A masterful display and a load of panache helped our rider regain cycling’s most prestigious garment ahead of Bastille Day 13-Jul-2019: Julian Alaphilippe enhanced his burgeoning reputation as one of the peloton’s most spectacular riders with a display of strength and class on the tough stage 8 of the Grande […]
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Thomas De Gendt and Julian Alaphilippe Back
July 13 th 2019 – 17:40 Thomas De Gendt claimed an epic victory in Saint-Etienne, his second one at the Tour de France after the Mont Ventoux in 2016, at the end of a breakaway he initiated at km 0. He resisted to the French duo who rode away from […]
Tour de France: Puncture Hinders Viviani’s Chances
Friday 12 July 2019 – 19:04 Stage 7 was the last opportunity for sprinters on the opening week of the race the longest stage (230 kilometers). The pack drew closer and pulled back the breakaway ahead of the 10km-to-go mark, as the pace continued to go up and the sprinters’ […]
Dylan Groenewegen Again
July 12 th 2019 – 17:57 Dylan Groenewegen avenged his recent woes in the Tour de France when he outsprinted the bunch to snatch the longest stage in this Tour de France over 230 km between Belfort and Chalon-sur-Saone. The Dutchman, hampered by a crash in stage 1, when his […]
Ciccone claims the yellow jersey in stage 6 at the Tour de France
It was as thrilling as it gets in the first mountain stage at the 2019 Tour de France, with the breakaway contesting the stage win and the GC rivals flexing their muscles in an early climbing test to see who has what it takes. With Julien Bernard and Giulio Ciccone […]
Dylan Teuns claimed the debut victory at Le Tour de France
La Planche des Belles Filles (France), July 11th– The biggest win of his career so far for Dylan Teuns and one of the biggest for Team BAHRAIN MERIDA. The Belgian rider wins atop La Planche des Belles Filles, the first summit finish of the race. A win from the breakaway […]
Tour de France (6) : Meurisse on the podium on La Planche des Belles Filles
The climbers were treated well in the sixth stage of the Tour de France (2.UWT, 6-28/7) with start in Mulhouse and finish on top of La Planche des Belles Filles. Seven categorized climbs were scheduled today, among whom the following climbs of first category: Markstein, Ballon d’Alsace and the finish […]
Peter Sagan sprints to commanding victory in Colmar after brilliant BORA-hansgrohe teamwork on Tour de France stage 5
From the flat early stages, the terrain of the Tour de France has become progressively harder as the week has gone on. Today, moving into the Vosges mountains of north-east France, the undulating 175.5km parcours saw four categorized climbs over its distance. Starting with the relatively easy Côte de Grendelbruch, […]
Elia Viviani takes maiden Tour de France victory
July 9 th 2019 – 17:49 Elia Viviani maintained a tradition alive as he scored the sixth Italian stage win in sixteen stage finishes in Nancy after Fausto Coppi, Aldo Parecchini, Lorenzo Bernucci and Matteo Trentin. He even received the help of race leader Julian Alaphilippe to win a bunch […]
Hectic finale in Nancy, as Peter Sagan takes fourth on stage 4 to keep Tour de France Maillot Vert
The second of two long days in succession, today’s 213.5km stage headed east into the Lorraine region. In addition to this being a long day in the saddle, the second half of the stage saw more undulating terrain, including two categorised climbs – both fourth category. Nestled between these climbs, […]