Tour de France 2014

All down to ‘race of truth’

July 25, 2014 | Bergerac Rainy, chaotic day 19 in the Tour -including crash with no major consequences for Intxausti- leads Alejandro Valverde into Saturday TT, where his final result in the 2014 Grande Boucle will be decided One of the most dreadful Tours in recent years when it comes […]

Struggling until the very end

July 24, 2014 | Hautacam Valverde, Movistar Team show courage down the Tourmalet, concede provisional podium place on Hautacam slopes; Pinot, Péraud and Spaniard within 15″ into Saturday’s decisive TT The aim of reaching a podium place at the end of the 2014 Tour de France which Alejandro Valverde and […]

Majka secures mountain jersey

Hautacam, 24th of July – 2014 It was the last chance for the climbers to make a difference in this year’s Tour de France when the peloton took on the 145 kilometer long 18th stage from Pau to the grueling uphill finish in Hautacam. Along the way, the pack was […]

Valverde sticks to podium in Pyrenees

July 23, 2014 | Saint-Lary / Pla d’Adet Movistar Team leader gets through suffering in Saint-Lary after sensational work from telephone squad, keeps Tour’s 2nd place overall; second spot for Giovanni Visconti after great breakaway Constance by Alejandro Valverde and excellent management and performance by the whole Movistar Team made […]

Rafal Majka takes second stage win

Saint-Lary, 23rd of July – 2014 Today’s 124 kilometer rather short 17th stage of Tour de France was packed with climbs. No less than four category 1 climbs and an uphill finish to the HC climb to Saint-Lary Pla d’Adet offered several opportunities to attack and to gain points for […]

VanGarderen slips to Sixth

Bagnères-de-Luchon, FranceTour de France, Stage 16: Van Avermaet SixthBMC Racing Team’s Greg Van Avermaet finished sixth Tuesday after being part of a large breakaway at the Tour de France while teammate Tejay van Garderen lost contact on the day’s biggest climb and slipped from fifth to sixth overall. ‘Felt A […]

Lotto on Stage 16

After the second rest day the Tour headed into the Pyrenees. The riders left in Carcassonne for the longest stage. After 237.5 kilometers they arrived in Bagnères-de-Luchon. Michael Rogers rode solo towards the victory. Tony Gallopin, who was part of the long breakaway, became tenth.   Breakaway makes it to […]

Rogers Wins Stage 16

Bagnéres de Luchon, 22nd of July – 2014 Tinkoff-Saxo’s Michael Rogers took part in the crucial breakaway during today’s 237.5 kilometer long 16th stage of this year’s Tour de France counting no less than five categorized climbs counting Col de Portet d’Aspet where Fabio Casartelli so sadly crashed on the descent and […]