05/07/2017 / Tour de France Italian champion, Astana Pro Team rider Fabio Aru took an amazing victory at the fifth stage of the Tour de France. Aru triumphed atop the famous climb La Planche des Belles Filles after his solo attack with 3 km to go. – Before start I […]
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Tour de France Stage 5: Porte Fourth on First Summit Finish
5 July, 2017, La Planche des Belles Filles (FRA) The first summit finish of the Tour de France delivered a thrilling showdown between the General Classification contenders on the steep La Planche des Belles Filles climb which saw Richie Porte cross the line in fourth place. BMC Racing Team controlled […]
Tour de France: Dan Martin rides to second on Planche des Belles Filles
Philippe Gilbert spent his birthday in the breakaway and got rewarded with the red bib for most aggressive rider of the stage. 05-Jul-2017: On the first uphill test of the Tour de France, which came much earlier this year than in the past, Dan Martin powered to an impressive second […]
Rafał Majka surges into GC top ten as Tour de France takes in its first summit finish
The Tour de France took on a different character today, as the race saw its first big climbs, giving riders a taste of what to expect from the mountains later in the race. The GC riders and climbers relished the chance to stretch their legs, with last year’s Maillot à […]
Protest to Stage 4 Result of the Tour de France 2017
The UCI World Champion Peter Sagan was disqualified today, according to article 12.1.040/ 10.2.2. (irregular sprint) in the result/communiqué. The team disagrees with the decision and protested it officially. Peter Sagan rejected to have caused, or in any way intended to cause the crash of Mark Cavendish on the final […]
Tour de France Stage 4: Crash-marred Bunch Sprint in Vittel
4 July, 2017, Vittel (FRA) A hectic bunch sprint on stage 4, marred with multiple crashes in the final kilometer, played out after a calm day of racing as the peloton gears up for the first mountain finish on stage 5. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Wanty- Groupe Gobert) attacked after KM […]
ARNAUD DEMARE TAKES HIS FIRST TOUR DE FRANCE VICTORY
Vittel, Tuesday, 4th July – Arnaud Démare stormed to victory in stage 4 of the 104th Tour de France as he fended off Peter Sagan and Alexander Kristoff in a bunch gallop in Vittel. Two crashes in the last kilometer prevented some sprinters from contesting the victory. Geraint Thomas retained […]
Second stage victory for Van Vleuten in the Giro Rosa stage five ITT
Dutch time trial champion Annemiek van Vleuten displayed great strength and determination to win today’s challenging individual time trial on stage five of the Giro Rosa and move up to third place overall. The 34-year-old put yesterday’s disappointment of losing time on the general classification behind her and courageously bounced […]
First Tour de France stage win for Peter Sagan on stage 3
The terrible weather gave way to blue skies today, and the impact on the peloton in today’s Tour de France stage was clear – the BORA-hansgrohe team did themselves proud, pushing hard the entire day before ferrying the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan, to the line to take his first […]
Tour de France Stage 3: Aggressive Display from BMC Racing Team
3 July, 2017, Longwy (FRA) BMC Racing Team put in a dominant display of racing in the finale of Tour de France stage 3 with Greg Van Avermaet and Richie Porte testing their legs on the uphill finish in Longwy. After some hesitation from the peloton in the opening 10km […]

