Daniele Bennati finished third in Albi The field slowly reached the foot of the Pyrenees, and on today’s 202-kilometer seventh stage of the Tour de France went from Montpellier to Albi. On the hilly course with four categorized climbs were several great sprinters including Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step), Marcel […]
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Daryl Impey Becomes First African to Wear the Tour de France Yellow Jersey
Daryl Impey finished in a front group of 16 riders on stage six of the Tour de France to move into the race lead. The South African becomes the first African to wear the Tour’s yellow jersey. Simon Gerrans led out Matt Goss for the sprint and conceded five seconds […]
Tour Stage 6 Other News
The BMC Racing Team did its part to look after Cadel Evans on a wind-swept stage of the Tour de France Thursday. ‘Stay Out Of Trouble’Manuel Quinziato, the BMC Racing Team’s designated road captain for the 176.5-kilometer race, called it a stressful day. “There was a lot of wind from […]
Cavendish 4th on Flat Stage 6 after crash
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Mark Cavendish was able to pace back to the peloton after crashing on a hot, windy day, and the team led him into the bunch sprint on the 176.5km Stage 6 on Thursday. All the top sprinters — except Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ), who […]
Frank Schleck Out
Leopard SA Statement on Fränk Schleck. With the end of Fränk Schleck’s suspension approaching, Leopard and its partners have assessed the situation in view of a possible renewal of the collaboration with Fränk Schleck. Having finalized this assessment in a broad and objective way, Leopard has decided to not renew […]
Saxo-Tinkoff safely through sixth stage – Noval in recovery
The biggest challenge in today’s 176.5 km long sixth stage of the Tour de France between Aix en Provence to Montpellier was not climbs but the mistral wind that blew at 67 meters per second in the last half of the route. So it was not just a simple transport […]
Tour de France Stage 5: Cavendish Wins After True Team Effort
40th Win in Three Disciplines for OPQS03-Jul-2013: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team put all riders on the front for sprinter Mark Cavendish on Wednesday, on a deceptively lumpy course that included Col de Gineste (2.89km, 4.4%) with just 12.5km to go in the 228.5km Stage 5 of the Tour […]
Team Saxo Tinkoff racing the Nice Team Time Trial
Today’s fourth stage of the Tour de France was a 25 kilometer long and flat team time trial around Nice. Omega-Pharma Quickstep was the fastest team at the finish line. Saxo-Tinkoff rode an excellent team time trial and was the first intermediate second best with under two seconds to Omega-Pharma […]
Jan Bakelants in Yellow
With 1800 meters to go Jan Bakelants seized the moment to attack his breakaway group and challenge for the win in the 100th Tour de France. Known as a rider who always attacks and willingly takes his chances, Bakelants, 27, took the win by one second and in doing so, […]
Tour de France, Stage 1: Chaotic Finish
Bastia, France Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team safely survived a chaotic finish to the opening stage of the Tour de France Saturday while teammates Philippe Gilbert and Tejay van Garderen did not. Finish Moved, Then Moved AgainGilbert and van Garderen were involved in a crash in the final […]