Onboard highlights from Stage 3 of the Tour de France (VIDEO)
Today's third stage of the Tour de France stage from Granville to Angers was a slow one with a 215 kilometres long breakaway by Armindo Fonseca (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) who rode away from the gun. He got a maximum advantage of 11'05" at km 25, after which the Tinkoff team set a tempo at the head of the peloton but...
Mark Cavendish powers to second Tour de France stage win
Mark Cavendish (Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka) took his second win of this year's Tour de France by powering to an incredible photo finish sprint victory over Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal). It marks the 28th Tour de France stage win of the Cavendish's career, and his second victory at this year's edition of the race after his stage 1 triumph. It...
Bora-Argon 18 confident that Sam Bennett is recovering well from his injuries (VIDEO)
The Bora-Argon 18 team appeared confident about Sam Bennett's recovery from his injuries sustained during his bad crash on the opening stage of the Tour de France. They outlined that they have been working hard on his recovery and he appears to be in better shape than he was prior to yesterday's stage. Directeur Sportif Enrico Poitschke outlined that all...
Six medals for Irish riders at Dublin Track Cycling International
In front of home crowds, the Irish riders performed extremely strongly against a tough field at the Dublin Track Cycling International this weekend. With this being one of the main events on the Irish cycling calendar, the home crowd boosted riders from across the country to come away with six medals in an event which attracted world class riders...
Jasper Stuyven grabs polka dot jersey after thrilling stage two finish
Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) put in a great effort on stage two of the Tour de France as he valiantly tried to hold off the peloton in the closing kilometres only to be caught just 450 metres from the line. Stuyven narrowly lost taking home a prestigious Tour victory in the nail-biting finish, but was first over the final category-three...
Onboard highlights from Stage 2 of the Tour de France (VIDEO)
World Champion Peter Sagan took the win in today's second stage of the Tour de France from Saint-Lô to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. It was the fifth stage win of his career and the bonus seconds win enabled Sagan to take over the yellow jersey from Mark Cavendish. The peloton caught breakaway rider Jasper Stuyven 500 metres before the line at the uphill finish...
“It was a hard finish and everyone was suffering” – Dan Martin
Dan Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) finished fourth on today's second stage of the Tour de France which was enough to move the Irish rider into tenth place overall. It was a good day for his team, as Julian Alaphilippe finised in second place, just beaten to the win by World Champion Peter Sagan. This moved Alaphilippe into the white jersey of...
Edward Theuns claims best young rider jersey at Tour de France
Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo), 25, sprinted to fifth place on the first stage of his first Tour de France on Saturday and claimed the white jersey as the best young rider. It was a frenzied sprint for the stage win with the coveted yellow jersey on the line, and Theuns proved he can mix it up with the world's fastest finishing...
Sam Bennett will start the second stage of the Tour de France
Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18) was amongst a number of riders caught up in a crash with 250m to go on yesterday's opening stage of the Tour de France. Bennett had extensive abrasions on his shoulder and was subsequently taken to hospital for further examination. His team later confirmed that the Irish rider had no fractures or serious injuries but "we...
Onboard footage from Stage 1 of the Tour de France (VIDEO)
Team Katusha have posted a video of onboard footage from today's opening stage of the Tour de France. The stage took the riders from Mont-Saint-Michel / Utah Beach Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and was won by Mark Cavendish as he outsprinted Marcel Kittel and Peter Sagan to take the first yellow jersey of his career. This was his 27th stage victory at the...
Mark Cavendish sprints to Tour de France stage victory and yellow jersey
The opening stage of the 103rd Tour de France came down to a bunch sprint in Utah Beach and Mark Cavendish gave Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka an incredible stage victory and also secured his first ever yellow jersey of the Tour de France. Starting in Mont-Saint-Michel, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka had a clear plan of delivering Cavendish to...
Alberto Contador crashes during opening stage of Tour de France (VIDEO)
The opening stages of the Tour de France are usually nervous affairs and this year's first stage is proving no different. A big crash took place with 79 kilometres remaining of today's stage and amongst those to go down were overall contender Alberto Contador (Tinkoff). The Spaniard has suffered a number of abrasions and after regaining the peloton, has since...