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Tour de France
Highlights: Froome claims fourth Tour title, Groenewegen wins in Paris
Dylan Groenewegen took the final stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish just ahead of André Greipel and Edvald Boasson Hagen. Not far off the sprinters, Chris Froome crossed the line safely to confirm his fourth Tour de France overall title. Highlights Stage 21 Last Kilometre Groenewegen vs. Greipel Results Top 10 […]
Highlights: Froome secures yellow in final time trial
Team Sky’s Chris Froome cemented the 2017 Tour de France title by improving his general classification lead in the stage 20 individual time trial. Rigoberto Urán avoided disaster almost crashing in a turn but still put enough time between him and Romain Bardet to go into second overall. Maciej Bodnar turned himself inside out during […]
Edvald Boasson Hagen powers to victory
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka’s Edvald Boasson Hagen crowned an incredible performance by soloing to victory after a powerful attack on the final kilometers on stage 19 of Tour de France. Knowing that today’s stage was the last chance for the opportunistic riders to shine in the race, it was no surprise to see countless […]
Highlights: Boasson Hagen solos to stage win for Dimension Data
Team Dimension Data’s Edvald Boasson Hagen attacked from the breakaway to take a solo victory on Stage 19 of the Tour de France. The peloton containing the race favourites crossed the finish line over 11 minutes behind the stage winner. Highights Stage 19 Boasson Hagen sprint Last kilometre Results Stage 19 Top 10 on Stage […]
Highlights: Barguil is the king of Col d’Izoard, Froome maintains yellow
An astonishing Tour de France just got even better for Warren Barguil with a win on the summit of Col d’Izoard. Yellow jersey favourites Chris Froome and Romain Bardet were left to fight it out for stage time bonuses. Highlights Stage 18 Last Kilometre Barguil Attacks [/h2] [h2]Results:Top 10 on Stage 18 1 Warren Barguil […]
Highlights: Roglic solos to victory; favourites sprint for bonus seconds
LottoNL-Jumbo’s Primoz Roglic made a heroic solo attack on the final climb to take his first ever Tour de France stage victory. Just over a minute behind him Rigoberto Uran and Chris Froome sprinted for second and third place respectively. Stage 17 Highlights Last Kilometre Favourites Sprint Landscape of the Day Top Results Results on […]
Boasson Hagen sprints to second place on Mandela Day
The Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka riders put in an impressive performance on stage 16 of Tour de France, which took place on Mandela Day. The team was always attentive near the front and at the end, Edvald Boasson Hagen finished in second place after narrowly missing out on the victory. Starting out with a […]
Highlights: Matthews edges Boasson Hagen and Degenkolb in sprint finish
Michael Matthews won a fast paced stage 16 of the Tour de France beating Edvald Boasson Hagen and John Degenkolb in a sprint to the finish. Highlights Stage 16 Last Kilometre Finish Line Slow Motion Stage 16 Results Top 10 on Stage 16 1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 3:38:152 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension […]
Tour de France: The pace of riders in the modern era
With the last week of racing in the 2017 Tour de France underway, John Wakefield digs into the numbers we have seen so far and looks at reasons why the peloton has gotten faster over time. Why might the tour be faster in this modern era? I said I would touch on this in my […]
Tour de France: The battles to watch in the final week
We are now into the final week of the 2017 Tour de France, with some nail-biting action under the belt. John Wakefield takes a closer look at the racing within the jersey categories, and points out who to watch in the race to the Champs-Élysées. The yellow jersey battle Well here we are deep into […]
Highlights: Mollema wins Stage 15 from the breakaway
Bauke Mollema took his first Tour de France stage win after breaking away from the escape group with 29 km to go. Chris Froome was dropped after some mechanical difficulties but managed to catch up with the group and maintain his yellow jersey lead. Stage 15 Highlights Last Kilometre GoPro Highlights Results Stage 15 Top […]
Highlights: Matthews wins stage, Froome reclaims yellow
Michael Matthews came out top on the final climb to the finish line on Stage 14 of the Tour de France. Fabio Aru faltered as Chris Froome opened a gap to go ahead in the general classification. Stage 14 Highlights Last kilometre GoPro Highlights Results Stage 141 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 4:21:562 Greg Van […]