23,000 Police and gendarmes will be mobilized during the Tour de France to protect the safety of the race. Nothing is going to be left to chance. Exceptional means are to be instituted and the authorities believe they are ready. Bernard Cazeneuve, the Minister of the Interior, was quoted as […]
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Trek-Segafredo fans announce Tour de France line-up
Frank Schleck Once again Trek-Segafredo’s worldwide fans had the honor of announcing the nine-man roster for the 103rd edition of the Tour de France. Nine select followers of the team each disclosed the name of one of the nine riders over the past three days via their personal Twitter accounts, […]
Etixx Quickstep Tour de France Fan Villages 2016
Join us on the roads of France this July for what is set to be a remarkable experience 27-Jun-2016: In cooperation with Kookeiland, Etixx – Quick-Step will organize Fan Villages along the roads of the 2016 Tour de France, which is scheduled to take place between 2-24 July. Kookeiland has […]
ORICA-GreenEDGE announce a nine-rider team hunting for stage wins at the Tour de France
ORICA-GreenEDGE has confirmed the nine-man team for this year’s Tour de France and head into the race with an experienced squad, targeting stage victories. In 2015, the team suffered awful misfortune on day two of the race, losing three riders to injury before battling on to seven top ten results […]
Movistar Team chases the #SueñoAmarillo
27 June 2016 Nairo Quintana headlines the telephone squad’s nine-man roster for the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, which kicks off on Saturday, 2 July at Mont-Saint-Michel and finishes in Paris’ Champs-Élysées on Sunday 24The Movistar Team confirms Monday the nine-man selection made by Eusebio Unzué for the […]
RACE PREVIEW: JUNE 27- JULY 5 GIRO D’ITALIA INTERNAZIONALE FEMMINILE (WWT)
While most of the cycling world’s attention is focused on the Tour de France with the Grand Départ in Mont-Saint-Michel this weekend, the biggest stage race on the elite women’s calendar, the Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile will get underway this Friday. Contested over ten stages starting with a prologue, followed […]
Team Giant Alpecin Tour de France Goals
Team Giant-Alpecin heads to this year’s Tour de France once again with the goal of stage success in the sprint stages with a difficult finale, the intermediate stages and the mountain stages. In addition, the team aims to further develop its riders and enhance the quality of the entire team, […]
Bookwalter to Start Tenth Season with BMC Racing Team
27 June 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Brent Bookwalter has extended his contract with BMC Racing Team and is set to line up for his tenth season with the team in 2017. Bookwalter joins Danilo Wyss as the longest-serving rider with BMC Racing Team, General Manager Jim Ochowicz said. “Brent […]
Bigham takes silver at Marathon World Championships
Laissac (France)- the Brit Marathon specialist finishes behind Swiss Neff. Sally Bigham took the silver medal in the 2016 Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships, in Laissac (France), on Sunday June 26th. Equipped with Northwave shoes, the 38-year-old Brit marathon specialist crossed the finish line 2’34” behind Jolanda Neff (Switzerland), while […]
Stig Broeckx Sad News
The past days the neurosurgical team of the hospital in Genk has reduced the medication of Stig in an attempt to get him out of coma. Unfortunately Stig doesn’t respond to stimuli like sound or movement. The doctors confirm that Stig has incurred severe brain damage, in the brain stem […]
