Author: Henri Giroud

Profile Highlights Report Miguel Angel Lopez took a great solo victory today atop brutal Col de la Loze in Méribel at the finish of the 17th stage of the Tour de France. The leader of Astana Pro Team attacked alone with 2.4 km to the top, dropping all his rivals and gaining important seconds in the general classification of the French Grand tour. In the end of the day Lopez won 15 seconds on the yellow jersey Primoz Roglic and 30 seconds on the white jersey Tadej Pogacar. Thus, in the overall standings of the Tour de France Miguel Angel…

Profile Highlights Report After the second and final rest day, it was straight back into the climbing on stage 16. From the drop of the flag at the start of this 164km stage, riders were climbing and making their way up a fourth category climb – one of five categorised ascents of the day. While the summit finish was only third category, the first category climb immediately preceding it was going to decide who was going to be ready to challenge for the win. After a few attempts to break way fell flat, with 131km to go, the move of…

Double French champion, Spanish allrounder will continue to wear the Blue jersey as part of 12-rider roster, still to be finalized The Movistar Team announced Monday that Alba Teruel (Benigànim, ESP; 1996) and Aude Biannic (Rennes, FRA; 1991) have re-signed for an additional one and two years, respectively, with the women’s outfit managed by Sebastián Unzué, which currently has 12 riders on board for the 2021 season (provisional list available below). The contract renewals of the two Blue riders means two more riders who were part of the Spanish team’s original project in 2018 will stay next year. Biannic, a double French national road champion and scorer of the…

Profile Highlights Wrap Pogačar arrives to Grand Colombier in style. Second win in the Tour for the Slovenian from UAE Team Emirates In the general classification, the leader of UAE Team Emirates earns a 4 second bonus with victory over Roglic, which now stands at 40″. In third position, Rigoberto Uran (Ef) 54 ”from Pogačar. As for the fight for the white jersey, the Slovenian now boasts a 2’35 ”lead over Enric Mas (Movistar). Pogačar: “The race started at great speed until the breakaway went, and we had Marco Marcato there to cover it. Jumbo-Visma set a very high pace and…

Profile Highlights Report After tasting sweet success on stage 12 of the Tour de France after some great riding set up Marc Hirschi to take the team’s first win of the race; the team hatched another plan to replicate that success today. Søren Kragh Andersen went solo in the finale, but with the team behind him to halt any chase – taking another fantastic win for Team Sunweb. With yesterday’s stage one for the climbers and GC contenders, today appeared to be a much more open affair, with several possible outcomes for the day. Many thought that it could be…

Profile Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH-_zxN8cJQ Report It was a spectacular day for the EF Pro Cycling team today in France. Our riders showed unrivaled perseverance and teamwork, Dani Martínez took a breathtaking stage win, and the team moved back to the top position on the team classification. The stage set off from Châtel-Guyon, faced a whopping seven categorized climbs and ended at Puy Mary, a steep volcanic climb in the Massif Central. The total elevation gain of the day was 4400m (14,400ft); the most climbing of all 21 stages in the Tour this year. Before lining up at the start line this…

Without any actual race jerseys to award this past August due to the cancellation of its 2020 event, the Colorado Classic® presented by VF Corporation has launched a new campaign opening up its jersey competition to the public in an effort to inspire cyclists everywhere to ride with the spirit of the Colorado Classic throughout the fall and winter months. From athlete webinars to an inspirational speaker series and a fundraising ride on Zwift, the organizers behind the Colorado Classic have presented creative ways to keep the cycling world engaged during this unusual and trying year; while furthering their mission be…

Profile Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvmseh43Uio Report As the bunch rolled out for the longest stage of the race, it was expected that today’s stage would be one for the breakaway. As expected, a plethora of attacks flew from the bunch at the start of the day, with the team rotating turns and being incredibly active to follow any dangerous looking move. However, on a narrow bit of road a four rider group went clear before another duo bridged the gap to form a six rider group out front. With all Team Sunweb riders in the bunch, focus switched to the hilly finale…