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Fantasy Tour: Stage 1 – Bell Star Pro

Stage 1 takes the riders around the city of Utrecht over the 13.8 km time trial course. The Stage 1 prize, a Bell Star Pro helmet, will go to a team boss who has correctly predicted the stage winner. TV Broadcast times: Stage 1 will be live on SuperSport 6 from 13:10 to 17:50. Stage […]

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Video: Behind the scenes with Team Giant-Alpecin

Last week Team Giant-Alpecin announced its journey towards the Tour de France through a new documentary, “Keep Challenging”, which shows a group of dedicated riders, coaches and experts fine-tuning every detail of the team’s equipment, training, support and logistics in a continuous preparation process that started months ago. The documentary follows the team behind the […]

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Cervélo and MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung present Tour de France bikes

As you only make history once, our family at Cervélo have decided to go all out for our African teams debut appearance at Le Tour. We are extremely excited to reveal the special edition Cervélo bikes MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will ride at this year’s Tour de France. All three models in use by Team MTN-Qhubeka […]

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South African presence at Tour de France

Following on from the ground breaking achievements of national cycling hero, Robbie Hunter who became the first South African rider to participate in the Tour de France in 2001, the 2015 edition of the Tour de France will see a good representation of South African riders. Cycling South Africa is very proud of the selection […]

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Team Giant-Alpecin Tour de France Line-up Confirmed

Team Giant-Alpecin is pleased to announce its final nine-rider line-up for the 102nd Tour de France, which starts in Utrecht (NL) on July 4. After starting in Rotterdam in 2010, the 2015 Tour de France returns to the Netherlands. With an impressive haul of eight stage wins in the previous two editions of La Grand […]

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Making History: MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung presents Tour de France team

Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung is delighted to announce the final nine man team that will make history as the first African team to participate in Le Tour de France. Starting on 4 July these nine riders will represent the African continent on cycling’s most global stage, with the objective of driving our #BicyclesChangeLives campaign so […]

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Laureus congratulates Team MTN-Qhubeka on Tour de France selection

Chairman of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation South Africa, Morné du Plessis, has extended his congratulations to Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung on their 2015 wild card invitation to compete in the Tour de France. Morne du Plessis commented, “We are extremely proud of this milestone achievement by our aspirational group of Laureus ambassadors. As […]

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Team MTN-Qhubeka receive wild card to 2015 Tour de France

Earlier today the Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) announced the 22 teams that will participate in the 2015 Tour de France. Along with the 17 World Tour teams, 5 wild card teams were announced with MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung receiving an invitation. MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung would like thank the ASO for the invitation and to congratulate the […]

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Video: Guy on MTB wheelies alongside Tour de France

So you think you have what it takes to ride alongside the top road cyclists in the world? How about on a mountain bike while doing a wheelie? The man’s got style, got to give him that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f78ad23NKBk

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Sports Tours International offering an Official VIP Tour for the Tour de France

Sports Tours International is an Official VIP Tour Operator of the Tour de France and we have been operating trips to the Tour de France for over twenty years. We have unrivalled knowledge and expertise of the inner workings of the Tour and we know exactly where to take you and how to get the […]

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Cycle Talk SA: Robbie Hunter on retirement and Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg on the Vuelta

It is just over a week ago since Robbie Hunter tweeted “Guess it’s time to hang up the wheels”. This week on Cycle Talk SA we caught up with the legend of South African cycling to find out what brought the decision on. Robbie was the first South African to complete the Tour de France […]