Tag Archives: Tour de France 2011
Cadel the Victor & Cavendish Takes Green
After three weeks, 21 stages and more crashed than are almost possible to count – one of the most spectacular being on the Le Mans to Châteauroux stretch which dramatically ended Bradley Wiggins contention – the 2011 Tour de France … Continue reading
Evans Takes le Tour?
It’s all over bar the shouting at the Tour de France with BMC’s Cadel Evans looking certain to be crowned king of the event at tomorrow’s Champs-Élysées finish in Paris – making him the first Australian ever to take the … Continue reading
Thomas in Combative Mood
Sky’s Welsh wonder Geraint Thomas served up one of the most impressive and determined rides of the Tour de France yesterday (July 14) on the 211km Cugnaux to Luz-Ardiden Stage 12. Although ultimately the big prize of the day went … Continue reading
More Tour de Crash
Even for a Tour de France thus far marred by such carnage, yesterday (Sunday, July 10) witnessed something of a new low in terms of crashes. With around 36km left of Stage 9 (208km Issoire to Saint-Flour) an overtaking French … Continue reading
Tour Over For Wiggins
The Tour de France, it’s often said, can be won in the mountains but lost of the flat – a race-ending truism that became painfully evident to Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins yesterday (July 8). With around 40km left of the … Continue reading