Key pointsØ 5.000 students in primary schools on the route of the Tour de France took part in the first edition of the Dictée du Tour dictation contest, held in 2017. A few hundred even earned an invitation to the race thanks to their results.Ø This year round, the Dictée […]
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TOUR DE FRANCE SAITAMA CRITÉRIUM 2018 : VALVERDE ALSO REIGNS IN JAPAN
Saitama (Japan), Sunday November 4th 2018. A month after conquering the rainbow jersey, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) claimed the sixth edition of Le Tour de France Saitama Critérium. The World champion sprinted to victory after an exciting duel against the Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas (Team Sky). Yukiya Arashiro […]
Craddock’s ‘Fight for Paris’ concludes at Houston’s Alkek Velodrome on Friday
Lawson Craddock’s “Fight for Paris” finally comes home on Aug. 24. The Houston native will be at the Alkek Velodrome for a special night of Friday Night Racing that includes a raffle to benefit the Lawson Craddock Youth Cycling League and a ceremony to present the velodrome with the funds […]
Vincenzo Nibali has successful surgery
BAHRAIN MERIDA Pro Cycling Team rider Vincenzo Nibali has undergone a successful surgery today after fracturing the tenth thoracic vertebrae in a crash during Stage 12th of Tour de France. The operation was performed by Neurosurgeon Prof. Giovanni Broggi, assisted by Dt. Levi, this early morning at the clinic “La […]
Lawson Craddock raises $195K and counting en route to Paris as Tour’s Lanterne Rouge
EF Education First – Drapac p/b Cannondale’s Lawson Craddock became the first American to earn the unlikely honor of “Lanterne Rouge” when he crossed the Tour de France finish line in Paris on Sunday. The title, an informal one, is awarded to the rider that finishes in last place on […]
Quick-Step Floors: Memories from the 2018 Tour de France
29-Jul-2018: We talked with our riders and staff about their personal highlightsat the end of three long and arduous weeks on which we can look back with pride and happiness, after winning four stages and the iconic polka dot jersey.
On the last day of the Tour de France 2018 sports manager Marc Sergeant looks back on a Tour that didn’t become what he had hoped it would
Marc Sergeant: “Our Tour was no success. It was a fiasco. There is no other way than admitting it. On the one hand there are the five riders who abandoned the race, and every rider has his own story of course, but on the other hand there’s the fact that […]
Julian Alaphilippe wins Tour de France polka dot jersey
KOM triumph the icing on the cake for World Tour leader Quick-Step Floors, who takes Grand Tour all-time tally to 84 stage wins 29-Jul-2018: Resplendent in his polka dot jersey, with the famous Arc de Triomphe serving as backdrop and the sun shining over the moveable feast that Paris is, […]
Movistar Team back on Paris podium
29th July 2018 Eusebio Unzué’s squad conquers Tour de France team prize for 5th time after snatching a stage win -Quintana (Col du Portet)-, getting Colombian (10th), Mikel Landa (7th) into individual top-ten finishes in misfortune-marred raceWelshman Geraint Thomas (SKY) conquered overall honours in the 105th Tour de France after […]
Peter Sagan confirms record-equalling sixth Maillot Vert to crown best ever Tour de France for BORA-hansgrohe
On the final day of the 105th edition of the Tour de France, it was a day for looking at the incredible achievements of the BORA-hansgrohe team in this most famous of cycling races. La Grande Boucle had seen the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan, take three stage wins, before […]