Tony Gallopin attacked twice, once on the final ascent and again within 2km of the finish, to take his maiden Tour de France victory, which he adds to his glorious day in the leader’s jersey on stage 10. Continue reading
Daily Archives: July 16, 2014
Tour Tweets: Mud, sweat, tears and wild abandon
After the magnificent Grand Depart, hard to imagine that by the first rest day, we would have seen the abandonment of Mark Cavendish, Chris Froome and Alberto Contador (among others), Vincenzo Nibali with a vice grip on yellow and Tony Martin wearing the polka dot jersey! We have all the tweets and instagrams from the most eventful week in the Tour de France in a very long time. Here we go … Continue reading
Tour preview: Stage 11
The first day back in the saddle after the rest day is likely to be hard work as this stage is more than a little undulating. The peloton will cover 140km of energy-sapping rollers before they reach the four categorised climbs in the last 40km of the stage. Continue reading