Colombian Esteban Chaves retained the leader’s red jersey and Briton Chris Froome made smooth progress as Peter Sagan of Slovakia surged to victory in a sprint finish to the Tour of Spain’s third stage on Monday.
Esteban Chaves snatched the lead at the 2015 Vuelta a Espana when the Colombian surged clear to win the mountainous second stage into Caminito del Rey on Sunday as Vincenzo Nibali was disqualified for getting a tow from a car.
The BMC team with American rider Tejay Van Garderen won the opening stage of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana on Saturday, a team time trial that won’t count toward individual times because of safety concerns.
Tejay Van Garderen, who was having a very successful run at the podium in this year’s Tour de France before being sidelined by illness late in the race, will return to the Grand Tour stage at the Vuelta a Espana, starting on August 22nd.
Briton Chris Froome of Team Sky won his second Tour de France title when he finished safely in the bunch on the last stage won by German Andre Greipel on Sunday.
The 2015 Tour de France comes to a close with a 109.5kms route from Sevres-Grand Paris Seine Ouest to the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
Chris Froome grimly hung on against a flying final attack Saturday from his 2015 Tour de France rival Nairo Quintana on the last Alpine climb of this year’s race
Chris Froome has one more mountainous hurdle to overcome to claim a second Tour de France title after Friday’s 19th stage
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
It was a day for breakaways in the 2015 Tour de France as Giant-Alpecin’s Simon Geschke soloed to a win on the final climb to the ski resort of Pra Loup.