Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France – BMC Racing Team’s Damiano Caruso finished eighth Thursday at the Tour de France after being part of the day’s breakaway. Caruso and teammate and Stage 1 winner Rohan Dennis were part of a group of 29 riders that broke away on the first of seven categorized […]
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Van Garderen Withdraws From Tour Due To Illness
Pra Loup, France – BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen, who was sitting in third place overnight at the Tour de France, withdrew from the race Wednesday due to illness. Van Garderen lost contact with the peloton on the ascent of the Col de Toutes Aures, about 50 kilometers into […]
Crash on Col d’Allos disarms promising Tinkoff-Saxo strategy – Contador loses 2’14”
Tinkoff-Saxo lost valuable time on stage 17 of Tour de France to Pra Loup after a crash down the penultimate climb Col d’Allos cost team leader Alberto Contador two bike changes and 2’14” in the GC, while a malfunctioning radio prevented Rafal Majka from aiding his captain. “Right now the […]
Tour de France Stage 17: Uran on the Podium of Pra-Loup Stage
22-Jul-2015: Etixx – Quick-Step rider Rigoberto Uran earned a 3rd place stage finish at the end of 161km Tour de France Stage 17 on Wednesday, putting himself into position for the podium thanks to impressive descending of Category 1 Col d’Allos (14km, 5.5) prior to the Category 2 finishing climb […]
Blues now 2-3 overall in TdF
July 22nd, 2015 Alejandro Valverde jumps onto 3rd overall after hectic racing in first Alpine stage, with attacks, crashes and GC-related abandons, as Nairo Quintana tries late attacks, stays within Froome’s controlThe 161km stage seventeen in the 2015 Tour de France, first of four in the Alps towards the Cat-2 […]
Simon Geschke wins stage 17 of the Tour de France as he was able to stay away on the final climb to the mountaintop finish
Stage 17 was the first tough day in the Alps after yesterday’s rest day, with 5 ranked climbs and the mountaintop finish on Pra Loup. There was a turbulent start with constant attacks, followed by a large group, which got away with John Degenkolb and, for the third time-in-a-row, Simon […]
Ivan Basso successfully operated; currently no additional treatment needed
Professor Francesco Montorsi, Director of the Urology Surgery Unit at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, issued the following statement regarding Ivan Basso’s latest medical condition: “Today, 20 July 2015, Ivan Basso underwent a post-surgery checkup. The patient has perfectly recovered from the intervention. The final histological examination shows, currently, no […]
Greipel Takes Stage 15
The fifteenth stage in the Tour brought the riders from Mende to Valence. Over 183 kilometres, the riders had to cover a sloped course with four ascents. The early breakaway never got much advantage, so the stage ended in a bunch sprint. André Greipel appeared to be the fastest and […]
Sagan 4th in Valence sprint finish to retain Tour de France green jersey
Peter Sagan was once again proactively seeking the win on stage 15 to Valance, as he took part in the breakaway of the day, where he also scored maximum points in the intermediate sprint before being caught by the chasing peloton. In a hectic sprint, Sagan took 4th place behind […]
Tour de France, Stage 15: Bunch Sprint Finish
Valence, France – Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team remained in third place overall at the Tour de France as the top of the overall standings did not change following Sunday’s bunch sprint finish. André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) won his third stage of this year’s race while van […]