Team Israel Start-Up Nation is eager and ready to take on its very first Tour de France – and this year’s edition is a great one! Mountains, mountains, and more mountains will challenge our eight riders on their three-week trip from Nice to the Champs Elysees. What will they face? […]
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Change of Tour de France staff people at Team Lotto Soudal
After a PCR test, specific to SARS-Cov-2, revealed two non-negative cases, Team Lotto Soudal decided to send home two staff people, as well as their roommates. Safety remains priority number one. Despite all efforts made by all staff and riders in the weeks prior to the Tour de France, two […]
Tour de France Info with Two Days to Go
Key points:Ø Primoz Roglič confirmed his participation to the Tour de France despite his crash at the Critérium du Dauphiné.Ø French teams aim for stage victories in priority: AG2R-La Mondiale with Romain Bardet and Benoît Cosnefroy, Cofidis with Elia Viviani and Guillaume Martin.Ø The teams’ presentation of the 107th Tour […]
2000: The Tour on the archi-pedal-o (9/10)
Pescheux, Le Blanc At the turn of each decade, the Tour de France has gone through organisational changes and backstage struggles that have variously turned out to be decisive or utterly inconsequential. The journey back in time proposed by letour.fr continues with the run-up to the 2000 Tour de France, […]
EF Pro Cycling names Tour de France roster 2020
Rigoberto Urán, Sergio Higuita, Dani Martínez, Jens Keukeleire, Tejay van Garderen, Neilson Powless, Hugh Carthy, and Alberto Bettiol. The EF Pro Cycling team for the 2020 Tour de France is as dynamic as it is charismatic. We bring a strong group with general classification ambitions as well as riders who […]
Movistar Team confirms 2020 TdF lineup
August 26th, 2020 Alejandro Valverde, Enric Mas, Marc Soler part of Blues’ eight-man roster; Telefónica-backed squad together in Courchevel last week, arrived in Nice last SundayThree days before the start of the 2020 Tour de France, in the 38th appearance of the organisation currently known as Movistar Team in the […]
Lizzie Deignan wins Grand Prix Plouay
A combination of a rolling course, constant drizzle and a fast pace created a high rate of attrition in this year’s Grand Prix Plouay, as many riders fell out of contention throughout the 101-kilometer race. Many teams were keen to make the race hard, including Trek-Segafredo. Trixi Worrack, Ruth Winder […]
BAHRAIN WORLDTOUR CYCLING TEAM STARTING A NEW CHAPTER
McLaren returns its focus to four-wheeled racing. Bahrain World Tour Cycling Team and McLaren, the British super car maker and F1 team, today confirm that McLaren will conclude its title partnership of Team Bahrain McLaren at the end of the 2020 season. Team Bahrain McLaren has worked together with the […]
GUY NIV TO BECOME FIRST EVER ISRAELI CYCLIST IN TOUR DE FRANCE
August 19, 2020 Team Israel Start-Up Nation’s Guy Niv: “It might sound cliché, but my dream of a lifetime has now been realized”.Co-owner Sylvan Adams: “It’s a proud moment for the country, for Israeli sports and for me.” Team manager Kjell Carlström: “It will be the toughest challenge of his […]
Trek-Segafredo confirm team for Tour de France
Bauke Mollema and Richie Porte will co-lead Trek-Segafredo at the re-scheduled 2020 Tour de France, which will start in Nice on 29th August and finish in Paris on 20th September. The two experienced climbers will share leadership at the 107th Tour de France and will be supported by World Champion […]