Dimension Data Statistics from the halfway point of the Tour
Dimension Data collect between 1.5 million and 2.5 million data records during each stage. With all that information to hand they have produced this great infographic from the first eleven stages of the Tour. The info includes distanced traveled, average speed of the riders on each stage, highest average speed by a stage winner and much more. Scroll...
“How has this guy transformed into one of the greatest riders of all time?” Paul Kimmage on Chris Froome
Paul Kimmage has spoken on the Off the Ball radio show about the questions that surround Team Sky and Tour de France race leader Chris Froome. In the interview, he's asked about the data which has been released about Chris Froome's performance on the stage to Plateau de Beille. While he doesn't specifically discuss the data as he acknowledges...
Tour de France Stage 17 Details
The Tour enters the Alps today for the first of four mountainous stages. Today's stage from Digne-les-Bains to Pra Loup is possibly the easiest of the four though. Along the way, the riders will face five categorised climbs: Km 40.0 - Col des Lèques 6 kilometre-long climb at 5.3% - category 3 Km 67.0 - Col de Toutes Aures 6.1 kilometre-long...
“There’s still a long way to go in this Tour and we’ll give everything to win” Nairo Quintana
Nairo Quintana, who sits in second place on GC in the Tour, has discussed his performance so far in the race and his ambitions for the remaining few days. At a rest day press conference, he said: "Finishing runner-up wouldn't be a failure for me, rather a huge honour, but there's still a long way to go in this Tour...
BMC Racing – Before and After the Cobbles
Dutch photographers Jeroen Halverstad and Nina Geurds of Plan78 Fotographie came up with the idea for an interesting project recently. They decided to take photographs of the BMC team before and after the recent stage in the Tour de France over the cobbled sectors in Northern France. They describe how the idea came about below: Modern cycling has experienced some...
Ivan Basso to join Tinkoff-Saxo team in Paris following successful surgery
Following on from Ivan Basso's recent diagnosis of testicular cancer, Professor Francesco Montorsi, Director of the Urology Surgery Unit at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, has issued the following statement regarding the former Giro d'Italia winner's latest medical condition: "Today, 20 July 2015, Ivan Basso underwent a post-surgery checkup. The patient has perfectly recovered from the intervention. The final histological...
Cono Sur to Sponsor the 2015 Tour de Picnic Charity Cycle
Now back for its 7th annual instalment, the 2015 Tour de Picnic charity cycle is promising to be bigger and better than ever. The destination for the charity cycle is the Electric Picnic music festival in Stradbally, Co. Laois. Last year Tour De Picnic broke the €1.2 million mark in funds raised for children's charities to date. Cono Sur...
Peter Sagan’s Descending Masterclass
This video of Peter Sagan on the descent of the Col de Manse during the last few kilometres of Stage 6 really shows his skill on the bike. The Slovakian champion really gave it his all in trying to catch the eventual stage winner Ruben Plaza of Lampre. The descent has seen a number of riders come to grief over...
Peter Sagan heading for the most second place stage finishes ever in the Tour de France
Following on from his second placed finish on today’s sixteenth stage of the Tour de France from Bourg-de-Péage to Gap, Peter Sagan now has five second places in the race this year. He has also finished in second place on Stages 2, 5, 6 and 13. This moves him into equal fifth place on the all-time list for the...
Joseba Beloki and the tricky descent of the Col de Manse
On the 14th of July 2003, the ninth stage of the Tour de France would see the riders race from Le Bourg d'Oisans to Gap. Going into the stage, Joseba Beloki sat in second place overall, just 40 seconds behind Lance Armstrong. That day, the riders would negotiate the Col de Manse before descending to the finish in Gap. Beloki...
Tour de France Stage 16 Details
The race will reach the foothills of the Alps today after the 201 kilometre stage from Bourg-de-Péage to Gap. Although, it's considered a transition stage, it could be tricky enough and GC riders will have to be vigilant. The main danger is the final climb of the day, the Category 2 Col de Manse. It's not so much the climb...
Highlights of Stage 15 of the Tour de France
André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) took his third stage victory of this year's Tour de France when he outsprinted John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin), Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) in a bunch finish in Valence. 172 riders started stage 15 in Mende, and Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN-Qhubeka) was the first attacker of the day. A large group of twenty seven riders would...