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Nairo Quintana (2nd, best young rider) and Alejandro Valverde (3rd)- for the first time in its history, wins Tour de France teams’ classification -its 3rd after 1991, ’99- The Champs-Élysées in Paris received the survivors in the 102nd Tour de France on Sunday as Chris Froome (SKY) took his second […]
Paris, France – Samuel Sánchez’s 12th-place finish overall capped a Tour de France that saw the BMC Racing Team win three stages and lead the race for one day. Rohan Dennis, winner of the Stage 1 individual time trial at record speed on July 4, was part of a breakaway […]
Alpe d’Huez, France – BMC Racing Team’s Samuel Sánchez held onto his 12th place overall Saturday at the Tour de France by finishing 26th on the final mountain stage. Sánchez reached the summit of Alpe d’Huez 5:01 after solo stage winner Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and 3:23 after Chris Froome (Team […]
July 25th, 2015 Nairo Quintana closer than ever to victory in Alpe d’Huez, becomes virtual 2nd in 2015 TDF GC; Alejandro Valverde secures his third overall and crowns a big goal in his career after attacking strategy from Movistar -virtual teams’ classification winners- all over final mountain stageThe Movistar Team […]
La Toussuire, France – Samuel Sánchez of the BMC Racing Team finished 10th in Friday’s race though the Alps and climbed three places to 12th in the overall standings at the Tour de France. Sánchez had been sitting 15th overall, 18:11 back, but rode for much of the 138-kilometer race […]
July 24th, 2015 Quintana leaves Froome behind for first time in 2015 TDF, puts 32″ on Briton and gets to 2’38” behind GC lead with Croix de Fer and Alpe d’Huez remaining; Nibali (AST) wins in La Toussuire, gains 2’26” on Valverde, who will defend a 1’19” gap on the […]
Alberto Contador had his eyes on getting through the challenging stage 19 to La Toussuire, as cramps throughout the intensive day took its toll. “It was a day where I had to survive”, says Contador, who retained his fifth place in the GC of Tour de France after strong support […]
Alberto Contador went on the attack on stage 18 of Tour de France in an effort to shake things up in the GC. Having suffered a downhill crash a mere 24 hours earlier, the Tinkoff-Saxo captain deployed a series of accelerations on Col de Glandon, which decimated the group of […]
This was the final climb of today’s stage before the finish and a first in Tour history. In just 3.4 kilometers there are 18 hairpins bends, with a 180° switchback every 150m on a narrow road that can just accomodate one lane of cars. “You don’t ever stop turning,” Thierry […]
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France – BMC Racing Team’s Damiano Caruso finished eighth Thursday at the Tour de France after being part of the day’s breakaway. Caruso and teammate and Stage 1 winner Rohan Dennis were part of a group of 29 riders that broke away on the first of seven categorized […]
