2013 Tour de France

Orica-GreenEDGE backstage pass - stage 5

July 4, 2013

For ORICA-GreenEDGE it was all about defending Simon Gerrans yellow jersey in stage 5 of the 2013 Tour de France. With spirits high early on in the day with a pre race sing along, the team rode on the front for most of the day and successfully held the maillot jaune for stage 6. Enjoy […]

Arashiro savours his moment in the sun

July 4, 2013

(AFP) - Japan’s sole representative at this year’s Tour de France, Yukiya Arashiro, lapped up the attention of the media and his supporters in Marseille on Wednesday after a prominent performance during the long fifth stage from Cagnes-sur-Mer. The 28-year-old, who won the Japanese national road race title for the second time this year, was […]

Chasing Le Tour: Cavendish opens his account

July 4, 2013

It took him a few days longer than he might have liked but after five stages of the 2013 Tour de France, Mark Cavendish has joined the winners list. And despite a series of crashes in the final kilometres of stage 5, Orica-GreenEDGE’s Simon Gerrans stayed out of trouble and will be in the yellow […]

Crashes take their toll on Tour peloton

July 4, 2013

(AFP) - Stage five of the 100th Tour de France, the second-longest in this year’s race, was uneventful for long spells before two crashes lit up the closing kilometres into Marseille. The day will be best remembered for Mark Cavendish’s victory in a sprint finish on the city’s seafront, although there was drama just before […]

Orica-GreenEDGE Backstage Pass: Tour de France stage 4 (TTT)

July 3, 2013

In the biggest day ever for the ORICA-GreenEDGE Pro Cycling Team, the team takes out the stage 4 Team Time Trial and Simon Gerrans claims his first yellow jersey. One word. Epic. Enjoy a very special episode of Backstage Pass.

Chasing Le Tour: Gerro takes yellow

July 3, 2013

Although Orica-GreenEDGE has won more than 50 races in the past year and a half, few (if any) were as significant as Simon Gerrans’ win into Calvi yesterday. But today the Australian squad did what nobody predicted, making it back-to-back victories with a win in the team time trial and putting Simon Gerrans in the […]

Orica-GreenEDGE Backstage Pass: Tour de France stage 3

July 3, 2013

An historical day for the ORICA-GreenEDGE Pro Cycling Team with Simon Gerrans securing the team’s first ever stage win at the Tour de France. It was an emotional victory with Sports Directors Matthew White, Neil Stephens and General Manager Shayne Bannan clearly emotional after the finish. Enjoy a behind the scenes look at a memorable […]

Chasing Le Tour: Winners are grinners!

July 2, 2013

Orica-GreenEDGE reconned stage 3 of this year’s Tour de France a week or so before the race and decided it was suited to Simon Gerrans. They built their day around Gerro and it couldn’t have worked out better.

Short third stage brings down Corsican curtain

July 1, 2013

(AFP) - The Tour de France completes its historic passage through Corsica later with a short 145-kilometre third stage from Napoleon Bonaparte’s birthplace in Ajaccio up the island’s west coast to Calvi, where the explorer Christopher Columbus is said to have been born. To celebrate the 100th staging of the sport’s most famous race, the […]

Orica-GreenEDGE Backstage Pass - Tour de France stage 2

July 1, 2013

Redemption day for the Orica-GreenEDGE team after a drama filled stage 1 at the 2013 Tour de France. Bus driver Garikoitz Atxa gets back on the race route and Daryl Impey finishes the day 4th on GC and Simon Gerrans 6th. Enjoy another episode of Backstage Pass from the Tour de France.