The Tour Luxembourg, helmed by former professional rider Andy Schleck, worked with a third party business to calculate the carbon cost of the five day long race.
Biniam Girmay has written himself into the history books after
becoming the first black African cyclist to claim a stage victory on a
Grand Tour following his triumph at stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia.
Grundsätzlich kann der Titelverteidiger die Doping-Nachfragen an seine Person durchaus nachvollziehen. „Ich bin nicht verärgert oder angepisst. Es sind unbequeme Fragen, weil die Geschichte unseres Sports sehr schlecht ist. Ich verstehe all die Fragen. Ich habe dafür keine Antworten vorbereitet, weil ich es einfach liebe, auf meinem Fahrrad zu fahren.“ Er könne nur „aus ganzem Herzen“ sagen, „dass ich aus einer guten Familie komme“, fügte der Gesamtführende am Ruhetag in Andorra La Vella an. Und somit konzentriert sich der Über-Fahrer der aktuellen Tour lieber wieder auf die Etappen. „Wir werden sehen, wie weit meine Reise in Gelb noch gehen wird“, sagte Pogacar. Er ließ keinen Zweifel aufkommen, was er meinte: Bis auf die Pariser Champs-Élysées am Sonntag.
Published July 11, 2021, 11:11 AM
Team Trek Segafredo’s Bauke Mollema of Netherlands celebrates as he crosses the finish line during the 14th stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 183 km between Carcassonne and Quillan, on July 10, 2021. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
Dutch rider Bauke Mollema won stage 14 of the Tour de France on a baking, semi-mountainous run from the citadel at Carcassonne to the small town of Quillan at the foot of the Pyrenees on Saturday.
Overall leader Tadej Pogacar was under no threat, even if he finished some seven minutes adrift on what he called a boring stage.
2021-06-27T09:42:11.683Z
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage from stage 2 of the 2021 Tour de France. Not sure where to really start after what we saw yesterday but let s begin by sharing some video highlights from a breathtaking day at the Tour de France.
2021-06-27T09:47:24.447Z
Obviously, we ll get to Alaphilippe and the yellow jersey but the day was overshadowed by the two major crashes - one with 45km to go, and the second with around 6km to go. Here s a full list of the walking wounded, and those riders who have unfortunately been forced home through injury.