Author: Henri Giroud

Miyoko’s Creamery – the originator of the vegan cheese and butter movement – has launched Cheese of Champs, a program that demonstrates how simple choices, like switching to vegan cheese, can have a profound impact on the world. As part of the campaign, Miyoko’s has partnered with five celebrated and decorated vegan athletes to awaken and champion the activist inside all of us. “At Miyoko’s, we understand that the world, in its current state, is in need of activists championing change for the betterment of our planet, our food system and our general health,” said Miyoko Schinner, Founder and CEO…

Highlights Report Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates brought the curtain down on a beautiful three weeks of racing by claiming overall victory at the Tour de France 2021. The confirmation of his victory came on the streets of Paris on the Champs Elysees on Stage 21, won by Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma). The foundations for the victory were laid as early as stage 5 at the Laval time trial which he won by a considerable margin and consolidated with the attacks in the Alps on the 8th and 9th stages, crowned with the Pyrenean successes on the Col du…

Highlights Report Wout van Aert has won the twentieth stage of the Tour de France. The Belgian rider was the fastest in a time trial over thirty kilometres. It meant his second stage in this edition of the Tour. Jonas Vingegaard rode to third place. The fact that Van Aert was riding a good time trial became clear through his intermediate times along the road. Van Aert was faster than the competition at both the first and the second waypoint. At the finish he had an advantage of twenty-one seconds over number two Kasper Asgreen. Vingegaard consolidated his second place…

Highlights Report Tadej Pogačar made Tour de France history on his way to winning stage 18 from Pau to Luz Ardinen, becoming the first rider ever to win back to back summit finishes in the yellow jersey. After the success of yesterday on the Col du Portet, the leader of UAE Team Emirates also triumphed in Luz Ardiden having also climbing the Col du Tourmalet which came close to the halfway point. The big names in the race came to fore on the final climb, 13.4 km at 7.5% average gradient where a sustained pace from Rafal Majka narrowed down the group.…

Highlights Report On the queen stage of this Tour de France, 178.4km from Muret to the top of Col du Portet at 2,200 meters above sea level, Tadej Pogačar once again showed his class, taking his second stage victory in the 2021 edition of the Grande Boucle . The race saw the men in the general classification control the initial stages, with UAE Team Emirates protecting and escorting the Yellow Jersey to the slopes of Col du Portet, a 16.3 km climb with peaks of 10% gradient. Halfway through the last climb, Pogačar attacked, with only Vingegaard (Team Jumbo-Visma) and Richard Carapaz (Ineos…

Highlights Report After the second and final rest day, there was nowhere for the riders at the Tour de France to hide – if they didn’t have the legs this week, there was nothing more to be done. While the 169km stage today started with a downhill stretch, there were four categorised climbs over the parcours, each one evenly spaced to have the maximum impact on the tired legs of the peloton. The highest altitude start in Tour de France history meant there would be a fast descent, with attacks being followed by counter-attacks. However, the high-speed opening made it…

Highlights Report Sepp Kuss has won the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France. The rider of Team Jumbo-Visma escaped on the final climb from the break of the day, which also included Wout van Aert and Steven Kruijswijk. In his hometown, the American rode solo to his first win of the season. Van Aert, Kruijswijk and Kuss represented Team Jumbo-Visma in the large leading group, while Vingegaard was assisted by Mike Teunissen in the reduced peloton. Vingegaard was again very strong and moved up a place in the rankings. Van Aert did an excellent job for Kuss in the…

Highlights Report Bauke Mollema and Trek-Segafredo finally found just reward for their efforts in breakaways in the 2021 Tour de France. The team entered this year’s race targeting stages, and the team focused everything on getting in breakaways. To achieve a breakaway in the Tour is one thing, to then claim victory, something so highly sought by every team, is something else. The only way is to try, try, try. And if you fail, try again. It was the mantra of the Trek-Segafredo, who fell just short of victory in Stage 7 with Jasper Stuyven, and again in the Ventoux…