It takes a special kind of rider to find the legs to win a stage after three excruciatingly difficult days in the mountains, but the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan, is that kind of rider. Taking the win in a bunch sprint in Valence, the Slovak rider kept his head […]

July 17 André Greipel: “The past three days weren’t easy and too hard for me. I knew that this would be another tough day in the saddle. I could only hope the peloton would ride up the first climb rather slowly, but that wasn’t the case. Soon, I felt this […]

July 19 th 2018 – 17:55 Geraint Thomas became the first British winner at Alpe d’Huez on the occasion of the 30th finish in the ski resort of the Oisans. He’s also the first rider to win a road stage to Alpe d’Huez with the yellow jersey. He outsprinted Tom […]

18 July, 2018, La Rosière (FRA) Damiano Caruso looked strong during the first summit showdown of this year’s Tour de France and after going on the attack early into the 108.5km course, and riding at the front of the race all day, he eventually crossed the line fourth. Caruso, who […]

July 18 th 2018 – 17:52 Geraint Thomas is back in the yellow jersey he already wore for four days last year. He won stage 11 to La Rosière-Espace San Bernardo as he overtook breakaway rider Mikel Nieve in the last few hundred meters. His team-mate and defending champion Chris […]

Le Grand-Bornand, July 17th, ST10 – “I’m not happy because I would have liked to win – Ion Izagirre has a bitter smile – but today Julian Alaphilippe was simply the strongest”. “On the penultimate climb, there was a moment when I suffered a lot but then I recovered and […]

Coming to week two after nine stages of fairly flat roads, the riders would be starting stage 10 either with a feeling of excitement or a feeling of dread. The GC riders and the climbers would be looking forward to a chance to make their mark on a race that […]

17 July, 2018, Le Grand-Bornand (FRA) Greg Van Avermaet showed his champion’s mentality today by going on the attack early into the first mountain stage of the Tour de France before finishing fourth on the line and extending his overall lead on the General Classification. The Tour de France entered […]

July 17 th 2018 – 18:10 165 riders started stage 10 at Annecy. 2 non-starters: Alexis Vuillermoz (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Jens Keukeleire (Lotto-Soudal). After Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step) and Florian Vachon (Fortuneo-Samsic) got brought back after 10km of racing, Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie) rode away with Thomas Degand (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) […]

15 July, 2018, Roubaix (FRA) BMC Racing Team experienced mixed fortunes on Tour de France stage 9 today with Greg Van Avermaet sprinting to second to keep the yellow jersey at the finish line while Richie Porte was caught up in a crash during the opening kilometers and was forced […]