2015 Tour de France: Stage 5 News, Notes and Quotes
After its venture into the Netherlands and Belgium, the 2015 Tour de France finally entered France today for its 5th stage.
After its venture into the Netherlands and Belgium, the 2015 Tour de France finally entered France today for its 5th stage.
German Andre Greipel was again far too strong for the opposition as he claimed his second win in the 2015 Tour de France with an impressive sprint in the fifth stage on Wednesday.
With seven cobblestone sectuers, Stage 4 of the 2015 Tour de France was expected to the most treacherous of the race, but it proved uneventful barring a brave attack by Tony Martin in the final kilometers that ultimately lead to victory and the yellow jersey.
Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez won the third stage of the Tour de France, a 159.5km ride from Antwerp, Belgium, on Monday, while Britain’s Chris Froome pulled on the leader’s jersey.
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.
Lotto Belisol will send the majority of their Tour of Qatar contingent on to the Tour of Oman.
Grand Prix la Marseillaise is up next for Lotto Belsiol
In the Ghelamco Arena, the stadium of first class football club KAA Ghent, the Lotto Belisol team presentation for 2014 took place.
This week the WorldTour peloton moves to the southeast of Canada for the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal.
Pim Ligthart will ride two seasons with Lotto Belisol