Marseille, Saturday, 22nd July – Poland’s Maciej Bodnar (Bora-Hansgrohe) has won the 22.5km individual time trial in the streets of Marseille with an advantage of only one second over his compatriot Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky) who paved the way for his team-mate Chris Froome to confirm his superiority against the clock […]
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BOASSON HAGEN SPOILS BELGIUM’S NATIONAL DAY PARTY
Salon-de-Provence, Friday, 21st July – Besides French riders, Belgians outnumbered their rivals in the 20-man breakaway group on their national day but Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen spoiled their party as he smartly rode to victory on the right side of a roundabout with 2.8km to go. He reached Salon-de-Provence by […]
Barguil Takes Col d’Izoard
WARREN BARGUIL TAKES THE POLKA DOT JERSEY VERY HIGH Izoard, Thursday, 20th July – Warren Barguil claimed his second stage victory and the fifth for French riders at col d’Izoard (2360m) after passing Darwin Atapuma on Colombia’s national day. Chris Froome retained the yellow jersey albeit losing four seconds onto […]
Van Vleuten shows her class with victory at La Course
Dutch national time trial champion Annemiek van Vleuten has produced a spectacular performance for ORICA-SCOTT women to take victory atop the iconic Col d’Izoard at Le Course by Le Tour de France today, ensuring pole position for Saturday’s individual time trial in Marseille. A short 67.5kilometre opening day of racing […]
Tour de France: Galibier stage lifts Martin to sixth overall
19-Jul-2017: 24 hours after losing ground in the crosswinds, Daniel Martin gritted his teeth and went to the attack on the mythical Col du Galibier, the most featured Alpine climb in the Tour de France history, which this year was crossed for the 60th time. Lying in seventh place at […]
TEAM SUNWEB’S MICHAEL MATTHEWS TAKES OVER THE LEAD IN THE POINTS CLASSIFICATION
After a great team effort battling for the intermediate sprints and taking two of Team Sunweb’s three stage wins at the Tour de France Michael Matthews (AUS) has taken over the lead in the points classification. And Marcel Kittel abandoned after a crash 20k into the race. With one goal […]
Roglic Jumps Ahead
Serre Chevalier, Wednesday, 19th July – Five years after starting cycling at the age of 22, former ski jumper Primoz Roglic became the first Slovenian to win a Tour de France stage as he soloed to victory in Serre-Chevalier after riding Alberto Contador off with 6.5km left in the ascent […]
MICHAEL MATTHEWS FINISHES OFF A STELLAR TEAM PERFORMANCE WITH STAGE 16 VICTORY
Team Sunweb delivered an exceptional display of dedication and commitment to a shared goal today, as their control of the stage was rewarded with their third 2017 Tour de France victory at stage 16. The Tour de France saw a Team Sunweb masterpiece today, with Michael Matthews (AUS) making it […]
Van Avermaet Sprints to Fourth on Chaotic Tour de France Stage 16
18 July, 2017, Romans-sur-Isère (FRA) Greg Van Avermaet sprinted to fourth place on a chaotic stage 16 which saw crosswinds wreak havoc and a breakaway fail to form throughout the 165km stage. Stefan Küng was the first rider to attack as soon as the flag was dropped at kilometer 0. […]
Yates moves up to sixth overall and extends lead in white jersey on windy stage 16 of the Tour de France
British climber Simon Yates has strengthened his general classification position, moving up to sixth overall, after crosswinds caused a late split on stage 16 of the Tour de France today. The 24-year-old ORICA-SCOTT rider made the winning move in the last 20km, alongside the yellow jersey of Chris Froome (Team […]