July 28, 2018 – 17:26 It was time for the settling up at Espelette, an individual time trial of 31 kilometers. Favorite Tom Dumoulin has again claimed the master of the clock. The Dutchman, who won in 2016 on the Vallon Pont-d’Arc Ardèche course, won this time in the Basque […]

July 27 th 2018 – 17:53 One year after he became the first Slovenian to win a Tour de France stage after cresting the Galibier in the lead, former ski jumper Primoz Roglic powered to victory in the downhill following the col d’Aubisque. The LottoNL-Jumbo rider moved into the top […]

After claiming the honors atop Aspin and Tourmalet, the 26-year-old mathematically clinched the KOM classification. Julian Alaphilippe rode into the history books, as he became the first rider to win four HC climbs at an edition of the Tour de France since the inception of this category, in 1979: Glières, […]

July 26 th 2018 – 18:09 Arnaud Démare of Groupama-FDJ won the bunch gallop ahead of Christophe Laporte from Cofidis to deliver a 1-2 for French riders in Pau after several sprinters had quit the Tour. It’s the second Tour de France victory for the former French champion. Geraint Thomas […]

Vincenzo Nibali will undergo surgery for the treatment of the tenth thoracic vertebrae fracture after a crash during Stage 12 of Tour de France on Thursday July 19th. “After consultations of the Team BAHRAIN MERIDA medical staff with various specialists and after an attentive and careful examination of the athlete’s […]

These images were captured by a fan (Albert Secall) during today’s stage.  As if Chris Froome wasn’t having a bad enough race, this gendarme pulled him off his bike as he was descending to the team bus. The #1 pinned to his bike apparently meant nothing to the cop. “Fans” […]

July 25 th 2018 – 17:52 Nairo Quintana claimed the 19th Colombian stage victory at the Tour de France and the third this year after two bunch sprints by Fernando Gaviria, making the South American nation the most successful so far. The Movistar climber took the highest summit of the […]

25th July 2018 Colombian -supported by strong Movistar Team- wins atop Col du Portet, five years after Semnoz; climbs onto 5th overall with one mountain stage still remaining in the Pyrenees The Cóndor of Boyacá just made his legend even bigger. Five years and five days after raising his arms […]

July 24 th 2018 – 17:25 Julian Alaphilippe of Quick Step Floors took the first Pyrenean stage one week after he claimed his maiden Tour de France victory on the first day in the Alps. He extended his lead in the King of the Mountain classification while Geraint Thomas retained […]

Food for thought: 12 million of the 16 million schoolchildren in South Africa walk to school. 500,000 of them sometimes walk more than four hours for want of a better alternative. The non-profit Qhubeka (whose name means ‘move forward’) was established in 2005 and has spent the last thirteen years […]