19-Jul-2017: 24 hours after losing ground in the crosswinds, Daniel Martin gritted his teeth and went to the attack on the mythical Col du Galibier, the most featured Alpine climb in the Tour de France history, which this year was crossed for the 60th time. Lying in seventh place at […]
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TEAM SUNWEB’S MICHAEL MATTHEWS TAKES OVER THE LEAD IN THE POINTS CLASSIFICATION
After a great team effort battling for the intermediate sprints and taking two of Team Sunweb’s three stage wins at the Tour de France Michael Matthews (AUS) has taken over the lead in the points classification. And Marcel Kittel abandoned after a crash 20k into the race. With one goal […]
Roglic Jumps Ahead
Serre Chevalier, Wednesday, 19th July – Five years after starting cycling at the age of 22, former ski jumper Primoz Roglic became the first Slovenian to win a Tour de France stage as he soloed to victory in Serre-Chevalier after riding Alberto Contador off with 6.5km left in the ascent […]