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In a fast-paced finish, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin – Deceuninck) beat his rivals to win the 16th stage of the Tour de France 2024, on a 188.6-kilometer route between Gruissan and Nîmes, on flat terrain. In the closing stages, in one of the traffic circles, the Eritrean Biniam Girmay went down, fortunately without serious consequences. The Belgian rider, helped by his teammate Mathieu Van der Poel, won his third victory in the French round, being the

The technique that road cyclists use on climbs has changed a lot over the decades. The main reason is to be found in the evolution of bike gearing, which has given cyclists enough range to tackle slopes that were once considered unrideable on a bike. Let’s not forget that, until the 1990s, road bikes tended to have a small 42-tooth chainring and just six sprockets, with the largest rarely larger than a 23. With this

Alexander Cepeda, Ecuadorian cyclist, was crowned champion of the Tour de l’Ain this Monday, July 15, 2024. El Chalequito’ maintained the leadership achieved in the previous day to consolidate as the best of the short French race. The 26-year-old Ecuadorian, who won a stage in the French race, defended without setbacks the lead in the last stage, disputed between Lagnieu and Ile Chambod. The tricolor dominated the three-stage race by beating Frenchman Rémi Capron (Van

In the second Pyrenean battle, Tadej Pogacar gave his rivals no room and won stage 15 of the Tour de France 2024. The UAE Team Emirates leader, who also won the other mountainous section in the Pyrenees, was the day’s big winner and is on his way to his third title. The Slovenian attacked four kilometers from the finish and held on until the end to consolidate his lead in the French round with one

Three dream days for Caja Rural-Seguros RGA in Portugal. Orluis Aular won the GP Internacional Torres Vedras – Trofeo Joaquim Agostinho 2024, resisting his advantage over the Portuguese rider Afonso Eulálio in a day of mountains with an unexpected outcome in the Alto de Montejunto. The Venezuelan cyclist, who started with a lead slightly over a minute over the Portuguese climber, was able to set his own pace on the hardest ramps of the pass

In an uphill finish, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) emerged victorious in stage 14 of the Tour de France 2024 between Pau and Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet after 151.9 kilometers. The Slovenian was the strongest on the final climb and then held on well to take another big win. Pogacar won solo after attacking and overtaking all the escapees on the very hard final climb, finishing ahead of Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a

The penultimate stage of the Tour of Qinghai Lake 2024, which still has one more stage to go, was sealed with victory for the Turkish Ahmet Örken of the Spor Toto Cycling Team. Caja Rural-Seguros RGA defended the lead of Ecuador’s Jefferson Cepeda, who is close to the Asian race title with one day to go. The seventh fraction, in which the wind was the main threat, took place between the Chinese towns of Qilian

Belgian Jasper Philipsen did his thing again in the 111th edition of the Tour de France, this time coming out victorious in stage 13 of the French round by winning the sprint duel with Belgian Wout van Aert (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), who came in second. The Alpecin – Deceuninck sprinter took the win after 165.3 kilometers between Agen and Pau. In third position came German Pascal Ackermann (Israel – Premier Tech) and

Just as stage 13 of the Tour de France came to an end, it was confirmed that Mexico’s Isaac del Toro will make his grand tour debut with UAE Team Emirates later this year at the Vuelta a España 2024. The 20-year-old Mexican rider has earned a spot in the UAE team’s squad for the final grand tour of the season. This was confirmed by Ciro Scognamiglio of La Gazzetta dello Sport. Del Toro has

In another sprint finish, this time it was the turn of Biniam Girmay (Intermarché – Wanty) to win stage 12 of the Tour de France 2024 between Aurillac and Villeneuve-sur-Lot, with 203.6 kilometers. The Eritrean sprinter, who won his third victory in the French round, was the fastest in the bunch sprint, beating Belgian Wout van Aert (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) and German Pascal Ackermann (Israel – Premier Tech). The best Colombian of