As the 2016 Tour de France unfolded over the past three weeks, a group of former champions successfully defending their titles in the various classifications and the same names popping up at the front of each breakaway, the race felt almost preordained at times. It isn't true, of course -- but with a slew of anticipated results...
A day after Mark Cavendish pipped Andre Greipel in a photo finish, Bryan Coquard almost did the same at the finish line. A tense downhill run-in to Limoges left the sprinters' groups disorganized at the end, and Marcel Kittel took advantage of the indecisiveness to lead out the sprint in the final 250 meters. The move left a big gap...
Mark Cavendish is certainly making up for lost time in the 2016 Tour de France. After a few summers of disappointing performances in France, the Manx Missile claimed his second stage win of the 2016 race with a Stage 3 photo finish over German champion Andre Greipel. The victory pulled Cavendish into a tie with French legend Bernard...
In less than a week, 198 cyclists from 22 teams will converge on Utrecht in the Netherlands for the July 4 Grand Depart of the 2015 Tour de France. The race commences with a 14-kilometer time trial -- the only individual time trial of this year's race. The dynamics of the 2015 route will play a major role in the way the race plays...
As the Tour de France gets set to begin its run through the Alps on Friday, several memorable story lines have begun to emerge. Sadly, it is largely due to the interesting twists that have led the two pre-race favorites for the maillot jaune were forced to withdraw from the race after crashes.
First it was defending champion...
