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GAVIRIA MAKES HISTORY

07-Jul-2018: Fontenay-le-Comte, Saturday, 7st July – Fernando Gaviria of Quick Step became the first Colombian to win a bunch sprint of the Tour de France and the second Colombian to take the yellow jersey, fifteen years after Victor Hugo Peña, as he outclassed Peter Sagan in Fontenay-le-Comte. The finish was reached […]

TOUR DE FRANCE 2020: GRAND DÉPART IN NICE

Key points :Ø The day after the finish of Paris-Nice, Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice and Chairman of the Nice-Côte d’Azur urban community, alongside Christian Prudhomme, Director the Tour de France, announced the organisation of the Grand Départ of the Tour de France in 2020.Ø On Saturday 27th of June, […]

UCI and Peter Sagan relieved to end legal dispute

In advance of the hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne scheduled for December 5, 2017 the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), Peter Sagan and BORA – hansgrohe have agreed to end the legal dispute and controversy about Peter Sagan’s disqualification from this year’s Tour de France. […]

The 2018 Tour de France Route

Stages: The race will be a little bit shorter this year with 3329 km. But it will include lots of mountains (16404′ of climbing), an Alpe d’Huez finish after climbing Col de la Madeleine, Lacets de Montvernier and Col de la Croix de Fer. Stage 5: Bourg St Maurice – […]

2017 Tour de France Wraps Up in Paris

23 July, 2017, Paris (FRA) The 2017 Tour de France concluded with the traditional ride into Paris, culminating with eight laps of the iconic Champs-Élysées which came down to a sprint won by Dylan Groenewegen (Team LottoNL-Jumbo). Having lost team leader Richie Porte to a crash on stage 9 of […]