2017 Tour de France: Stage 5 News, Notes and Quotes
Italian national champion and Astana Pro Team rider Fabio Aru took the win in the fifth stage of the 2017 Tour de France.
Italian national champion and Astana Pro Team rider Fabio Aru took the win in the fifth stage of the 2017 Tour de France.
Astana’s Fabio Aru made a dramatic attack with 2km to go to win the 5th stage of the 2017 Tour de France. The Italian takes over the polka dot climber’s jersey while defending champion Chris Froome moved into the race lead.
BORA-hansgrohe has filed an official protest to Peter Sagan’s disqualification from the 2017 Tour de France.
Mark Cavendish has been forced to withdraw from the 2017 Tour de France after fracturing his shoulder blade in the late crash on stage 4.
Larger climbs await the riders on Stage 5 of the 2017 Tour de France as the riders tackle 160.5kms from Vittel to La Planche des Belles Filles.
Stage 4 of the 2017 Tour de France was marred by a crash in the final sprint, sending one green jersey hopeful to the hospital and another out of the race for throwing an elbow.
After a start in Dusseldorf and a night in Belgium, the 2017 Tour de France entered France in today’s 215km 3rd stage from Verviers to Longwy.
Peter Sagan gave BORA-hansgrohe its first win at the 2017 Tour de France. Even an unclipped pedal in the final sprint wasn’t going to stop him taking the win – his eighth in total.
Like Stage 1, Stage 2 of the 2017 Tour de France was not without the usual trials, triumphs and tribulations. Let’s get into the news!
Marcel Kittel won Stage 2 of the 2017 Tour de France stage after coming from behind in the final kilometer and storming past all his rivals on the way to his tenth career victory at the race.