July 26, 2014 | Périgueux Alejandro Valverde struggles into decisive Tour de France TT in Périgueux, stays in 4th overall before Sunday’s parade through Paris’s Champs-Élysees. After three long weeks of commitment and fighting spirit, Alejandro Valverde fell just one step short to fulfilling his aspirations of a podium finish […]
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Tour de France, Stage 20: Van Garderen Climbs Into Fifth
Périgueux, France Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team finished sixth in Saturday’s individual time trial to move into fifth place overall at the Tour de France with one day to go. Learned Never To Give UpVan Garderen powered his BMC timemachine TM01 to a time of 1:08:29 in […]
Tour de France, Stage 19: Crash Near The Finish
Bergerac, France Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team avoided a pile-up near the finish of a rainy stage of the Tour de France Friday to remain sixth overall heading into Saturday’s individual time trial. Van Avermaet Not HurtRamunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp) soloed to the victory seven seconds ahead of […]
All down to ‘race of truth’
July 25, 2014 | Bergerac Rainy, chaotic day 19 in the Tour -including crash with no major consequences for Intxausti- leads Alejandro Valverde into Saturday TT, where his final result in the 2014 Grande Boucle will be decided One of the most dreadful Tours in recent years when it comes […]
Struggling until the very end
July 24, 2014 | Hautacam Valverde, Movistar Team show courage down the Tourmalet, concede provisional podium place on Hautacam slopes; Pinot, Péraud and Spaniard within 15″ into Saturday’s decisive TT The aim of reaching a podium place at the end of the 2014 Tour de France which Alejandro Valverde and […]
Tour de France, Stage 18: Van Garderen Fifth
Hautacam, France BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen finished fifth on the final day in the mountains Thursday at the Tour de France as Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team) widened his lead and the fight for the podium positions tightened. Remains Sixth OverallVan Garderen reached the summit finish of the […]
Majka secures mountain jersey
Hautacam, 24th of July – 2014 It was the last chance for the climbers to make a difference in this year’s Tour de France when the peloton took on the 145 kilometer long 18th stage from Pau to the grueling uphill finish in Hautacam. Along the way, the pack was […]
Valverde sticks to podium in Pyrenees
July 23, 2014 | Saint-Lary / Pla d’Adet Movistar Team leader gets through suffering in Saint-Lary after sensational work from telephone squad, keeps Tour’s 2nd place overall; second spot for Giovanni Visconti after great breakaway Constance by Alejandro Valverde and excellent management and performance by the whole Movistar Team made […]
Tour de France, Stage 17: Van Garderen Stays Sixth
Pla d’Adet, France Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team held onto his sixth place overall Wednesday after a summit finish to the shortest stage of this year’s Tour de France. Only Looking ForwardVan Garderen finished 13th in the 124.5-kilometer race, 1:40 behind king of the mountains classification leader […]
Rafal Majka takes second stage win
Saint-Lary, 23rd of July – 2014 Today’s 124 kilometer rather short 17th stage of Tour de France was packed with climbs. No less than four category 1 climbs and an uphill finish to the HC climb to Saint-Lary Pla d’Adet offered several opportunities to attack and to gain points for […]