2014 Tour de France

Tour de France Stage 3 in photos

The third and final UK stage of the 2014 Tour de France began in the world-famous university city of Cambridge with the streets lined with spectators as the riders raced towards the finish in London 155km down the road. With no classified climbs it was a predictable stage with two riders breaking away early and […]

Le Tour tech: bidon vests, turbo tyres, earpieces and more

The Tour de France is the biggest annual sporting event on the planet and so it’s no surprise that new bikes and cycling-related technology often make their first appearance at the race. CyclingTips reporter Dave Everett has been roaming the pits in the opening days of the Tour looking for new and interesting bits of […]

Rocacorba Daily

In this morning’s edition of the Rocacorba Daily news digest: Marcel Kittel doubles up in London, Vincenzo Nibali retains the overall lead; Annemiek Van Vleuten wins stage 3 of the Giro Rosa, Vos maintains overall lead; Marco Benfatto wins stage 2 of the Tour of Qinghai Lake, Polivoda maintains GC lead; Oscar Gatto wins stage […]

Kittel dismisses suggestions he will have sprints all his own way in Tour

Although he was unmatched on stage one and also proved strongest on the third stage, holding off all the other sprinters despite leading out the gallop in London, Marcel Kittel has said that it would be an error to think that he doesn’t have any competition in the race. The German sprinter was asked if […]

Schleck scraped and bruised after crash but will continue

Despite media suggestions on Twitter that Andy Schleck cannot bend his knee after falling close to the end of today’s third stage of the Tour de France, his Trek Factor Racing team has said that the rider’s condition is not too serious after his crash and that he will continue in the race. “We are […]

Marcel Kittel doubles up in London, Nibali holds on to yellow

Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) has claimed his second victory of the 2014 Tour de France, winning a bunch sprint in wet conditions in front of London’s Buckingham Palace. After finishing safely in the bunch on stage 3 Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) maintains the overall lead that he secured with his win on stage 2.

Van Avermaet eyes fifth stage as strong opportunity for yellow jersey

He’s often been the runner-up in major events but now, after showing excellent form in finishing second on stage two of the Tour de France, Greg Van Avermaet is hoping he is on the threshold of something very big. The Belgian BMC Racing Team rider led the chasing group into Sheffield on Sunday, this 20 […]

Orica-GreenEdge Backstage Pass: Tour de France stage 2

It was a chaotic day again with massive crowds lining the roads for the 201km journey from York to Sheffield on stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France. Simon Gerrans felt the effects from his crash nn stage 1 so all efforts were put into Michael Albasini who rode to sixth on the stage […]

Cavendish facing six weeks out as surgery deemed necessary

Mark Cavendish faces a long period of time away from racing after it was confirmed that he will undergo surgery today on the shoulder he injured on stage one of the Tour de France. The British sprinter suffered a separated shoulder in the crash, which occurred when he and Orica-GreenEdge’s Simon Gerrans collided within sight […]

Tour de France Stage 2 in Photos

The second stage of the Tour de France held in Yorkshire proved to be another spectacular finish in which the GC contenders laid down their cards. In a day that was billed as a mini Liege-Bastogne-Liege with favourites such as Peter Sagan or Simon Gerrans expected to take the win, it was Vincenzo Nibali who […]