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Tour de France
Tour de France Official Event to hit South African roads in 2017
Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organizer of Le Tour de France, and Buyu Sport & Entertainment, the newly-formed event-ownership division of Octagon South Africa, announce an exclusive strategic partnership to bring Le Tour de France Official Events to South Africa. Sports and cycling fans will be immersed in the great atmosphere of Le Tour de […]
Meintjes on a Tour high
Louis Meintjes made South African cycling history when he became the highest South African finisher in the General Classification (GC) at this year’s Tour de France. The Lampre Merida rider finished the gruelling 21-day Tour in eighth place on the GC and was the second highest finisher in the Young Rider’s (White Jersey) Classification. The […]
Berhane’s breakaway nullified by GC contenders
Roman Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) won the 19th stage of the Tour de France, crossing the line in Saint Gervais-Mont Blanc solo. Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) led home the GC contenders group in 2nd and 3rd place went to Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). Chris Froome (Team Sky) held onto the overall race lead once again. The 19th […]
Tour De Franschhoek competitions: Predict and win with Haute Cabrière and Bolle
Excitement is building for the final weekend of the Tour de France, and riders at the Tour De Franschhoek weekend will be riding then heading to the TDF fan zone in Franschhoek. Entries for the event are still available so please enter at www.TDFH.co.za, and reference Bike Hub on entry to qualify for limited edition […]
Boasson Hagen places 3rd from select group sprint
Michael Matthews (Orica-BikeExchange) won the 10th stage of the Tour de France, out sprinting Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) and Edvald Boasson Hagen respectively. The 10th stage was seen as a slightly unpredictable stage as it began with a 22km category 1 climb and then gently rolled downhill to finish after 197km in Revel. Our African Team […]
Dimension Data publishes data analytics for the first nine stages of Tour de France
Dimension Data, the global ICT organisation processing and analysing the data coming from the next-generation tracking devices under the Tour de France rider’s saddles has released a summary of the data the company processed and analysed for the first nine stages. In the first nine stages, Dimension Data’s technical team in the mobile big data […]
Berhane attacks but Renshaw abandons
Stage 9 of the Tour de France took riders into Andorra and it was Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) who took the stage spoils from a large breakaway. Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) finished 2nd and Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) took 3rd on the stage. For Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka, the stage did not get off to a great […]
Mark Cavendish digs deep to keep Green Jersey
Stage 8 of the 2016 Tour de France would be the first big GC day of this year’s race and Chris Froome (Team Sky) showed why he is the overall favourite, by crossing the line in Bagneres-de-Luchon first. Daniel Martin (Etixx-Quickstep) finished 2nd and 3rd place went to Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha). With 4 big categorised […]
Cummings wins after masterclass solo performance
Steve Cummings won stage 7 of the Tour de France in typical Steve Cummings fashion, attacking from the original break of the day, to win solo in Lac de Payolle. Daryl Impey (Orica-BikeExchange) made it an even better day for African cycling as the South African finished in 2nd place. Daniel Navarro (Cofidis) was 3rd. […]
Mark Cavendish blasts to 3rd victory for Team Dimension Data
The fairy tale Tour de France continued on stage 6 for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka as Mark Cavendish sprinted to his 3rd victory at this year’s race. Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) was 2nd in the lunge for the line and Dan Mclay (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) placed 3rd. At 190km from Arpajon-sur-Cere to Montauban, the terrain took […]
Gutsy ride by Serge Pauwels
Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing) won the 5th stage of the Tour de France and the Belgian also moved into the overall race lead. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) finished in 2nd place and Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) rounded out the stage podium. Today was the first stage of the 2016 Tour de France that saw any […]
Cavendish 8th while Natnael Berhane works well at the head for Team Dimension Data
Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) won the 4th stage of the Tour de France, just edging ahead of the Frenchman, Bryan Coquard (Direct Energy). The race leader, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) finished 3rd and in doing so, took back the lead in the green points jersey competition from Mark Cavendish. At 237km, stage 4 from Saumur to Limoges […]