Pra Loup, France – BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen, who was sitting in third place overnight at the Tour de France, withdrew from the race Wednesday due to illness. Van Garderen lost contact with the peloton on the ascent of the Col de Toutes Aures, about 50 kilometers into […]

Tinkoff-Saxo lost valuable time on stage 17 of Tour de France to Pra Loup after a crash down the penultimate climb Col d’Allos cost team leader Alberto Contador two bike changes and 2’14” in the GC, while a malfunctioning radio prevented Rafal Majka from aiding his captain. “Right now the […]

22-Jul-2015: Etixx – Quick-Step rider Rigoberto Uran earned a 3rd place stage finish at the end of 161km Tour de France Stage 17 on Wednesday, putting himself into position for the podium thanks to impressive descending of Category 1 Col d’Allos (14km, 5.5) prior to the Category 2 finishing climb […]

July 22nd, 2015 Alejandro Valverde jumps onto 3rd overall after hectic racing in first Alpine stage, with attacks, crashes and GC-related abandons, as Nairo Quintana tries late attacks, stays within Froome’s controlThe 161km stage seventeen in the 2015 Tour de France, first of four in the Alps towards the Cat-2 […]

Stage 17 was the first tough day in the Alps after yesterday’s rest day, with 5 ranked climbs and the mountaintop finish on Pra Loup. There was a turbulent start with constant attacks, followed by a large group, which got away with John Degenkolb and, for the third time-in-a-row, Simon […]