2014 Tour de France

The wet editions of Paris-Roubaix are the ones cycling fans remember most. They produce images that stay with us; images of riders suffering through the dirt and rain while battling the broken cobbles of the north of France. When you get this sort of action at the biggest stage race of the year it produces […]

In this morning’s edition of the Rocacorba Daily news digest: Lars Boom wins on the cobbles of Le Tour’s stage 5 as Chris Froome crashes out; Marianne Vos wins a third stage of the Giro Rosa, stays in maglia rosa; Oscar Gatto takes his second stage win at the Tour of Austria, Peter Kennaugh maintains […]

Stage 5 was meant to commemorate the start of World War I and was raced through the battlefields of Flanders Fields. Using the analogy of war to talk about this stage would be disrespectful to our veterans, but in the context of sport this was as close as it gets. The stage certainly lived up […]

Lars Boom (Belkin) has won a memorable fifth stage of the 2014 Tour de France after escaping from an elite lead group on the final sector of cobblestones less than 7km from the finish. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) finished third and extended his lead over his main GC rivals while 2013 winner Chris Froome (Sky) crashed […]

Down yesterday in a crash and a faller today on two other occasions, defending Tour de France champion Chris Froome has withdrawn from the race. The Team Sky rider was already nursing a sore wrist after his stage four fall. Race doctor Florence Pommerie said after the stage that no fracture was visible in x-rays, […]

Stage 5 is one that’s been long anticipated since the route was announced last October. For some, the 15 sectors of cobbles could destroy hopes of a good GC placing or even finishing the Tour. For others who relish these conditions, disappointment ensued for the organiser’s decision to remove sectors 5 and 7 due to […]