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What a day in the Tour de France! Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) sprinted to his first career Tour de France stage victory today on Stage 10 and a handful of GC contenders lost serious time. Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Rigoberto Urán (EF Education First), and Mikel Landa (Movistar) all gave... Continue Reading →
Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) won stage 9 of the Tour de France today, beating his breakaway partner Tiesj Benoot (Lotto-Soudal) in a duel to the finish. “It’s the seventh time I’m riding the Tour de France and have been in a number of breakaways. To finally nail it today, it’s a dream come true,” Impey said.... Continue Reading →
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) won stage 8 of the 2019 Tour de France as the last survivor of the day’s breakaway, having held off a late chase by Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step). “I had a really good feeling all day so I believed in it all day,” De Gendt said. The duo... Continue Reading →
The Tour’s longest stage was held today and it was decided by a few hair widths. Dylan Groenewegen won today's 230 kilometer (143 mile) stage 7 just ahead of Caleb Ewan after an uphill sprint in Chalon-sur-Saône. It’s Groenewegen’s first stage win at the 2019 Tour de France and his fourth career stage victory. It's... Continue Reading →
Dylan Teuns took the victory atop La Planche des Belles Filles as the yellow jersey slipped away from Julian Alaphilippe in today's Stage 6 of the 2019 Tour de France. The breakaway took the day as Teuns (Bahrain-Merida) and Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) outlasted their 12 compatriots to fight for victory at the summit of the... Continue Reading →
Peter Sagan was the best of the remaining opposition after the pure sprinters had been dropped on the climbs that littered Stage 5 of the 2019 Tour de France through the Vosges. Despite Team Sunweb controlling the peloton for most of the run into the finish, Michael Matthews was boxed in when the sprint began... Continue Reading →
The almost entirely flat parcours of the 213.5-kilometer Tour de France Stage 4 today had the sprinters’ hopes up from the start. Bad news for the day’s three-rider breakaway, when the sprinters smell blood you'll never get too much breathing room. Such was the story today, as the final breakaway survivor Michael Schär was caught... Continue Reading →
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceunick-Quick-Step) was my pre-race favorite for stage 3 of the Tour de France, the stage was practically built for him. How he did it though, was a bit of a surprise. Instead of holding out for the uphill sprint, he put in an attack with a little over 15 kilometers to go and... Continue Reading →
Two days into the Tour de France and Jumbo-Visma already has two stage victories. The Dutch team took a decisive win in today's stage 2 team time trial in Brussels, leaving Ineos in their dust by a good 20 seconds to secure the victory. Stage 1 winner Mike Teunissen will keep the yellow jersey another... Continue Reading →
Despite a new face taking the win last year (Geraint Thomas), last year’s Tour de France has faced some fair criticism for being boring. Despite Thomas' win, it marked the sixth win in seven tries for Team Sky (now Team Ineos). And the first week of racing in 2018 was a slog. In an effort... Continue Reading →
Tom Dumoulin has confirmed that he will miss the 2019 Tour de France. The knee injury he sustained at the Giro d'Italia will keep him out of competition. Team Sunweb confirmed in a press release that the Dutchman will miss next month's Grand Tour 'after a physically challenging run up to the race. He crashed... Continue Reading →
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