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Tour de France
Highlights: Barguil wins on exciting Bastille Day stage
Warren Barguil took the win on stage 13 of the Tour de France while Fabio Aru held on to the yellow jersey for a second day. Another strong ride from Team Sky’s Mikel Landa put him in a strong position for the general classification raising some questions about his yellow jersey ambitions ahead of team […]
Highlights: Aru takes yellow on brutal climb, Bardet wins the day
Romain Bardet took the honours on Stage 12 of the Tour de France while Fabio Aru claimed the yellow jersey after Chris Froome struggled in the last hundred metres of the summit finish. South African Louis Meintjes put in a big effort to finish 5th, seeing him enter the top 10 in the general classification […]
Highlights: Kittel train rolls on for 5th stage win
What do Marcel Kittel and François Faber have in common? They’re the only riders in the history of the Tour de France to have won at least five of the first 11 stages at a Tour de France edition. What makes it even more remarkable is that these extraordinary feats are separated by more than […]
Highlights: Kittel continues Tour sprint domination with fourth stage win
Stage 10 is one of the flattest of the 2017 Tour de France. Despite the heroic efforts of the breakaway riders, it came down to the sprinters with Marcel Kittel continuing his excellent form to cross the line first and grabbing his fourth win of the Tour. Highlights Last Kilometre On-board camera Results: Top 10 […]
No fractures for Rafal Majka, still the BORA – hansgrohe leader decided to leave the Tour de France
After his bad crash yesterday in one of the downhill sections, the BORA – hansgrohe leader suffers from heavy contusions and lost a lot of skin. Together with his BORA – hansgrohe Team, Majka decided to leave the Tour de France. After some rest to recover, he will refocus and prepare for the rest of […]
Tour de France 2017: Rest day round up
The first week is over and it has been one of the most dramatic and controversial opening weeks of the Tour since I can remember. I’m not sure this will be topped, when you consider Valverde unfortunately crashing out in the Prologue, Sky’s skin suit, that small matter of throwing Peter Sagan out of the […]
Richie Porte crashes out of Tour de France with fractured clavicle and pelvis
Richie Porte suffered a devastating crash on stage 9 of the Tour de France which forced the Australian out of the race. The Day After: Richie Porte on his Tour de France Crash Richie Porte remains in hospital in Chambery where he is recovering from a fractured clavicle and pelvis sustained in a crash on […]
Highlights: Uran wins on dramatic queen stage
It took a photo finish to separate the stage winner Rigoberto Urán from the last survivor of the early breakaway Warren Barguil. Chris Froome finished with the lead pack of climbers putting significant time into the hopes of Nairo Quintana and Alberto Contador. Unfortunately, the stage also saw Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas withdraw from […]
HIghlights: Calmejane survives breakaway to win stage 8
Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) earned his maiden Tour de France stage win on stage 8. Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo) set off to chase Lilian but was unable to bridge the gap before the finish line. Highlights: Stage 8 On-Board Camera: Stage 8 Last Kilometre: Stage 8 Results Top 10 on Stage 8 1 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) […]
Highlights: Kittel wins by a whisker
Marcel Kittel won by a whisker stage 7 of the Tour de France after another sweltering day in the saddle, which took the riders over 213.5 kilometers from Troyes to Nuits-Saint-Georges, a new-entry in the race. It was his 12th stage success at the Tour de France, one which saw him equal the record set […]
Highlights: Kittel commands stage 6 win
Marcel Kittel celebrated his 11th Tour de France stage victory in Troyes, a town which played host to a stage finish for the first time in 17 years. Once again, the closing kilometers were impossible to control by the sprinters’ teams due to the nervousness and fierce battle for positioning, so when it came to […]
Highlights: Fabio Aru climbs to victory, Froome takes yellow
Stage 5 of the Tour de France saw the first mountain top finish for 2017. Fabio Aru attacked the lead bunch with 2.4 kms to the finish and, with some determination, managed to stay ahead to take the stage win. Chris Froome came in third far enough ahead of teammate Geraint Thomas to don the […]