The spectre of mechanical doping has reared its head after again at the Tour de France pursuing a report citing quite a few unnamed riders professing to listen to “weird noises” in the rear wheels of a selection of team’s bikes at the race. An posting posted by Swiss newspaper […]
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Olympic Games, Tour de France letdowns leaves Geraint Thomas on edge with Ineos Grenadiers
Member Exceptional Turn into a member to unlock this tale and acquire other good perks. Geraint Thomas’ summer months campaign ended as battered and torn as his Olympic road race skinsuit. Disappointment at the two the Tour de France and Olympic Online games have left the Welshman determined for a […]
Peter Sagan: Tour de France legend and three-time world champion parts company with Bora-hansgrohe
Peter Sagan and Bora-hansgrohe have confirmed that the Slovakian rider will leave the team at the end of the 2021 season. German sprinter Pascal Ackermann will also leave Bora at the end of the year. The news had been widely rumoured, with seven-time Tour de France green jersey winner Sagan […]
Inside the Decision-Making of a Tour de France Team
“],”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> The most gripping moments of this year’s Tour de France, for me, arrived in the course of the rain-soaked remaining climb of the eighth stage, on the initial day in the Alps. Mike Woods, the harm-inclined Canadian sub-4-moment miler who took up cycling as a type of cross-teaching in […]
Philippa York: Where now for Ineos Grenadiers after bruising Tour de France?
As the dust settles on the 2021 Tour de France, there are so several major groups acquiring to check with on their own where it went wrong and what can they do to rectify the condition. Of course, among the incidents and crashes of the opening times, there is some […]
Richard Carapaz bounces from Tour de France podium to Olympic gold: ‘You always have to believe’
“], “filter”: “nextExceptions”: “img, blockquote, div”, “nextContainsExceptions”: “img, blockquote” }”> Richard Carapaz went two measures better than he did at the Tour de France to stand at the leading of the Olympic podium Saturday. Carapaz introduced his gritty, aggressive very best to the attritional six hrs of the Toyko highway […]
Sepp Kuss becomes first American to win Tour de France stage since 2011; Tadej Pogacar increases overall lead
ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra — Sepp Kuss could not suppress a vast grin as he raced toward the complete line to turn out to be the initially American in 10 yrs to earn a stage at the Tour de France. Immediately after profitable Sunday’s grueling 15th stage, Kuss threw his […]
Tour de France 2021 – Stage 8 Preview
Chris GraythenGetty Illustrations or photos Stage 8 – Oyonnax to le Grand Bornand – 150.8km – Saturday, July 3rd Following Friday’s grueling, 250km affair that observed racing go à bloc from the get started, the 2021 Tour de France riders get no relaxation on the weekend. As an alternative, the […]
Tour de France: What the stars said after stage 3
“], “filter”: “nextExceptions”: “img, blockquote, div”, “nextContainsExceptions”: “img, blockquote” }”> Crashes yet again took middle stage at the Tour de France as the peloton slogged via another series of disasters on Monday’s phase 3. Numerous star riders strike the deck before Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier escaped with the gain. Geraint […]
A Spectator’s Sign Felled Dozens of Tour de France Racers
The French authorities explained they were being searching for an unidentified lady who held a banner along the facet of the highway at the Tour de France on Saturday, leading to a collision that despatched dozens of cyclists tumbling to the ground. Footage from the scene reveals fallen athletes in […]
Tour de France organisers aim to sue spectator who caused mass stage 1 crash
A Tour de France spectator who induced a massive crash on stage 1 could be going through lawful action from the race organisers. Race deputy director Pierre-Yves Thouault advised AFP, “We are suing this girl who behaved so poorly. “We are doing this so that the tiny minority of folks […]
Tour de France: Alaphilippe goes long to win crash-marred stage 1
1 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 4:39:05 2 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:08 3 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 4 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 6 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 7 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 8 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 9 Bauke […]