Tour De France 2011

Chris Horner after stage 7 crash

2011 Tour de France Stage 7

TC-HIGHROAD’S MARK CAVENDISH BLASTS TO SECOND TOUR DE FRANCE SUCCESS OF 2011 Britain’s Mark Cavendish has claimed his seventeenth Tour de France stage today in a bunch sprint at Chateauroux. Cavendish clinched the win on the same finish that he took his first ever Tour de France stage in 2008. […]

Brajkovic crash

2011 Tour de France Stage 5 Brajkovic

6 July 2011 –Team RadioShack’s Jani Brajkovic (27) suffered a race-ending injury in a day filled with more than ten crashes in Wednesday’s stage 5 of the Tour de France.  Brajkovic touched wheels with another cyclist on the narrow roads of northern France and came down hard on the pavement, […]

2011 Tour de France Stage 5

HTC-HIGHROAD’S MARK CAVENDISH CLAIMS FIRST TOUR DE FRANCE SUCCESS OF 2011 Britain’s Mark Cavendish has claimed his first stage win of the 2011 Tour, the 16th of his career in cycling’s biggest bike race. Cavendish’s victory, his fifth of 2011, came in a hotly disputed bunch sprint at the end […]

2011 TdF Grand Depart

2011 Tour de France route

The 2011 Tour de France route was announced on Tuesday.  The race starts in the Vendee region on July 2. It looks similar to the start in 1993 and again in 1995. The 2011 route will include the some favorite mountains – Col du Galibier, Luz Ardiden, Col d’Agnel, Col […]

2011 Tour de France rumors

It’s still two months away-the official announcement of the 2011 Tour de France route.  But rumors are already swirling that the start will be in Brittany and will possibly look like this: Stage 1: Passage du Gois – Mont des Alouettes Stage 2: Les Essarts- Les Essarts (CLM par équipes) […]

2011 Tour de France

The Tour de France has announced the depart for the 2011 race.  It will start about 150 meters off the continent near Noirmoutier on July 2.  Ile Noirmoutier was the start of the 2005 race.  They will finish with a climb on Mont des Alouettes near Les Herbiers.  Stage 2 […]