The departments in the Pays de la Loire region hosted the Tour de France’s cyclists on its very first edition. Indeed, it was via the department of the Vendée that the pack entered the region in 1903 on the Bordeaux-Nantes stage, destined to become a classic on the routes of […]
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2017 Teams for Tour de France, Paris Nice and Dauphine Libere
TEAMS SELECTION FOR THE TOUR DE FRANCE, PARIS-NICE AND THE CRITERIUM DU DAUPHINE 2017
Nairo to ride both Giro & Tour in 2017
19 January 2017 Movistar Team defines early season schedules for Quintana and Valverde; Colombian set to ride Corsa Rosa, which he already won in 2017Nairo Quintana will be at the start of the 100th Giro d’Italia. On the way to the biggest challenge of his season, the Tour de France, […]
2017 Tour de France Stages and Details
2017 Tour de France Stages and Route Map 2017 Tour de France Summit Profiles 2017 Tour de France Stages 3, 5, 8 Climb Details 2017 Tour de France Stages 9 and 12 Climb Details 2017 Tour de France Stages 13 and 15 Climb Details 2017 Tour de France Stages 17 […]
2017 Tour de France Route Announced
Key points:– 30 years after the 1987 Grand Départ in Berlin, the Tour will start in the German city of Düsseldorf and later head to Belgium and Luxembourg.– The course of the 2017 Tour de France will feature France’s five mountain ranges. Tour favourites will go head-to-head on steep gradients. […]
Tinkoff Tour de France Final Wrap: Accolades and accomplishments after the hard work pays off
After the race’s second and final rest day – a chance for the guys to reflect on another stage win and a large buffer in the green jersey contest – the Tour roads turned upwards for the final five day’s racing. Green was all but sewn up, but a few […]
Injury Update on Tom Dumoulin
Team Giant-Alpecin reports that Tom Dumoulin (NED) involved in a crash at the Tour de France is recovering well. Dumoulin arrived back home in the Netherlands on Saturday and went for further check-ups, which have shown a good healing and surgery will not be necessary. With the recovery heading in […]
Lotto and Greipel Tour Wrap Up
Yesterday André Greipel won the unofficial World Championships for sprinters on the legendary Champs-Elysées and this for the second year in a row. It was the first stage win for the German this Tour, the second one for Lotto Soudal. The Gorilla has now won eight times this season. It’s […]
Thrilling finale on the Champs Élysées crowns stunning Tinkoff performance at Le Tour as Sagan takes second in sprint’
After three weeks, twenty-one stages and 3,519km, Tinkoff had taken three stage wins, three days in the yellow jersey, the Maillot Vert and Maillot à Pois, the Super Combative rider prize and a top ten in the GC overall. On the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, this was […]
