Plateau de Beille, France – Tejay van Garderen maintained his grip on second place overall at the Tour de France Thursday by keeping pace with race leader Chris Froome (Team Sky) during a third straight challenging day in the Pyrenees mountains. Van Garderen placed 13th and in a group of […]
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Blues show courage in Plateau de Beille
July 16th, 2015 Movistar takes lead in Tour de France teams’ classification thanks to Gorka Izagirre -4th, after a long day into the break-, Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana, the latter two making several attacks in the decisive climb; GC duo remain 3rd, 4th overallDown to eight riders after the […]
Joaquim Rodriguez wins atop Plateau de Beille in Tour de France
The hardest climb in the Pyrénées proved to be the perfect proving ground for Team Katusha’s Joaquim Rodriguez to find his form and solo into his second stage win in the 2015 Tour de France. Part of an original 22-man break that held more than 13-minutes along the route to […]
Contador finishes with main GC group on Plateau de Beille – Sagan retains green
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador regained momentum on stage 12 to Plateau de Beille, where the team leader notes that he felt better. Under the deluge, which had imposed itself on the riders going into the final climb, Contador finished together with the main GC rivals after an array of attacks in […]
Steegmans announces retirement from professional cyclng
Gert Steegmans has announced his immediate retirement from professional cycling today. The 34-year-old Belgian steps away from the sport after 13 years as a pro.Steegmans asked the management to be relieved of his contract and cites an absence of purpose to come back after several crashes and injuries as the […]
Rafal Majka hits back with grand solo win in the Pyrenees – Sagan back in green
Rafal Majka powered his way to a great solo win on the mountainous stage 11 to Cauterets. Bearing a great resemblance to his two memorable solo wins of the 2014 edition, Rafal Majka put the hammer down on the penultimate climb to Col du Tourmalet. Peter Sagan picked up points […]
Tour de France, Stage 11: No Change For Van Garderen
Cauterets, France – Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team remained second overall after a second straight day in the Pyrenees Wednesday at the Tour de France. Van Garderen placed 13th on the summit finish of the 188-kilometer stage, just behind teammate Samuel Sánchez and in the same time […]
SPECIALISSIMA’S SOLID DEBUT AT TOUR DE FRANCE WITH GESINK
Excellent effort for Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s Robert Gesink, fourth on La Pierre Saint Martin uphill finish in the 10th stage of La Grande Boucle with Bianchi’s all-new Specialissima. Robert Gesink on the attack with Specialissima at Tour de France (Luca Bettini/Bettini Photo). The brand-new Bianchi Specialissima recorded an impressive premiere at […]
Tour de France, Stage 10: Van Garderen Stays Second Overall
La Pierre-Saint-Martin, France – Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team finished 10th on Tuesday’s first day in the mountains at the Tour de France while remaining second overall. Van Garderen conceded 2:30 to race leader Chris Froome (Team Sky), who soloed to the stage win. Froome’s teammate, Richie […]
Nairo jumps onto TdF podium
July 14th, 2015 Quintana takes 3rd behind Froome / Porte (SKY) atop La Pierre-Saint-Martin after huge work from whole Movistar Team; stellar Valverde takes 5th in stage, climbs into 4th GCBriton Chris Froome (SKY) increased his gap as leader of the 2015 Tour de France with a solo victory in […]