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June 26, 2021
Tour de France: Alaphilippe goes long to win
stage 1.
"The
world champion attacked with 2.3km to go on the stage and
soloed clear despite resistance from both Primoz Roglic
(Jumbo Visma) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)."
By Daniel Benson (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 26, 2021 The peloton reacts to a chaotic opening day of
the Tour.
"The
last hour of the opening stage of the 2021 Tour de France
was interrupted by two horrific crashes that affected most
of the peloton. The first was caused by an oblivious fan
more interested in getting on TV than watching the race."
By Michael Better (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) June 26, 2021 Five talking points from stage one of the Tour
de France.
"Another
Tour de France, another sublime Julian Alaphilippe stage
victory. For the fourth year running the Frenchman has
taken a stage win, and this was one of his most
spectacular yet."
By Stephen Puddicombe (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 26, 2021 Analyzing Deceuninck Quick Step's 2021 Tour de
France squad.
"Alaphilippe,
Cavendish and Asgreen the big names in the Belgian team's
Tour selection."
By Daniel Ostanek (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 26, 2021 Tour de France: Alpecin Fenix will wear
special 'Poupou' jersey on stage one.
"The
special jersey was originally just for the team
presentation but social media urged the team to race in it
for a day."
By Tim Bonville-Ginn (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Alpecin Fenix) June 26, 2021 Mads Pedersen plays down doubts over his form.
"The
25-year-old one-day specialist won Kuurne Brussel Kuurne
earlier in the year and finished second in Bredene
Koksijde Classic, however, he was forced out of the
Critérium du Dauphiné due to a crash."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 26, 2021 'I've never seen an athlete with the same
mental strength as Chris Froome', says Israel Start-Up
Nation Sports Director.
"Israel
Start Up Nation's Sports Director, Cherie Pridham said she
has never seen another athlete with the same mental
strength as Chris Froome, in the fourth road.cc
Drink at Your Desk Friday episode."
By Will Bolton (road.cc) (Image Credit not Found) June 26, 2021 2021 Tour de France live stream.
"2021 Tour de France June 26-July 18.
Saturday Brest → Landerneau 187km.
Stage
1 start time: 12:10 CET (3:10 AM PDT).
Earliest live video: 12:10 CET (3:10 AM PDT). Approximate
finish: 17:13 CET (8:13 AM PDT)."
(cyclingtips.com) (cyclingfans.com) (steephill.tv) June 26, 2021  8 riders to watch at La Course by Le Tour de
France.
"Deignan
ready to defend as Vos vies for 3rd victory while
Vollering, Brown and Niewiadoma try to add names to win
list."
By Simone Giuliani (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 25, 2021 Peter Sagan quiet on future ahead of start of
10th Tour de France.
"Slovakian
star refuses to comment about his 2022 contract and vows
to reclaim green jersey at Tour de France."
By Andrew Hood (velonews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 25, 2021 Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder: Stetina scores
again with stage 2 win, Sturm took the stage 2 victory for
the women.
"Peter
Stetina (Team Ruined Gravel) took hold of the GC lead with
a second win in a row at Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder on
Thursday. In the women's open field, Sarah Sturm
(Specialized) took the stage 2 victory."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder) June 25, 2021 Lotto Belgium Tour: Kopecky takes final stage
and GC title.
"Lotte
Kopecky (Belgium National Team) won stage 3 atop the Muur
in Gerrardsbergen and took the overall crown of the Lotto
Belgium Tour on Friday. Yara Kastelijn (Plantur Pura)
fought alongside Ellen van Dijk (Trek Segafredo) and won
the battle for second, with Van Dijk secured third."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 25, 2021 FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope prepare to
win 'game-changing' Tour de France Femmes in 2022.
"It’s
not a game anymore. It’s been the dream of our team, and
my life, every day. I think that we will need the best
team and staff to be ready for the first women’s Tour de
France."
By Kirsten Frattini (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 25, 2021 How to watch the Tour de France 2021: Live
steam the 108th French Grand Tour.
"To
make sure you don’t miss any of the action during this
year’s Tour de France, here are the best ways to watch the
Tour de France 2021 where you are."
By Alex Ballinger (cyclingweekly.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) June 25, 2021 June 24, 2021
Lotto Belgium Tour: Alena Amialiusik uses late
attack to win stage 2.
"From
a small group of four chasers, Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM)
took second and Lotte Kopecky (Belgium National Team)
finished third."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 24, 2021 Migration Gravel: Laurens ten Dam, Betsy Welch
win stage 1.
"Laurens
Ten Dam wins men's stage one while the women's stage 1
goes to American Betsy Welch."
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June 26, 2021
21 riders injured in Tour de France opening
stage crashes.
"Soler,
Sütterlin, Lemoine, Konovalovas out of the race on stage
1. Chris Froome went for additional scans having
difficulty breathing. He was listed with injuries to his
hip and thorax in the stage 1 medical report."
By Laura Weislo (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 26, 2021 Spectator causes massive crash at Tour de
France, top GC riders down.
"The road was completely blocked by the crash, which occurred when Tony Martin (Jumbo Visma) had nowhere to go and hit the spectator and the sign they were holding up." (stickybottle.com) (Image Credit not Found) June 26, 2021 ASO filing complaint against spectator who
caused crash on Tour’s opening stage.
"We
are filing a complaint against this lady who behaved very
badly,” said Tour deputy director Pierre-Yves Thouault,
according to the AFP. Ouest-France reports
that the spectator left the scene after the incident and
remains unidentified."
By Dane Cash (cyclingtips.com) (Image Credit not Found) June 26, 2021 Demi Vollering sprints from small group to win
La Course by Le Tour de France.
