Tour de France 2017 : Stage 15 – Mollema solos to stage win; Froome put under pressure

Just when you’re lulled into a ‘ho-hum, this stage isn’t much’ attitude, all hell breaks loose in this year’s Tour de France. Stage 15 was one for the break and Bauke Mollema read the script correctly and came away with his first Tour de France stage win (and Trek-Segafredo’s first in this Tour). In the GC, Chris Froome miraculously withstands an Ag2r onslaught to stay in yellow.

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Tour Tweets of the Week: WaWaPowa, Rogue Landa and Baby Blackbird

Another edition of Tour Tweets of the Week – packed, absolutely packed full of controversy, conspiracy theories (okay, we’re guilty of spreading one of those) and come-hither looks.  We’re loving Rogue Landa, WaWa Barguil, Baby Blackbird and Mick Jagger and wondering what to think of Bidon Bardet, Rogueless Landa, and the UCI commissaires.
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