour all-time tally to 84 stage wins 29-Jul-2018: Resplendent in his polka dot jersey, with the famous Arc de Triomphe serving as backdrop and the sun shining over the moveable feast that Paris is, […]
Movistar Team back on Paris podium
29th July 2018 Eusebio Unzué’s squad conquers Tour de France team prize for 5th time after snatching a stage win -Quintana (Col du Portet)-, getting Colombian (10th), Mikel Landa (7th) into individual top-ten finishes in misfortune-marred raceWelshman Geraint Thomas (SKY) conquered overall honours in the 105th Tour de France after […]