Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin (NED) has stormed to the victory at the penultimate stage of the Tour de France, the 31 kilometre time trial set to shake up the overall standings once more. He finished the test in 40 minutes and 52 seconds, with his GC position now second. Dumoulin […]
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Taylor Phinney Broke His Nose
On Stage 19 of the Tour, Taylor Phinney crashed off the road of the race, hitting face first into a tree. His nose is broken and swollen but he was able to finish the stage. “So hello. I am ok 🙂 I fractured my nose and an occipital (orbital, ed.) […]
BORA-hansgrohe fight hard on hilly Basque ITT to take a step closer to Paris
BodnarBasque cycling fans packed the roads on today’s 31km Individual Time Trial to catch the Tour de France before it heads to the Champs Elysées tomorrow. While the GC riders were still fighting amongst themselves to take time on the last day before the procession to Paris, the time trial […]
Tom Dumoulin powers to one more time trial victory
July 28 th 2018 – 17:33 World champion Tom Dumoulin took his second time trial victory in the Tour de France after stage 13 in 2016 to retain his second place overall behind Geraint Thomas who finished third in the Basque country while Chris Froome came second and deprived Primoz […]
Dumoulin and Thomas, the Bosses!
July 28, 2018 – 17:26 It was time for the settling up at Espelette, an individual time trial of 31 kilometers. Favorite Tom Dumoulin has again claimed the master of the clock. The Dutchman, who won in 2016 on the Vallon Pont-d’Arc Ardèche course, won this time in the Basque […]
Roglic jumps to victory
July 27 th 2018 – 17:53 One year after he became the first Slovenian to win a Tour de France stage after cresting the Galibier in the lead, former ski jumper Primoz Roglic powered to victory in the downhill following the col d’Aubisque. The LottoNL-Jumbo rider moved into the top […]
ALAPHILIPPE SECURES TOUR DE FRANCE POLKA DOT JERSEY
After claiming the honors atop Aspin and Tourmalet, the 26-year-old mathematically clinched the KOM classification. Julian Alaphilippe rode into the history books, as he became the first rider to win four HC climbs at an edition of the Tour de France since the inception of this category, in 1979: Glières, […]
Arnaud Démare delivers in Pau
July 26 th 2018 – 18:09 Arnaud Démare of Groupama-FDJ won the bunch gallop ahead of Christophe Laporte from Cofidis to deliver a 1-2 for French riders in Pau after several sprinters had quit the Tour. It’s the second Tour de France victory for the former French champion. Geraint Thomas […]
Vincenzo Nibali requires surgery after Tour de France crash
Vincenzo Nibali will undergo surgery for the treatment of the tenth thoracic vertebrae fracture after a crash during Stage 12 of Tour de France on Thursday July 19th. “After consultations of the Team BAHRAIN MERIDA medical staff with various specialists and after an attentive and careful examination of the athlete’s […]
Fans Harass Froome and Thomas
These images were captured by a fan (Albert Secall) during today’s stage. As if Chris Froome wasn’t having a bad enough race, this gendarme pulled him off his bike as he was descending to the team bus. The #1 pinned to his bike apparently meant nothing to the cop. “Fans” […]