Bringing Cycling to Life Through Images
Le coq sportif and the Tour de France joined forces for a public auction held at Hôtel Drouot in Paris on Saturday 14 January. Several objects related to the iconic bicycle race went under the hammer, raising €7650 for QHUBEKA, an organisation that fights to improve the lot of South […]
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — California congressman, Rep Mike Thompson, a Democrat who represents California’s 5th district, sponsored the bill. The bill passed the House Thursday and now heads to the Senate. “Greg LeMond is a world-renowned cyclist and one of the greatest American athletes in history,” Thompson said. “The only American to […]
This article is compliments of AP. “By MANUEL RUEDA and IVAN VALENCIA AP ZIPAQUIRA, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of screaming fans held a victory party for Tour de France champion Egan Bernal in his Colombian hometown on Wednesday, celebrating the first Latin American to win cycling’s most prestigious race. Bernal […]
There was probably no better ending to the celebrations of the 100 years of the yellow jersey than the youngest ever to wear it in Paris and start a new era in the chronicle of the Tour de France. Egan Bernal, 22, also made history for becoming the first Colombian […]
July 28 th 2019 – 21:33 It’s youth on power for the 100 years of the yellow jersey as Australian Tour de France debutant Caleb Ewan claimed his third stage win on the Champs-Elysées and 22 year old Egan Bernal became the first ever Colombian winner. Omar Fraile, first on […]
July 26 th 2019 – 18:15 Egan Bernal passed first at col d’Iseran where the times of stage 19 were eventually taken as stormy conditions put the race to a halt because of huge amounts of hail on the road in the downhill. He was declared the winner and became […]
Alaphilippe might have been able to catch him on the descent, but the weather had other ideas. There was too much hail and rain which caused mudslides across the descending road of the Col d’Iseran. The decision was made to stop the race and give the times as they were […]
July 24 th 2019 – 17:14 Matteo Trentin delivered Mitchelton-Scott’s fourth stage victory since Daryl Impey claimed stage 9. Following the example of double stage winner Simon Yates, the Italian escaped from a breakaway group to arrive solo in Gap, fending off the return of Danish prodigy Kasper Asgreen. For […]
In a much-anticipated bunch sprint, the fast Australian launched an impressive acceleration to take the win in Nîmes! The Italian Viviani and the Dutchman Groenewegen finished second and third, respectively. Tim Wellens received his fourteenth polka dot jersey. In tropical weather conditions, the riders took off in Nîmes for the […]
July 20 th 2019 – 17:29 Thibaut Pinot claimed his third stage win in the Tour de France after Porrentruy 2012 and L’Alpe d’Huez 2015 as he stormed to victory at the top of Tourmalet while Julian Alaphilippe, second on the line with a deficit of six seconds, retained the […]
