Tour de France always has something going on. Coming to the race yesterday right off the plane and getting stuck in Tour traffic jams with all the tourists for two hours and then being sent in the wrong direction twice was the welcome back. Today was smoother. I took […]
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2013 TdF Stage 11
This one is a blog. Getting to the Tour in the middle of the race when it goes over very small roads and there’s only one way in and out to Mont Saint Michel is was a challenge. No surprise there. My flight from Chicago to Paris was a couple […]
More News from Stage 9
Garmin-Sharp’s Rohan did a great job in his first Tour and will not take the start today. Our goal for Rohan, as we said all along, was to bring him to the Tour to give him experience in order to continue to develop his talent. We wanted to get him […]
Contador and Kreuziger advance in the standings after big Tour stage
All five climbs, four of which were categorized into first class, delivered the wings as Team Saxo-Tinkoff and Movistar fractured the field emphatically on today’s 168.5 km long ninth stage between Saint-Girons to Bagneres de Bigorre. The first great rider Richie Porte (Sky) fell early from the stage while a […]
Stage 8 a Difficult First Day in the Mountains
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Michal Kwiatkowski was able to maintain contact in the white jersey until late in the 195km Stage 8 on Saturday, despite a peloton setting such a high tempo in the final 10km that only about 20 riders remained in contention. However, a blistering […]
Tour Stage 7
Daniele Bennati finished third in Albi The field slowly reached the foot of the Pyrenees, and on today’s 202-kilometer seventh stage of the Tour de France went from Montpellier to Albi. On the hilly course with four categorized climbs were several great sprinters including Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step), Marcel […]
Daryl Impey Becomes First African to Wear the Tour de France Yellow Jersey
Daryl Impey finished in a front group of 16 riders on stage six of the Tour de France to move into the race lead. The South African becomes the first African to wear the Tour’s yellow jersey. Simon Gerrans led out Matt Goss for the sprint and conceded five seconds […]
Tour Stage 6 Other News
The BMC Racing Team did its part to look after Cadel Evans on a wind-swept stage of the Tour de France Thursday. ‘Stay Out Of Trouble’Manuel Quinziato, the BMC Racing Team’s designated road captain for the 176.5-kilometer race, called it a stressful day. “There was a lot of wind from […]
Cavendish 4th on Flat Stage 6 after crash
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Mark Cavendish was able to pace back to the peloton after crashing on a hot, windy day, and the team led him into the bunch sprint on the 176.5km Stage 6 on Thursday. All the top sprinters — except Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ), who […]
Saxo-Tinkoff safely through sixth stage – Noval in recovery
The biggest challenge in today’s 176.5 km long sixth stage of the Tour de France between Aix en Provence to Montpellier was not climbs but the mistral wind that blew at 67 meters per second in the last half of the route. So it was not just a simple transport […]
