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From the flat early stages, the terrain of the Tour de France has become progressively harder as the week has gone on. Today, moving into the Vosges mountains of north-east France, the undulating 175.5km parcours saw four categorized climbs over its distance. Starting with the relatively easy Côte de Grendelbruch, […]
July 9 th 2019 – 17:49 Elia Viviani maintained a tradition alive as he scored the sixth Italian stage win in sixteen stage finishes in Nancy after Fausto Coppi, Aldo Parecchini, Lorenzo Bernucci and Matteo Trentin. He even received the help of race leader Julian Alaphilippe to win a bunch […]
The second of two long days in succession, today’s 213.5km stage headed east into the Lorraine region. In addition to this being a long day in the saddle, the second half of the stage saw more undulating terrain, including two categorised climbs – both fourth category. Nestled between these climbs, […]
The Tour de France finally made its way into French territory today with a rolling 215km stage. Leaving Belgium around the day’s halfway point, the parcours headed due south the entire day towards the finish in Champagne country in Épernay. The intermediate sprint came before the day’s climbs, with four […]
July 8 th 2019 – 17:06 World’s number 1 Julian Alaphilippe powered to victory with a strong attack with 16km to go behind breakaway rider Tim Wellens in the hills of the Champagne area. A solo winner in Epernay, he took over from Mike Teunissen to become the first Frenchman […]
July 7 th 2019 – 17:01 The Dutch outfit Jumbo-Visma won stage 2 as well as stage 1 in Brussels as Mike Teunissen, Steven Kruijswijk, George Bennett, Wout van Aert and Tony Martin outclassed Team Ineos by twenty seconds so Teunissen retained the yellow jersey. They also maintained the long […]
July 6 th 2019 – 17:05 Mike Teunissen smartly substituted his sprinter Dylan Groenewegen to win stage 1 in Brussels ahead of Peter Sagan and Caleb Ewan as he took his responsibilities after the crash of the hot favorite. He puts an end to a 30 years drought for The […]
Bianchi is back to the Tour de France with strong and motivated Team Jumbo-Visma from July 6th to 28th. The Bianchi-sponsored World Tour team heads to the Grande Boucle with big sprint ambitions with Dylan Groenewegen, today one of the world’s fastest and most succesful pro cyclists. Steven Kruijswijk will […]
A well-balanced BORA – hansgrohe squad heads into the Tour de France with ambitions in the green jersey competition as well as the general classification. Peter Sagan is set for the sprints, with Emanuel Buchmann and Patrick Konrad being our two contenders for the general classification. “Our goal here is […]
Team Sunweb are pleased to announce the riders that will be competing at the 2019 edition of Le Tour de France, bringing a well-balanced squad, aiming for stage success at La Grand Boucle. The race offers various opportunities for the team throughout the three weeks of racing; both in the […]
