Carlos Betancur signs with Movistar Team
Colombian Carlos Betancur is looking for a career relaunch in the strengthened Movistar squad after winning the 2014 Paris-Nice and the Young Riders’ jersey in 2013 Giro d’Italia.
Colombian Carlos Betancur is looking for a career relaunch in the strengthened Movistar squad after winning the 2014 Paris-Nice and the Young Riders’ jersey in 2013 Giro d’Italia.
France’s Romain Bardet of AG2r-La Mondiale won the 18th stage of the 2015 Tour de France, a 186.5-km trek from Gap on Thursda
Argentine Eduardo Sepulveda’s decision to hitch a short lift in a rival team’s car after a mechanical on the 14th stage proved a costly one when he was thrown out of the race on Saturday.
Overall leader Chris Froome put the hammer down on the Tour de France when the Briton humiliated his rivals in the first mountain test, winning the 10th stage in awe-inspiring fashion on Tuesday.
In today’s news, notes and quotes from the 2015 Tour de France, home rider takes win on Mur de Bretagne, Froome holds yellow and more….
It took until a climb of the epic Mur de Bretagne for France to grab their first stage victory of the 2015 Tour de France. Alexis Vuillermoz of the Ag2R-La Mondiale team emerged victorious at the top of Stage 8’s epic climb, besting Cannondale-Garmin’s Dan Martin by mere seconds.
With Nacer Bouhanni crashed out and Thibault Pinot out of contention, Romain Bardet and Warren Barguil seem to be France’s best hope for a win in their home tour.
Thibaut Pinot owns a pet lamb, but on his bike the French climber is more of the predator type and he is looking to administer some hurt to his rivals in this month’s Tour de France.
Sunday afternoon, Jean-Christophe Péraud won the final stage of the Tour Méditerranéen with a victory at the top of Mont Faron
Davide Appollonio suffered a broken left collarbone on the 6th stage of the Tour de San Luis.