2016 Tour de France: Stage 8 Results
Briton Chris Froome took advantage of passive rivals to take the overall leader’s yellow jersey in the 2016 Tour de France as he won the eighth stage after attacking on the final descent on Saturday.
Briton Chris Froome took advantage of passive rivals to take the overall leader’s yellow jersey in the 2016 Tour de France as he won the eighth stage after attacking on the final descent on Saturday.
In Stage 7 of the 2016 Tour de France, Briton Stephen Cummings powered away on the Col d’Aspin to claim a second career Tour stage win as overall contender Thibaut Pinot cracked in a stage that ended in chaos on Friday.
Mark Cavendish further cemented his status as the Tour de France’s greatest sprinter when the Briton claimed his 29th career win in the sixth stage of the 2016 race on Thursday.
Belgian Greg van Avermaet claimed the overall leader’s yellow jersey when he won the fifth stage of the 2016 Tour de France at the end of a long breakaway as Alberto Contador appeared to suffer from crash-related injuries on Wednesday.
Mark Cavendish joined France great Bernard Hinault in second place of the all-time list of Tour de France stage winners when he pipped Andre Greipel on Monday for his second victory in this year’s race.
Warren Barguil turns in a superb performance, finishing in third place on the queen stage of the 2016 Tour de Suisse to take over the lead in the general classification.
One day after Katyusha’s bad luck in the 2016 Giro d’Italia, with Ilnur Zakarin’s horrible crash and abandon, Rein Taaramäe wins the last mountain stage in Sant’Anna di Vinadio.
Because an AAF for Eduard Vorganov is the second for Katusha in a twelve month period, the team will be referred to the UCI disciplinary commission in the coming days.
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin mounted a late surge that doubled his slender Vuelta a Espana advantage over closest rival Fabio Aru of Italy to six seconds after the 19th stage
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin comfortably held off a string of attacks from closest rival Fabio Aru to maintain his slender lead in the 2015 Vuelta a Espana after the 18th stage