Thomas De Gendt wins on Mont Ventoux
Thomas de Gendt won the stage to the Mont Ventoux today, the first victory for Lotto Soudal at this year’s Tour de France.
Thomas de Gendt won the stage to the Mont Ventoux today, the first victory for Lotto Soudal at this year’s Tour de France.
It was a dream come true for Greg Van Avermaet who put in a stunning solo effort that saw him win stage 5 and take the leader’s Yellow Jersey at the 2016 Tour de France.
Steven Kruijswijk replaced Andrey Amador as leader of the 2016 Giro d’Italia on Saturday after a strong showing on stage 14 to finish second behind Colombian rider Esteban Chaves.
Top cycling performances should not systematically trigger doping suspicions, Tour de France overall leader Chris Froome said on Sunday.
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme blamed the media for aggression aimed at yellow jersey holder Chris Froome as the Briton’s Team Sky were protected by police before the start of Sunday’s 15th stage.
Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a gruelling trek in the Pyrenees as Chris Froome retained the overall lead
Chris Froome is taking it easy on the first rest day of the 2015 Tour de France, but the race leader is confident and ready for the first mountain stages of the Tour.
Team Giant-Alpecin will line up for the 2015 Tour de France with the goal of achieving stage wins in sprint stages with difficult finales, intermediate/transition stages and mountain stages.
Alberto Contador and Peter Sagan attended Tinkoff-Saxo’s press conference, where a big crowd of journalists covering the Tour de France asked the two stars to elaborate on their view of Tour de France 2015 and the team chances.
Wednesday night saw the official team presentation of the 102nd Tour de France in Utrecht. The nine Lotto Soudal riders talked about their role and ambitions for this edition.