Bauke Mollema and Trek-Segafredo finally found just reward for their efforts in breakaways in the 2021 Tour de France. The team entered this year’s race targeting stages, and the team focused everything on getting in breakaways. Still, to achieve such a victory in the Tour from a breakaway, something so […]

Bauke Mollema claimed his second Tour de France stage win in Quillan four years after he imposed himself solo at Le Puy-en-Velay. He did it the same way, escaping from a breakaway and finishing solo. Patrick Konrad and Sergio Higuita rounded out the podium. Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey […]

The Manxman wrote history in Carcassonne with his 34th win at the race, 13 years to the day he took his first success09-Jul-2021: Mark Cavendish dashed to a resounding victory after producing a perfect sprint in the scrappy last kilometer of Friday’s 219.9km stage and tied a record that had […]

Mark Cavendish took his fourth stage win in the 108th Tour de France to total 34 since 2008, just like stage victories record holder Eddy Merckx. His team-mate Michael Morkov and Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen rounded the podium at the end of bunch gallop. Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey in […]

After the exertions of climbing Mont Ventous twice yesterday, riders would be grateful for the flatter terrain of stage 12. The parcours covered only one third category climb in the middle of the day, but the peloton would have in the backs of their minds the thought that at the […]

Nils Politt emerged from a 13-man breakaway to solo to victory in Nîmes after three convincing attacks. Imanol Erviti and Harry Sweeny rounded out the podium of stage 12. Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey. 13 riders in the lead 155 riders took the start of stage 12 at Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux […]

The BORA-hansgrohe team is sad to announce that Peter Sagan was unable to start stage 12 of the Tour de France due to a knee injury worsening overnight. The Slovak national champion is receiving treatment and will rest and focus on his recovery before preparing for the upcoming Olympics. “It’s […]

Wednesday 07 July 2021 Mark Cavendisk retained his lead in the points classification after another tough day in the saddle. Julian Alaphilippe became the first World Champion in 66 years to cross the summit of the mythical Mont Ventoux in the lead, another remarkable achievement for Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s Frenchman […]

Team DSM’s Tiesj Benoot was forced to abandon the Tour de France during this afternoon’s stage 11. Injuries sustained during the crashes on stage one and three proved too much for the Belgian today, as he ended his race during the epic double Mont Ventoux stage. Benoot will take a […]

Belgian champion Wout van Aert made the most of the double dose of the Mont Ventoux originally set to suit the pure climbers. He rode away solo from a breakaway group in the second ascent to fend off Kenny Elissonde and Bauke Mollema in Malaucène. Despite an attack by Jonas […]