After three weeks, twenty-one stages and 3,519km, Tinkoff had taken three stage wins, three days in the yellow jersey, the Maillot Vert and Maillot à Pois, the Super Combative rider prize and a top ten in the GC overall. On the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, this was […]
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Dan Martin finishes 9th in the Tour de France
An aggressive display in the mountains and a solid overall ride helped the Irishman record his best ever result in the race 24-Jul-2016: On Sunday evening, under a blue and beautiful sky, Dan Martin rode into Paris tucked in the peloton and safely completed the last stage, taking his maiden […]
Adam Yates becomes the first Briton to win the white jersey of the Tour de France
In just his second attempt, Adam Yates today became the first British rider to win the best young rider classification at the Tour de France. The 23-year-old rode an impressive race to finish in fourth place overall, well above expectation, giving ORICA-BikeExchange its best ever general classification result at the […]
Trek-Segafredo takes many positives from 2016 Tour de France
Despite dropping from second to eleventh place overall, and the dream of standing on the final podium shattered after a crash-marred stage 19, Bauke Mollema and Trek-Segafredo, through massive disappointment, have recognized many positives from the 2016 Tour de France. “The Tour overall was a great ride,” said Mollema. “The […]
À l’année prochaine !’
24 July 2016 Movistar Team closes its 2016 Tour de France with one stage win -Ion Izagirre’s brilliant success in Morzine, Saturday- and their fourth team GC win after Nairo Quintana (3rd) takes third podium in as many appearances, yet again on the verge of the most coveted successAndré Greipel […]
Porte Claims First Top Five Result at the Tour de France
24 July, 2016, Paris (FRA) Richie Porte has secured his first top five result at the Tour de France as the peloton made their way onto the Champs-Elysées for the final stage of the race, which was won in a bunch sprint by Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) As is tradition, the […]