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Today was a quiet day in the race which ended in a bunch sprint in Tours. A 5-man break raced through Laval which included Flecha, Gavazzi, Siccard, Delaplace and Mori. They were gobbled up before the finish in Tours where a tight sprint between Cavendish and Marcel Kittel was won […]
This one is a blog. Getting to the Tour in the middle of the race when it goes over very small roads and there’s only one way in and out to Mont Saint Michel is was a challenge. No surprise there. My flight from Chicago to Paris was a couple […]
After riding her way into the leader’s jersey during stage 5 of the 2013 Giro Rosa on Thursday, Mara Abbott (Exergy TWENTY 16) sealed her overall victory in the Italian stage race on Sunday. Racing for the USA Cycling National Development Program (NDP), Abbott soloed to victory during Thursday’s 73.3-kilometer […]
Garmin-Sharp’s Rohan did a great job in his first Tour and will not take the start today. Our goal for Rohan, as we said all along, was to bring him to the Tour to give him experience in order to continue to develop his talent. We wanted to get him […]
All five climbs, four of which were categorized into first class, delivered the wings as Team Saxo-Tinkoff and Movistar fractured the field emphatically on today’s 168.5 km long ninth stage between Saint-Girons to Bagneres de Bigorre. The first great rider Richie Porte (Sky) fell early from the stage while a […]
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Michal Kwiatkowski was able to maintain contact in the white jersey until late in the 195km Stage 8 on Saturday, despite a peloton setting such a high tempo in the final 10km that only about 20 riders remained in contention. However, a blistering […]
Daniele Bennati finished third in Albi The field slowly reached the foot of the Pyrenees, and on today’s 202-kilometer seventh stage of the Tour de France went from Montpellier to Albi. On the hilly course with four categorized climbs were several great sprinters including Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step), Marcel […]
Daryl Impey finished in a front group of 16 riders on stage six of the Tour de France to move into the race lead. The South African becomes the first African to wear the Tour’s yellow jersey. Simon Gerrans led out Matt Goss for the sprint and conceded five seconds […]
The BMC Racing Team did its part to look after Cadel Evans on a wind-swept stage of the Tour de France Thursday. ‘Stay Out Of Trouble’Manuel Quinziato, the BMC Racing Team’s designated road captain for the 176.5-kilometer race, called it a stressful day. “There was a lot of wind from […]
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Mark Cavendish was able to pace back to the peloton after crashing on a hot, windy day, and the team led him into the bunch sprint on the 176.5km Stage 6 on Thursday. All the top sprinters — except Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ), who […]
