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Kittel wins – Alberto 5th in GC

Lille, 8th of July – 2014 There are no easy Tour de France stages and today’s 166 kilometer long fourth stage from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Villeneuve d´Ascq Lille Metropole was no exception. Fierce crosswinds dominated the events and the peloton was nervous. As a result, the defending champion, Chris Froome […]

Mark Cavendish Update 2

07-Jul-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Mark Cavendish underwent further examinations after his crash during the first stage of the Tour de France last Saturday. The results underlined the need for surgery after it was confirmed that all ligaments around the AC-joint were ruptured and the shoulder separated. […]

Mark Cavendish Update

05-Jul-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team confirms that Mark Cavendish underwent further examination on his right shoulder after today’s crash. The imaging underlined ligament ruptures with an AC-joint dislocation, which causes him a lot of pain. A final decision on his participation in tomorrow’s stage will be taken tomorrow […]

2014 Tour de France Stage 1

Harrogate, 5th of July – 2014 “A German and two Frenchmen..” sounds like the beginning of a bad joke but record-breaking, Jens Voigt (Trek Factory Racing), Benoit Jarrier (Bretagne) and Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) however had ambitions of writing the 190 kilometer long first stage of Tour de France from Leeds […]

Tinkoff-Saxo unveils new Tour kit

Tinkoff-Saxo presents the new jersey for Tour de France featuring a new fluorescent yellow as the most noticeable feature. Thursday the riders wore their new kit for the first time as the team tested it on the British roads on a training ride. Riders and fans of cycling all know […]