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Alaphilippe might have been able to catch him on the descent, but the weather had other ideas. There was too much hail and rain which caused mudslides across the descending road of the Col d’Iseran. The decision was made to stop the race and give the times as they were […]
July 25 th 2019 – 17:19 Colombia’s Nairo Quintana claimed his third stage win at the Tour de France after stage 20 to Annecy-Semnoz in 2013 and stage 17 to col du Portet last year as he rode away solo from an long lasting breakaway 7.5km before the col du […]
July 24 th 2019 – 17:14 Matteo Trentin delivered Mitchelton-Scott’s fourth stage victory since Daryl Impey claimed stage 9. Following the example of double stage winner Simon Yates, the Italian escaped from a breakaway group to arrive solo in Gap, fending off the return of Danish prodigy Kasper Asgreen. For […]
In a much-anticipated bunch sprint, the fast Australian launched an impressive acceleration to take the win in Nîmes! The Italian Viviani and the Dutchman Groenewegen finished second and third, respectively. Tim Wellens received his fourteenth polka dot jersey. In tropical weather conditions, the riders took off in Nîmes for the […]
July 21 st 2019 – 17:16 Simon Yates claimed a second stage win in four days as he rode solo to Foix Prat d’Albis to remain the only breakaway member to fend off Thibaut Pinot and Mikel Landa who escaped from the group of the favourites. Julian Alaphilippe lost contact […]
Saturday 20 July 2019 – 18:50 Runner-up on the mythical Pyrenean climb after a splendid effort, our rider has now amassed ten days in the yellow jersey. Julian Alaphilippe defended his maillot jaune with panache on the demanding slopes of Col du Tourmalet (19km, 7.4%) – which served as a […]
July 20 th 2019 – 17:29 Thibaut Pinot claimed his third stage win in the Tour de France after Porrentruy 2012 and L’Alpe d’Huez 2015 as he stormed to victory at the top of Tourmalet while Julian Alaphilippe, second on the line with a deficit of six seconds, retained the […]
July 19 th 2019 – 18:02 Julian Alaphilippe celebrated the 100 years of the yellow jersey the best possible way by retaining the lead at the end of a time trial he dominated in Pau. First at all intermediate check points, he increased his advantage over defending champion Geraint Thomas […]
Pau, Thursday 18th July 2019 – During today’s stage of the Tour de France, Team Bahrain Merida rider Rohan Dennis reluctantly withdrew from the race. Dennis commented: ‘I am very disappointed to leave the race at this point. Obviously the individual time trial tomorrow had been a big goal for […]
July 18 th 2019 – 17:05 After Elia Viviani and Caleb Ewan, Simon Yates was the third rider to win a stage of the Tour de France after the Giro d’Italia and La Vuelta. He outsprinted his last two breakaway companions Pello Bilbao and Gregor Mühlberger to become the eleventh […]
