Porte du Hainaut, FranceBMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen was among several Tour de France contenders who found themselves more than two minutes off the overall lead Wednesday following a chaotic stage that included rain, wind and several cobblestone sections. ‘Just Have To Move Forward’On a day when defending Tour […]
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Froome Abandons the Tour, Nibali Still in Yellow
Arenberg, 9th of July – 2014 Today’s 155 kilometer long fifth stage of Tour de France was beforehand one of the most discussed stages in years due to the cobblestone sections we know from Paris-Roubaix. But more importantly, it was the combination of cobbles and dreadful weather in form of heavy […]
Marcel Kittel makes it a hat trick of wins on Stage 4 of Le Tour
Marcel Kittel has sprinted to his third stage victory of the 101st Tour de France today, taking a hard fought win on the roads of Lille. Marcel had to position himself in the final kilometre after a scrappy run-in where it was difficult to hold position, and then he had […]
Kittel wins – Alberto 5th in GC
Lille, 8th of July – 2014 There are no easy Tour de France stages and today’s 166 kilometer long fourth stage from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Villeneuve d´Ascq Lille Metropole was no exception. Fierce crosswinds dominated the events and the peloton was nervous. As a result, the defending champion, Chris Froome […]
Marcel Kittel doubles up on stage three of Le Tour
Marcel Kittel has won his second stage of the 2014 Tour de France in a royal sprint finish in front of Buckingham Palace in Lonon. Marcel was once again set up perfectly by a near-perfect sprint formation that overcame wet roads on the fast run-in to central London. The stage […]
Bunch sprint decision in beautiful London
London, 7th of July – 2014 Today’s 155 kilometer long third stage of Tour de France was a rather flat stretch from city containing the icon of universities, Cambridge to London and therefore provided the peloton and home viewers with a stunning insight of the historical aspect of the greatness […]
Nibali wins – Contador moves to 8th overall
Sheffield, 6th of July – 2014 The British spectators certainly support and cheer on the Tour de France riders and today’s 201 kilometer long undulating stretch from York to Sheffield picked up where yesterday’s supporters left. It was a spectacular scene for this second stage of the big drama, Tour […]
Marcel Kittel wins opening stage of Le Tour
Marcel Kittel has sprinted to a superb opening stage victory at Le Tour de France and in doing so took the yellow jersey for the second year in a row. Marcel capped off a great finish from Team Giant-Shimano where they bided their time and came through just when needed […]
Mark Cavendish Update
05-Jul-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team confirms that Mark Cavendish underwent further examination on his right shoulder after today’s crash. The imaging underlined ligament ruptures with an AC-joint dislocation, which causes him a lot of pain. A final decision on his participation in tomorrow’s stage will be taken tomorrow […]
2014 Tour de France Stage 1
Harrogate, 5th of July – 2014 “A German and two Frenchmen..” sounds like the beginning of a bad joke but record-breaking, Jens Voigt (Trek Factory Racing), Benoit Jarrier (Bretagne) and Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) however had ambitions of writing the 190 kilometer long first stage of Tour de France from Leeds […]