2015 Tour de France

Nathan Haas: “It is the Tour de France, man. We are not here to lick stamps…”

July 18, 2015

RODEZ, France (CT) – Never mind that he had been out front for almost two hundred kilometres on stage 13 of the Tour de France, infiltrating a six man move and then pushing on alone inside the final 25 kilometres. Never mind that the bid didn’t come to fruition and he was caught and then […]

Tour de France photo gallery: week 2

July 18, 2015

It’s been another exhilarating week of the Tour de France and the images we’ve been getting from BrakeThrough Media (Iri Greco & Jim Fryer) and Kristof Ramon have been breathtaking. Once again, ditch the smartphone and have a look at this photo gallery of week 2 on a BIG monitor!

Degenkolb insists points classification is not over

July 18, 2015

RODEZ, France (CT) – He may have started stage 13 with 201 points, a full 53 off that of Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) and 51 behind Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) but John Degenkolb insisted prior to the drop of the flag that there was still a chance to win the green jersey classification. The Giant-Alpecin rider is […]

Van Avermaet holds off Sagan to win stage 13 of Le Tour, Froome retains yellow

July 18, 2015

RODEZ, France (CT) – Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) has won stage 13 of the 2015 Tour de France, outsprinting Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Sagan) in a thrilling finale in the town of Rodez. The remnants of the day-long breakaway were caught by the peloton on a steep final climb, just 300 metres before the finish. When that […]

Daily News Digest

July 17, 2015

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Rodriguez solos to victory; Mattia Gavazi wins at Qinghai Lake; Robert Power continues in yellow; Basso could return to peloton before end of the season; Vinokourov tells Nibali to leave Astana; Froome blasts French critics; Zak Dempster abandons Tour de France; Lance Armstrong starts Tour […]

CyclingTips Tour de France Podcast: Episode 5

July 17, 2015

In the fifth episode of our Tour de France podcast we sat down to chat about stages 10 to 12 of the race, some of the goings-on in and around the race in recent days, and how the next few stages before the second rest day might unfold. Enjoy! If the embed above doesn’t load, […]

Tour de France stage 12: Rodriguez solos to victory atop Plateau de Beille, Froome’s rivals launch attacks

July 17, 2015

Bouncing back after a disappointing performance thus far in the high mountains, Joaquim Rodriguez landed victory for Katusha on stage twelve of the Tour de France. The Catalan rider was part of the day’s big break and then made his move on the final climb of Plateau de Beille, attacking Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) and Romain […]

Sagan: We have just one leader – Alberto is still in the game.

July 16, 2015

CAUTERETS, France (CT) – Although Alberto Contador is currently four minutes four seconds adrift of the yellow jersey in sixth place, far off the form he hoped to be showing in the Tour de France and arguably out of contention for victory, Peter Sagan insists the team is fully behind the Spaniard. The Tinkoff-Saxo rider […]

Daily News Digest

July 16, 2015

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Majka solos to victory on stage 11; Gavazzi wins stage 10 at Qinghai Lake; Robert Power still in yellow; Michael Matthews Q&A; Reda returns positive test for EPO; Richie Porte punched by spectator; Basso recovering after testicle removal surgery; Sagan – We have just one […]

Majka solos to victory on stage 11 of the Tour de France, Froome retains yellow

July 16, 2015

CAUTERETS, France (CT) – Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) has won stage 11 of the 2015 Tour de France, attacking from the day’s main breakaway group and winning solo into Cauterets. The Pole made his move from a seven-rider lead group on the slopes of the Col du Tourmalet, 48km from the finish, and rode solo to […]