July 5, 2023 Laruns, Wednesday, July 5th – After Phil Anderson, Stuart O’Grady, Bradley McGee, Robbie McEwen, Simon Gerrans, Cadel Evans and Rohan Dennis, Jai Hindley became the eighth Australian in the yellow jersey as he soloed to victory in Laruns after making a smart move in a numerous breakaway […]
Tour de France 2023
Four in a Row for Philipsen
July 4, 2023 Nogaro, Tuesday, July 4th – From the start in Dax —home town of the legendary sprinter André Darrigade, who won 22 Tour de France stages— to the finish on the Circuit Paul-Armagnac race track in Nogaro, everything pointed to a sprinter taking the spoils in stage 4, […]
Philipsen Again
July 3 2023 Bayonne, Monday, July 3rd – Jasper Philipsen won stage 3 to Bayonne in a bunch sprint finish ahead of Phil Bauhaus and Caleb Ewan. It’s the third Tour de France stage victory and the 30th career win for the 25 year old Belgian as well as the […]
Victor Lafay in San Sebastian
San Sebastian, Sunday, July 2nd Victor Lafay escaped from the group of the favorites one kilometre before the end to deliver the stage victory the Cofidis team waited for fifteen year – since Sylvain Chavanel outclassed Jérémy Roy in Montluçon in 2008. Lafay maintained the tradition of French stage wins […]
FROM BILBAO TO BILBAO, IT’S YATES AND YATES!
Bilbao, Saturday, July 1st – Stage 1 came down to a 1-2 by two twin brothers, a first in the history of the Tour de France. Adam and Simon Yates rode the finale together. The UAE Team Emirates punchy rider powered to victory in Bilbao while his team-mate Tadej Pogacar […]
2023 Tour de France Starts
Team Presentation in Bilbao, Spain It was pouring during the whole ceremony but so good to be back. Next up Jumbo Visma And of course no visit to northern Spain would be complete without champion Miguel Indurain
TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 : THE 22 TEAMS
Key points: Details of the selection: 18 teams UCI WorldTeams: · AG2R Citroën Team (Fra)· Alpecin Deceuninck (Bel)· Astana QazaQstan Team (Kaz)· Bora-Hansgrohe (Deu)· EF Education-Easypost (Usa)· Groupama-FDJ (Fra)· Ineos Grenadiers (Gbr)· Intermarché-Circus-Wanty (Bel)· Jumbo-Visma (Ned)· Movistar Team (Esp)· Soudal Quick-Step (Bel)· Team Arkea-Samsic (Fra)· Team Bahrain Victorious (Brn)· Team […]
Israel – Premier Tech Set for Fourth Tour De France Participation
After claiming two emotional stage wins at the 2022 Tour de France, Israel – Premier Tech is set to return for the team’s fourth participation this year having been granted a wildcard invitation from the A.S.O. From making history in 2020 as the first Israeli team to race the Tour […]
Mountainous Profile and Limited Amount of Time Trial Kilometers for the 110th Edition July 2023.
The Basque Country will host the Grand Depart for the first time since 1992, the stages around Bilbao and San Sebastian promising some exciting battles before the race heads into the Pyrenees, where it will tackle the Col de Soudet, Col de Marie Blanque, Col d’Aspin and Col du Tourmalet […]
Tour 2023 – “A Course on Which Meintjes & Girmay Can Shine”
It is from Bilbao (Basque Country) that team Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert will start its sixth Tour de France in July. The parcours of the Tour 2023, which was revealed this Thursday October 27th in Paris, will reach the Champs-Elysées on Sunday July 23rd after 3404 kilometer of racing via the five mountain […]