In Team Giant-Alpecin’s “Keep Challenging” elite sports approach, cycling is about the battle of a collective of nine riders against the rest of the peloton. For the team to become in a position to win races, the team aims to get the designated rider in an as advanced as possible […]
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Meet the 22 Tour de France Teams for 2016
List of riders selected to compete in the 103rd Tour de France (July 2-24). 198 riders will start from Mont Saint-Michel for the 2016 Tour de France. 35 nationalities are represented, with France having the most at 38. However, Europeans remain majority while 16 countries will start. AG2R The World: […]
Special Cameras to Detect Bike Motors at Tour de France
This weekend, the Tour de France starts the 2016 edition. Thierry Braillard, French Secretary of State for Sport, yesterday presented a “device 100% reliable” technology to combat fraud (motors, electromagnetic wheel). At the request of the French government, the Commissariat for Atomic Energy (CEA) has developed thermal cameras to detect […]
Bernard Hinault Retiring
The last French Tour de France winner will retire at the end of the year. He was asked by Le Figaro: In 1986 he announced the end of his cycling career. Thirty years later, they want to know if this will be an irrrevocable decision. Hinault: Yes. He didn’t even […]
Tinkoff’s UCI WorldTour leading duo head Tour de France line-up
The most famous cycling event in the world, the Tour de France, has finally arrived. The 103rd edition of La Grande Boucle takes place from the 2nd to the 24th of July, and promises 3,519km of dramatic racing. Starting with the Grand Départ in Mont-Saint-Michel on the 2nd of July, […]
23,000 Police and Gendarmes to Protect the Tour de France
23,000 Police and gendarmes will be mobilized during the Tour de France to protect the safety of the race. Nothing is going to be left to chance. Exceptional means are to be instituted and the authorities believe they are ready. Bernard Cazeneuve, the Minister of the Interior, was quoted as […]
Trek-Segafredo fans announce Tour de France line-up
Frank Schleck Once again Trek-Segafredo’s worldwide fans had the honor of announcing the nine-man roster for the 103rd edition of the Tour de France. Nine select followers of the team each disclosed the name of one of the nine riders over the past three days via their personal Twitter accounts, […]
Etixx Quickstep Tour de France Fan Villages 2016
Join us on the roads of France this July for what is set to be a remarkable experience 27-Jun-2016: In cooperation with Kookeiland, Etixx – Quick-Step will organize Fan Villages along the roads of the 2016 Tour de France, which is scheduled to take place between 2-24 July. Kookeiland has […]
ORICA-GreenEDGE announce a nine-rider team hunting for stage wins at the Tour de France
ORICA-GreenEDGE has confirmed the nine-man team for this year’s Tour de France and head into the race with an experienced squad, targeting stage victories. In 2015, the team suffered awful misfortune on day two of the race, losing three riders to injury before battling on to seven top ten results […]
Movistar Team chases the #SueñoAmarillo
27 June 2016 Nairo Quintana headlines the telephone squad’s nine-man roster for the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, which kicks off on Saturday, 2 July at Mont-Saint-Michel and finishes in Paris’ Champs-Élysées on Sunday 24The Movistar Team confirms Monday the nine-man selection made by Eusebio Unzué for the […]
