After her spectacular win on the summit finish of the Col d’Izoard on Thursday Annemiek van Vleuten was the favourite for today’s pursuit stage of La Course by Le Tour de France and the Dutch champion did not disappoint, storming to another convincing victory for ORICA-SCOTT women. The best twenty […]
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Marseille Time Trial – Bodnar; Froome Third
Marseille, Saturday, 22nd July – Poland’s Maciej Bodnar (Bora-Hansgrohe) has won the 22.5km individual time trial in the streets of Marseille with an advantage of only one second over his compatriot Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky) who paved the way for his team-mate Chris Froome to confirm his superiority against the clock […]
BOASSON HAGEN SPOILS BELGIUM’S NATIONAL DAY PARTY
Salon-de-Provence, Friday, 21st July – Besides French riders, Belgians outnumbered their rivals in the 20-man breakaway group on their national day but Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen spoiled their party as he smartly rode to victory on the right side of a roundabout with 2.8km to go. He reached Salon-de-Provence by […]
Slipstream announces Oath as exclusive digital media sponsor in 2018
Slipstream Sports has partnered with Oath, a digital media company of more than 50 media and technology brands, including HuffPost, Yahoo Sports, Engadget and Autoblog. Oath will have its brand on team racing kits and vehicles as the Cannondale-Drapac team races over 240 days, across four continents, in the 2018 […]
Fernando Gaviria injured during training
The Colombian – winner of eight races this season – will return to racing later than scheduled 21-Jul-2017: Two years ago, Fernando Gaviria sported for the first time the Quick-Step Floors jersey, as a stagiaire, at the RideLondon Classic, which he finished in eighth position. The spectacular one-day race, scheduled […]
Barguil Takes Col d’Izoard
WARREN BARGUIL TAKES THE POLKA DOT JERSEY VERY HIGH Izoard, Thursday, 20th July – Warren Barguil claimed his second stage victory and the fifth for French riders at col d’Izoard (2360m) after passing Darwin Atapuma on Colombia’s national day. Chris Froome retained the yellow jersey albeit losing four seconds onto […]
Van Vleuten shows her class with victory at La Course
Dutch national time trial champion Annemiek van Vleuten has produced a spectacular performance for ORICA-SCOTT women to take victory atop the iconic Col d’Izoard at Le Course by Le Tour de France today, ensuring pole position for Saturday’s individual time trial in Marseille. A short 67.5kilometre opening day of racing […]
Tour de France: Galibier stage lifts Martin to sixth overall
19-Jul-2017: 24 hours after losing ground in the crosswinds, Daniel Martin gritted his teeth and went to the attack on the mythical Col du Galibier, the most featured Alpine climb in the Tour de France history, which this year was crossed for the 60th time. Lying in seventh place at […]
TEAM SUNWEB’S MICHAEL MATTHEWS TAKES OVER THE LEAD IN THE POINTS CLASSIFICATION
After a great team effort battling for the intermediate sprints and taking two of Team Sunweb’s three stage wins at the Tour de France Michael Matthews (AUS) has taken over the lead in the points classification. And Marcel Kittel abandoned after a crash 20k into the race. With one goal […]
Roglic Jumps Ahead
Serre Chevalier, Wednesday, 19th July – Five years after starting cycling at the age of 22, former ski jumper Primoz Roglic became the first Slovenian to win a Tour de France stage as he soloed to victory in Serre-Chevalier after riding Alberto Contador off with 6.5km left in the ascent […]

