TdF 2017 Archives

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Tour de France Stage 19 Results: Boasson Hagen Takes the Win

July 21, 2017 at 3:52 pm

Road cycling

Edvald Boasson Hagen was second twice already this year, but this time he took no chances. He shook off all the poursuivants and crossed the finish line in first place. Nikias Arndt was second and Jens Keukeleire third. We had to wait around 10 minutes for…

Tour de France 2017: Green Jersey Overview – Week 3

July 21, 2017 at 9:54 am

Road cycling

What a tumultuous week for the points classification. On Monday it looked like Marcel Kittel had it all in a bag with 79 points on Michael Matthews. But quite on the contrary, it’s the Australian in the lead now and once again it seems like…

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10 Photos, Which Prove that Tour de France Is the Best Sports Event in the World

July 21, 2017 at 2:25 am

Road cycling

Many true fans would go above and beyond to show support for their favourite team or sport. Painted faces and crazy costumes, hours spent in the queues to get the best tickets, or frenetic puffing into vuvuzelas. But with Tour de France you always have…

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Tour de France Stage 18 Results: What a Win for Barguil!

July 20, 2017 at 3:43 pm

Road cycling

Warren Barguil won again! What a Tour for the Frenchman as he is certain to take the polka dot jersey as well. Atapuma was second, Bardet third with Froome close behind him.

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Tour de France Back in the Day: Check Out 10 Historical Photographs of the Grande Boucle

June 30, 2017 at 2:24 pm

Road cycling

With the peloton ready for the Grand Départ in Dusseldorf, we thought you might want to take a step back and remember what the sport was all about back in the early days. No power meters, no radios, no Eurosport, no Red Car. These photographs…

Tour de France – The Rules Explained

June 30, 2017 at 1:13 pm

Road cycling

Some teams will focus on the general classification Yellow Jersey, whereas others will focus on winning sprints for The Green or the King of the Mountains Spotted Jersey. There are many rules, both spoken and unspoken, as teams stand to gain a lot from cooperation…

Interesting Stages of the 2017 Tour de France

June 29, 2017 at 9:07 am

Road cycling

Christian Prudhomme has designed this year’s Tour to be a “more open, less controlled race, with the aim of rediscovering a form of cycling in the spirit of the five-time Tour winner Bernard Hinault”. Let’s take a closer look at some of the more interesting…

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Majka on Tour de France: “I should be looking at a top-5 finish!”

June 28, 2017 at 1:41 pm

Road cycling

The day before the final race of the Polish National Championship Men Elite, we were able to spend some time with Rafał Majka, Maciej Bodnar, and Pawel Poljanski from Bora-Hansgrohe to discuss the upcoming Tour de France 2017 together.

Famous Songs of Le Tour de France: Which One Do You Like the Most?

June 28, 2017 at 10:17 am

Road cycling

Here are some of our favourite tunes to get you in the mood for Le Tour 2017!

The Cars of Le Tour de France

June 28, 2017 at 7:30 am

Road cycling

The cyclists of Le Tour need looking after, and so do their bikes. The cars provided by Škoda covered 2.8 million kilometres during the 2016 Tour, in a fleet of 250 cars – a motorcade that would make any President blush with envy. So, what…