Tour de France

Fedrigo Wins Stage 15 in Pau

Fedrigo won the stage today in Pau.  He won here in 2010 as well. Wiggins is still in yellow and tomorrow is a rest day. Vandevelde was the last man in the break who made it to the line with him. David Millar controlled the head of the peloton for […]

DeKort on the Tour

Tour de France stages wherein attackers can go for the win are rare. And as a result almost half of all the riders wants to be in the breakaway during these kind of rides. Monday’s fifteenth stage from Samantan to Foix was such a moment. The riders of Team Argos-Shimano […]

BMC Stage 15

Cadel Evans and the BMC Racing Team enjoyed a smoother ride to the finish Monday, one day after an attack by tacks thrown onto the road created chaos for the peloton.   Rest Day Is Tuesday On a day when the peloton finished nearly 12 minutes after a five-man breakaway, […]

DeKort Gets Another Chance Tomorrow

Sunday should’ve been the day of Koen de Kort. The Dutch rider of Team Argos- Shimano was really looking forward to the fourteenth stage from Limoux to Foix, but unfortunately didn’t manage to get into a breakaway. On Monday he will get another chance. De Kort undertook several attempts to […]

Greipel wins at Cap d’Agde

Andre Greipel took the win today at Cap d’Agde after easily climbing Mont Saint Clair along the Mediterranean.  Some French journalists described him as the most complete sprinter in the peloton. Cavendish and Goss had faded so his main rival today was Peter Sagan. He worked hard to stay with […]

Argos Shimano Stays Agressive Without Veelers

After the withdrawal of sprinter Tom Veelers on Friday the riders of Team Argos-Shimano promised to attack whenever they could in the remainder of the Tour de France. During Saturday’s thirteenth stage to Le Cap d’Agde they already delivered. While Roy Curvers got himself in an early breakaway, Matthieu Sprick […]

2012 Tour de France Stage 13

Cadel Evans and the BMC Racing Team went on the offensive late in Saturday’s stage of the Tour de France, splitting the field on the day’s only categorized climb to eventually set up Philippe Gilbert’s eighth-place finish. Team Effort Leading into the Category 3 climb of Mont Saint-Clair with fewer […]

2012 Tour de France Stage 11

BMC Racing Team’s Cadel Evans lost ground to his rivals Thursday on the first day in the Alps at the Tour de France, but Tejay van Garderen said his teammate can recover from a performance that saw him slip from second to fourth overall. ‘Cadel Is Mentally Tough’ On the […]