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22-Jul-2015: Etixx – Quick-Step rider Rigoberto Uran earned a 3rd place stage finish at the end of 161km Tour de France Stage 17 on Wednesday, putting himself into position for the podium thanks to impressive descending of Category 1 Col d’Allos (14km, 5.5) prior to the Category 2 finishing climb […]
July 22nd, 2015 Alejandro Valverde jumps onto 3rd overall after hectic racing in first Alpine stage, with attacks, crashes and GC-related abandons, as Nairo Quintana tries late attacks, stays within Froome’s controlThe 161km stage seventeen in the 2015 Tour de France, first of four in the Alps towards the Cat-2 […]
Stage 17 was the first tough day in the Alps after yesterday’s rest day, with 5 ranked climbs and the mountaintop finish on Pra Loup. There was a turbulent start with constant attacks, followed by a large group, which got away with John Degenkolb and, for the third time-in-a-row, Simon […]
The fifteenth stage in the Tour brought the riders from Mende to Valence. Over 183 kilometres, the riders had to cover a sloped course with four ascents. The early breakaway never got much advantage, so the stage ended in a bunch sprint. André Greipel appeared to be the fastest and […]
Peter Sagan was once again proactively seeking the win on stage 15 to Valance, as he took part in the breakaway of the day, where he also scored maximum points in the intermediate sprint before being caught by the chasing peloton. In a hectic sprint, Sagan took 4th place behind […]
Valence, France – Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team remained in third place overall at the Tour de France as the top of the overall standings did not change following Sunday’s bunch sprint finish. André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) won his third stage of this year’s race while van […]
July 18th, 2015 Colombian rider from Movistar Team jumps onto 2nd overall in Tour de France after attacking Froome (SKY), GC favourites in La Croix-Neuve; Valverde again sensational, now 30″ behind 3rd overall. Castroviejo takes 9th after break, strengthens Movistar’s teams’ classification lead. Mende produced fireworks again in the Tour […]
Mende, France – Tejay van Garderen slipped from second to third overall Saturday at the Tour de France, but the BMC Racing Team’s leader said he is not losing sight of a podium finish in Paris. Van Garderen finished 25th, 39 seconds after Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), who was out-sprinted […]
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Peter Sagan claimed second place on stage 13 to Rodez, where he extended his lead in the points classification to 24 points after a punchy 570m finishing climb. Just missing out on the win behind Greg Van Avermaet, Sagan notes that he is grateful for his teammates’ effort but […]
Rodez, France – Greg Van Avermaet held off a charge by Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) on Friday’s uphill finish to deliver the BMC Racing Team its third stage win of this year’s Tour de France. Van Avermaet and the peloton only swept up the last three riders from the day’s six-man […]
