Team DSM’s Jasha Sütterlin was involved in a large crash during today’s opening stage at the Tour de France. Around 80 percent of the peloton was involved in the incident, where Jasha unfortunately took a heavy tumble which saw the German’s race end prematurely. Following the crash, he was taken […]

The World Champion continued to write history, scoring Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s 100th Grand Tour stage win26-Jun-2021: He came, he showed panache, he conquered, he celebrated. Julian Alaphilippe couldn’t have dreamed of a better Tour de France start, as he surged to victory on the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups […]

Julian Alaphilippe powered to victory up the climb of La Fosse aux Loups (the wolfpit) with the help of his Wolfpack from Deceuninck-Quick Step. He became the first Frenchman to win the opening stage of the Tour de France since Christophe Moreau twenty years ago and only the third reigning […]

Australian rider Michael Matthews got Team BikeExchange off to a stunning start, storming to a stellar second place on the explosive uphill finish to today’s opening stage of the 2021 Tour de France in Landernaeu. World champion Julian Alaphilippe stole the show, launching a damaging attack with 2.5km remaining on […]

Dutchman claims polka dot jersey on day marred by multiple crashes The world’s most famous cycling race had finally arrived – ‘La Grande Boucle’ started today in Brest with a long 197.8km parcours that was far from easy. Six categorised climbs dotted the coastal profile, and while the third category […]

The 108th Tour de France started this Saturday from Brest, in Brittany, for an inaugural stage of 197 kilometers towards the Côte de la Fosse-aux-Loups (3.2 km at 5.4%), the uphill finished supposed to designate the first yellow jersey of this Grande Boucle. In addition to the final climb, which […]

Brittany is all set for the Grand Départ of the 108th Tour de France with stage 1 to take the 184 participants from Brest to Landerneau. Seven Breton riders line up in a land of a rich cycling history, including David Gaudu and Valentin Madouas, the locals for stage 1. […]

Lotto Soudal’s Caleb Ewan will be at the start of the Tour de France for the third time in his career. The Australian managed to win multiple stages in his first two participations and also this year, Ewan hopes to add to his tally of five stage wins at the […]

Key points:Ø The headquarters of the 108th Tour de France is launched at Brest-Penfeld. The first four stages in Brittany revive the passion in the hotbed of French cycling despite a strict protocol that remains in place to fight Covid-19. Ø Chris Froome spoke about his come-back to Brest thirteen […]