Jean-Marie LeBlanc and Eddy Merckx racing the 1970 Tour de France At the turn of each decade, the Tour de France has gone through organizational changes and backstage struggles that have variously turned out to be decisive or utterly inconsequential. The journey back in time proposed by letour.fr continues in […]
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Fabio Jakobsen Update August 11
Tuesday 11 August 2020 – 17:36 The Dutch Champion will soon return to his home country. Following his accident on stage 1 of the Tour of Poland, Fabio Jakobsen’s condition has improved further and he is now able to travel back to his homeland of the Netherlands. A team statement […]
Remco Evenepoel wins the Tour de Pologne
Davide Ballerini claims his first World Tour victory on the last stage, after a perfect sprint 09-Aug-2020: Remco Evenepoel’s stunning year continued this week, as the Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider claimed his first triumph in a World Tour stage race and extended his astonishing winning streak, which now includes overall […]
Davide Balerini Takes the Last Stage in Poland with a Powerful Sprint
Davide Ballerini wins the last stage of Tour de Pologne – UCI World Tour. Remco Evenepoel triumphs in the GC. Last stage of Tour de Pologne – UCI World Tour ended in Krakow with a breathtaking sprint of the today’s winner Davide Ballerini ahead Pascal Ackermann (second) and Alberto Dainese […]
Howson wins final stage and the overall at the Czech Tour
Australian Damien Howson clenched the overall victory at the Czech Tour with a stunning win, his first in Europe as a professional, on the final stage of the race. The 27-year-old attacked on the final lap of a brutal day of racing and took the win in a two-way sprint […]
Milan-San Remo – Vliegen and De Gendt color the final towards the Via Roma
Alaphilippe, VanAert The peloton took on the challenge of the longest classic of the year this Saturday, la Classicissima. Milan-San Remo (1.WT, 8/08) offered the longest course of its 111 editions, with 305 race kilometers preceded by 10 kilometers before the official start. A seven man breakaway lead the race […]
The scenic route to Sanremo for EF
When you get to the Cipressa, 27 kilometers from the finish, ‘that’s when you really know if you have the legs’. That is what Alberto Bettiol said a few days ago, but even if the legs are there this is still one of the hardest races to try and predict […]
Peter Sagan comes close again by taking sprint fourth in longest ever Milano-Sanremo
Spring had turned to Summer and so the 2020 edition of ‘La Primavera’ could be more accurately called ‘l’Estate’. Not only that, the longest race in the cycling calendar had an extra 6km added to its length, totalling 305km. In spite of these changes, La Classicissima itself remained the same […]
Tour de Pologne: Evenepoel produces another masterpiece
The Belgian took an emotional victory, which he dedicated to Fabio Jakobsen, after attacking with 51 kilometers to go 08-Aug-2020: Remco Evenepoel was in a league of his own Saturday afternoon, launching an astonishing long-range attack at the Tour de Pologne queen stage and ruthlessly blowing the race apart, before […]
Alaphilippe comes close to repeat Milano-Sanremo victory
Saturday 08 August 2020 At the end of 305 kilometers, the longest distance in the history of the race, the defending champion was defeated for a matter of centimeters. Julian Alaphilippe completed a set of podium finishes at Milano-Sanremo – one of the most prestigious races in the world – […]