This year’s Tour has to go down as one of the most compelling of recent years; it was a sporting spectacle on so many levels. Heading into the race all the talk was of the ‘big four’ that would fight it out on the toughest roads France has to offer. Vincenzo Nibali came to France… Read More Tour de France 2015 – Review
Peter Sagan was in scintillating form at this year’s Tour, but the Green jersey holder still awaits that elusive stage win. It was 2013 when Sagan last won a stage at the Tour, this year he couldn’t muster a stage victory after many attempts, but he still managed to finish second on five different occasions.… Read More Peter Sagan reflects on another consistent Tour performance
Nairo Quintana only has one more mountain stage to try and topple Chris Froome and claim Columbia’s first ever yellow jersey. It looks increasingly unlikely that the Movistar leader will claw back the 2min 38s he needs – there will be chances on stage 20 today, but he will have to hope that Froome has… Read More Stage 20 Preview – Modane Valfrejus to Alpe d’Huez 110.5km
The BMC team leader had to withdraw from the Tour de France on stage 17 after an illness he picked up after stage 13 didn’t clear. Tejay Van Garderen was having a wonderful Tour up until he had to withdraw with 70km remaining on stage 17. At the time the American was sitting above the… Read More Tejay Van Garderen couldn’t look teammates in the eyes after abandoning
The yellow jersey holder Chris Froome is ready for the last two mountain stages of the Tour, as he says he ‘won’t fade’ like he did in 2013. The Team Sky leader has been superb this week, in what has been a tough slog in the Alps; he has lost no time to his nearest… Read More Froome in confident mood ahead of the last two Alpine stages
Argentinian rider Eduardo Sepulveda (Bretagne-seche Environnement) is disqualified from the Tour after getting a ride from a rival team car. Sepulveda who currently sits 19th in the overall classification grabbed a ride from Ag2r’s car after his chain fell off on the top of the climb to Mende. Bretagne-seche’s team manager Emmanuel Hurbert said: “At… Read More Eduardo Sepulveda pays the price for hitch-hiking
After the energy sapping heat in yesterday’s stage, the riders should expect more of the same as they tackle the 178.5km route to Mende. Temperatures rose to an astonishing 35 degrees on stage 13, as BMC’s Greg Van Avermaet won a stage which featured a 600m climb at the finish. If yesterday was a day… Read More Stage 14 Preview – Rodez to Mende 178.5km
The riders can forget about the Pyrenees now as they look forward to the final week of the Tour, today they face a 198.5km trek to Rodez. Yesterday the stage which finished on the Plateau de Beille was one of the most exciting yet, with Chris Froome having to fight hard to keep his lead… Read More Stage 13 Preview – Muret to Rodez 198.5km
Zak Dempster’s emotions where there for all to see after stage 11 of the Tour de France, as he missed the time-cut by 27 seconds. The 27-year-old Australian who has raced in the UK with Rapha-Condor and Endura Racing like most riders has had a torrid time at this year’s Tour. On Stage 11 he… Read More Bora-Argon’s Zak Dempster reveals a stark insight into the brutal nature of the Tour
It is the last day in the Pyrenees as the riders face another brutal mountain stage with the Plateau de Beille being the end point. Rafal Majka won yesterday’s stage to the Cote de Cauterets after going solo with around 48km remaining; it would be hard to see the Tinkoff-Saxo repeating the feat. Yesterday we… Read More Stage 12 preview – Lannemezan to Plateau de Beille 195km
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