July 14, 2021 Two years after he claimed his first Grand Tour stage victory in Andorra at La Vuelta and one year after he took his first Tour de France stage victory in Laruns, Tadej Pogacar imposed himself with the yellow jersey at col du Portet, making stage 17 the […]
Tour de France 2021
Patrick Konrad attacks solo twice to take tremendous win on Tour de France stage 16
After the second and final rest day, there was nowhere for the riders at the Tour de France to hide – if they didn’t have the legs this week, there was nothing more to be done. While the 169km stage today started with a downhill stretch, there were four categorised […]
Patrick Konrad Takes His Turn
In a race that favors attackers, Austrian national champion Patrick Konrad mimicked his team-mate Nils Politt to claim his first Tour de France stage victory in Saint-Gaudens after 37km of a brave solo ride. Only two Austrians were stage winners at the Tour before: Max Bulla (3) in 1931 and […]
After Withdrawal From The Tour Peter Sagan Successfully Underwent Knee Surgery
After his withdrawal from the Tour de France Peter Sagan underwent a small surgery at home in Monaco. The three-times World Champion is feeling well and will be able to be back on his bike soon. „First of all, I’d like to thank the BORA-hansgrohe management, the team’s doctors, and […]
Kuss Excels with win in Andorra
Sepp Kuss has won the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France. The rider of Team Jumbo-Visma escaped on the final climb from the break of the day, which also included Wout van Aert and Steven Kruijswijk. In his hometown, the American rode solo to his first win of the […]
Solid day in Pyrenees for Pogačar ahead of final week
UAE Team Emirates leader reaches rest day still in yellow Sunday 11 July, 2021 The leader of UAE Team Emirates got through the 15th stage of the Grande Boucle, a Pyrenean stage of 191.3 km from Céret to Andorra la Vella sticking with a group of the other main contenders. […]
First Kiss For Sepp Kuss
Sepp Kuss put an end to a ten years drought as Tyler Farrar was the last American stage winner at the Tour de France in Redon in 2011. The climber from Jumbo-Visma outclassed Alejandro Valverde and the rest of the leading riders up to col de Beixalis to claim a […]
Bauke Mollema Delivers!
Bauke Mollema and Trek-Segafredo finally found just reward for their efforts in breakaways in the 2021 Tour de France. The team entered this year’s race targeting stages, and the team focused everything on getting in breakaways. Still, to achieve such a victory in the Tour from a breakaway, something so […]
Mollema’s Experience Pays Off
Bauke Mollema claimed his second Tour de France stage win in Quillan four years after he imposed himself solo at Le Puy-en-Velay. He did it the same way, escaping from a breakaway and finishing solo. Patrick Konrad and Sergio Higuita rounded out the podium. Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey […]
Mark Cavendish Equals Eddy Merckx’s Record Of Tour de France Stage Victories
The Manxman wrote history in Carcassonne with his 34th win at the race, 13 years to the day he took his first success09-Jul-2021: Mark Cavendish dashed to a resounding victory after producing a perfect sprint in the scrappy last kilometer of Friday’s 219.9km stage and tied a record that had […]