Tinkoff-Saxo managed to protect team leader Alberto Contador on the nervous stage 5 of Tour de France, where several crosswind sections made for a stage affected by several crashes. Peter Sagan notes that he is happy with the fact that Contador finished unscathed, while the white jersey himself was able […]
Tour de France 2015
Tour de France, Stage 5: Van Avermaet 10th
Amiens, France – BMC Racing Team’s Greg Van Avermaet finished 10th Wednesday at the Tour de France to remain sixth overall while teammate Tejay van Garderen kept his hold on third place, 25 seconds off the lead. Van Avermaet was involved in one of several crashes that plagued the 189.5-kilometer […]
Contador grateful for team support on the cobbles – Sagan takes 3rd place after team effort
Tour de France had cobbles on the dreaded menu of stage 4, which greatly reduced the size of the front group that made it to the line in Cambrai. Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador thanks his teammates for their support including Peter Sagan, who managed to grab 3rd place behind stage winner […]
Tour de France, Stage 4: Van Avermaet Fourth
Cambrai, France – BMC Racing Team’s Greg Van Avermaet finished fourth on Tuesday’s cobblestone stage of the Tour de France while teammate Tejay van Garderen held onto his third place overall. Van Garderen finished 24th and in the same time as 34 others in a group that was chasing solo […]
Tony Martin wins Stage 4
Tour de France Stage 4: Tony Martin Attacks for Yellow First Tour de France Leadership of Martin’s Career 07-Jul-2015: Etixx – Quick-Step rider Tony Martin never gave up hope of wearing the yellow jersey at the 2015 edition of Le Tour de France, and his dream became real on Tuesday. […]
Contador remains poised after Mur de Huy – Sagan conquers the Maillot Blanc
Mur de Huy held its promise and laid the stage for a flat-out battle between a diminished peloton. Alberto Contador finished 12th on the stage and moves to 8th overall, while Peter Sagan could pull on the white jersey atop the dreaded climb. Tinkoff-Saxo now directs its attention towards the […]
Stage three crash ends Cancellara’s Tour de France
Fabian Cancellara was whisked off to the hospital for a CT scan shortly after he crossed the finish line of the crash-marred stage three at the Tour de France, and hours later the news confirmed the worst: two transverse process fractures in two vertebrae bones of the lower back. It […]
Joaquim Rodriguez celebrates Tour de France victory on Mur de Huy
It was familiar ground for Team Katusha’s Joaquim Rodriguez as he lit out for the finish line on the 1,1 km Mur de Huy and claimed the victory for the 3rd stage of the 2015 Tour de France. It was a move reminiscent of his 2012 win on the traditional […]
Tour de France, Stage 3: Van Garderen Into Third Overall
Huy, Belgium – BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen placed sixth on the finish climb of the Mur de Huy Monday at the Tour de France to move into third overall, while teammate Greg Van Avermaet was 15th and stands fifth overall. Following an unprecedented neutralization and stoppage by race […]
Stage 3 Big Crash Neutralizes race
After a massive crash 50k from the finish that included the yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara, the race observed a twenty minute neutralization. Dumoulin, Gerrans, and Bonnet were among those who abandoned. Matthews, Oss, Henderson and Vansummeren were able to continue racing. The neutralization is a very rare occurrence in the […]
