Tour de France debut for Mikel Nieve off to a solid start
Basque rider looking to continue impressive run of Grand Tour finishes The 100th edition of the Tour de France was the debut race for Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and if the 29-year-old plans to add to his quietly impressive résumé in […]
Tour de France: Poels bounces back to go top ten on stage 9
A year of work sees Dutchman go from hospital bed to mountain stage 7th place After cracking and losing over nine minutes on Saturday’s opening mountain stage to Ax 3 Domaines, Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) bounced back on Sunday’s grueling follow-up, […]
Van den Broeck benefits from solid Lotto-Belisol team time trial
Belgian GC hope “extra relieved,” still sitting comfortably near the top Lotto-Belisol produced one of the surprising rides of Tuesday’s stage four team time trial in the Tour de France, eventually finishing fifth after taking the second best spot behind […]
Sagan accepts defeat, hoping to recover from stage one crash
A green-silver lining for the Slovak after losing Tour stage three to Gerrans Peter Sagan (Cannondale) found himself in the not-often-experienced position of losing out in a sprint, as Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) got the better of him in stage three […]
Rojas helping Valverde but sprints well on Tour de France stage three
Former Spanish champion relieved to place well after bad day on Sunday Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) earned his best result of the season in stage three of the Tour de France in Calvi, sprinting to a third place finish behind […]
Kwiatkowski continues impressive season with Tour de France white jersey
“Actually, it’s not too bad,” says Martin; Chavanel wanted a birthday win Polish national road race champion Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has come of age in his fourth full professional season, and his third spent in the WorldTour ranks. […]
Tour de France: Bakelants steals thrilling stage two just ahead of sprinters
Radioshack-Leopard rider breaks away with five others at 7km and just holds off pack Radioshack-Leopard got a thrilling victory from Jan Bakelants in stage two of the Tour de France, as the Belgian got away with a six-man group inside […]
Danny Van Poppel earns Tour stage podium at age 19
Surprising Vacansoleil-DCM selection pays off with stage one finish He may have been the final man picked for the Vacansoleil-DCM Tour de France roster, but Danny Van Poppel turned his surprise selection into a solid stage placing on Saturday’s first […]
Cavendish relieved to avoid Tour stage one crash but concerned for team-mates
Trentin and Terpstra become Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s alternative options After going in to stage one of the Tour de France with the yellow jersey as his goal, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was simply relieved to have all of his […]
Tour de France: Orica-GreenEdge DS Matt White explains team bus mishap
Team bus had come in after finish gantry had been lowered to stage finish position The finish to stage one of the Tour de France was as hectic and unconventional as any in recent memory, due to a large crash […]