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Stage 17 was the first tough day in the Alps after yesterday’s rest day, with 5 ranked climbs and the mountaintop finish on Pra Loup. There was a turbulent start with constant attacks, followed by a large group, which got away with John Degenkolb and, for the third time-in-a-row, Simon […]
The fifteenth stage in the Tour brought the riders from Mende to Valence. Over 183 kilometres, the riders had to cover a sloped course with four ascents. The early breakaway never got much advantage, so the stage ended in a bunch sprint. André Greipel appeared to be the fastest and […]
Peter Sagan was once again proactively seeking the win on stage 15 to Valance, as he took part in the breakaway of the day, where he also scored maximum points in the intermediate sprint before being caught by the chasing peloton. In a hectic sprint, Sagan took 4th place behind […]
Valence, France – Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team remained in third place overall at the Tour de France as the top of the overall standings did not change following Sunday’s bunch sprint finish. André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) won his third stage of this year’s race while van […]
July 18th, 2015 Colombian rider from Movistar Team jumps onto 2nd overall in Tour de France after attacking Froome (SKY), GC favourites in La Croix-Neuve; Valverde again sensational, now 30″ behind 3rd overall. Castroviejo takes 9th after break, strengthens Movistar’s teams’ classification lead. Mende produced fireworks again in the Tour […]
Mende, France – Tejay van Garderen slipped from second to third overall Saturday at the Tour de France, but the BMC Racing Team’s leader said he is not losing sight of a podium finish in Paris. Van Garderen finished 25th, 39 seconds after Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), who was out-sprinted […]
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Peter Sagan claimed second place on stage 13 to Rodez, where he extended his lead in the points classification to 24 points after a punchy 570m finishing climb. Just missing out on the win behind Greg Van Avermaet, Sagan notes that he is grateful for his teammates’ effort but […]
Rodez, France – Greg Van Avermaet held off a charge by Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) on Friday’s uphill finish to deliver the BMC Racing Team its third stage win of this year’s Tour de France. Van Avermaet and the peloton only swept up the last three riders from the day’s six-man […]
Plateau de Beille, France – Tejay van Garderen maintained his grip on second place overall at the Tour de France Thursday by keeping pace with race leader Chris Froome (Team Sky) during a third straight challenging day in the Pyrenees mountains. Van Garderen placed 13th and in a group of […]
July 16th, 2015 Movistar takes lead in Tour de France teams’ classification thanks to Gorka Izagirre -4th, after a long day into the break-, Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana, the latter two making several attacks in the decisive climb; GC duo remain 3rd, 4th overallDown to eight riders after the […]
