Tour de France 2012

Kittel Withdraws from Tour

Team Argos-Shimano continues without Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel’s days of pain are over. The sprinter of Team Argos-Shimano abandoned  during Thursday’s fifth stage of the Tour de France. After forty kilometers the German got off his bike. Ever since Monday Kittel was suffering from a stomach flu. During the week […]

Evans and VanGarderen Okay

BMC Racing Team’s Cadel Evans avoided yet another another crash inside the final three kilometers – the third in three days – at the Tour de France Thursday to keep his position in the top 10, while teammate Tejay van Garderen kept the white jersey as the race’s best young rider. Good […]

Greipel Takes Tour Stage 4

Today’s stage finished even later than the latest time estimated by race organizers. Robbie Hunter crashed and brought down other riders including Cavendish and Eisel.  There was a long descent with lots of turns including a hard left turn near the bottom and the race was going too fast.  Kittel […]

Stage 4 2012 Tour de France

Evans Escapes Danger Again For the second consecutive day at the Tour de France, BMC Racing Team’s defending champion Cadel Evans narrowly avoided a crash near the finish while teammate Tejay van Garderen was caught behind Wednesday’s pile-up but received the same time as the winner to keep his lead […]

Cavendish Wins 21st Tour Stage

Mark Cavendish edged Greipel in Tournai to take his 21st Tour de France stage win. Peter Sagan finished sixth, Cancellara held onto the yellow jersey and Tejay VanGarderen is still in the white jersey. The break of the day consisted of Lorrian, Morkov, Kern and Habs. Tomorrow the race goes […]

Gilbert Finishes 4th in Stage 1

Philippe Gilbert sprinted to fourth place for the BMC Racing Team Sunday after a furious chase to the lead trio that escaped on a short climb near the finish of the opening road stage of the Tour de France. Nervous Day Gilbert took advantage of the chasing efforts of teammate […]

Sagan First TdF Win

Sagan took his first Tour de France win on Stage 1 against Cancellara and Boassen Hagen in Seraing. The three of them went out on the last hill in the last kilometer. He’s only 22 years old and is the youngest stage winner since Lance Armstrong’s first win in Verdun […]

BMC Tour Prologue

Tejay van Garderen finished fourth and earned best young rider honors and Philippe Gilbert was ninth as the BMC Racing Team put five riders in the top 25 in the prologue Saturday and began defense of Cadel Evans’s Tour de France title.   Evans Happy To Get Things Started Evans […]

Marcel Kittel

Kittel Going for Tour Stage Win

Team Argos-Shimano is on the verge of a long-anticipated Tour de France. Riders, team leaders, guidance and management have for months been working towards La Grande Boucle. Now it is up to the riders, especially Marcel Kittel, the German sprinter, who is regarded as the team’s best shot for a […]