"Vollering
backs up Liège Bastogne Liège victory with hilltop sprint,
beating Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig and Marianne Vos."
(velonews.com) (Photo by Christophe Petit-Tesson - Pool/Getty Images) June 26, 2021 La Course by Le Tour de France: What the stars
said after summit showdown.
"From
unexpected victories to days of suffering - here's what
the key players said after La Course."
(velonews.com) (Tim de Waele/Getty Images) June 26, 2021 Demi Vollering isn’t the next best thing,
she’s already there.
"Consistency
is key, and no one (besides perhaps Anna van der Breggen)
has been as consistent as Demi Vollering in 2021."
(cyclingtips.com) By Abby Mickey (Photo: Cor Vos) June 26, 2021 How well do you know the sponsors of women’s
cycling?
"As La
Course speeds through Brittany, just before the opening
stage of the Tour kicks off, it’s time to do the same for
the women’s peloton, with all the teams racing the event."
By Iain Treloar (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) June 26, 2021 Peter Sagan launches Disruption: His latest
Specialized collection.
"Sagan
channels 1970s glamour as Specialized unveils the latest
products from Disruption, the fifth Sagan collection."
By Lance Branquinho (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Specialized) June 26, 2021 June 25, 2021
Tour de France Preview.
"Route
recap: seven mountain stages with three summit finishes,
two time trials totaling 58km. Recent editions have given
pure climbers a shot, now it suits all-rounders."
(inrng.com) (Image credit: ASO) June 25, 2021 Tour de France 2021: The 8 fastest sprinters
to watch.
"Ewan,
Sagan, Démare, Van Aert and Cavendish all feature on our
rundown of the Tour's top sprinters."
By Daniel Ostanek (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 25, 2021 Why Bahrain Victorious revealed, and then
destroyed, its new Tour de France kit.
"Cryptocurrency
and cycling are having a bit of a moment. From team
sponsorships to limited edition kits to non-fungible
tokens of bicycles, it has been … a lot to come to terms
with."
By Iain Treloar (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) June 25, 2021 The highest climb of the 2021 Tour de France
is a monster.
"n the
back half of this year’s Tour de France, the world’s
biggest bike race will hop over the border for a brief
visit to the principality of Andorra. Headlining that
Andorran sojourn will be the stage 15 visit to the Port
d'Envalira, the highest paved road in the Pyrenees at just
over 2,400 meters."
By Matt de Neef (cyclingtips.com) photography by Peter English and Cor Vos June 25, 2021 Stephen Roche discusses Sam Bennett: “It’s
disrespect for the man; codswallop.”
"Stephen
Roche has said he experienced negative comments being made
about him from within his own team during his career and,
because of that, he understood what Sam Bennett has
endured over the last week."
(stickybottle.com) (Image Credit not Found) June 25, 2021 Heads Up: Wahoo ELEMNT Devices To Require
Wahoo Accounts From July 1st.
"Starting
July 1st, Wahoo bike computer and watch users will need a
Wahoo account in order to continue using their devices
with Wahoo’s app, which is used for
configuration/customization of the device (including sync
to platforms like Strava)."
(dcrainmaker.com) (Photo: Ray Maker) June 25, 2021 Blue tires at the Tour de France? Jumbo
Visma’s Vittorias promote Swapfiets.
"In
what is almost certainly a first, Jumbo Visma will race a
few Tour stages on blue tires."
By Ben Delaney (velonews.com) (Image Credit not Found) June 25, 2021 2021 Lotto Belgium Tour live stream.
"2021 Women's Lotto Belgium Tour June 22-25. Stage
3 starts at 12:30pm CET (6:30am U.S. Eastern).
Finish at around 3:08pm CET (9:08am U.S. Eastern). Live video from 1:45pm CET (7:45am U.S. Eastern)." (cyclingfans.com) (procyclingstats.com) June 25, 2021 June 24, 2021
Koen de Kort has three fingers amputated after
off-road vehicle incident.
"The
38-year-old Dutchman, who lives in Andorra, was “involved
in an accident in the Pyreenes area” while driving
off-road on Thursday morning, suffering a serious right
hand injury."
By Dane Cash (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) June 24, 2021
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June 26, 2021
After one Tour stage, only two Ineos riders
are left within two minutes of yellow.
"Richie
Porte, who finished third at last year’s Tour, would
arrive at the Landerneau finish line 2:16 down on stage
winner Julian Alaphilippe. Tao Geoghegan Hart, who won
last year’s Giro d’Italia, lost 5:33 on the day."
By Dane Cash (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) June 26, 2021 Van der Poel: ‘Alaphilippe is the strongest.’
"Mathieu
van der Poel has thoughts about Julian Alaphilippe, his
own favorite status and the Tour's grandeur."
By Kit Nicholson (cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos) June 26, 2021 Are Michael Woods Tour hopes done on Day 1?
"Woods,
as well as his Grand Tour mentor, Chris Froome, both lost
significant time by the day’s end. At the finish, Woods
had dropped 8:49 to race winner Julian Alaphilippe.
Froome, who took much longer to pick himself up off the
road, lost 14:37."
By Terry McKall (cyclingmagazine.ca) (Image credit: Bettini Image) June 26, 2021 Lachlan Morton sets out to ride entire Tour de
France route solo, including transfers.
"Lachlan
Morton is trying to beat the Tour de France to Paris.
While eight of his EF Education Nippo teammates begin the
Tour de France, Lachlan Morton has set out on his own
so-called Alt Tour, where he is attempting to ride the
entire route of the three-week stage race on his own."
By Ben Delaney (velonews.com)Photo: Gruber Images/EF Education NIPPO June 26, 2021 Chris Froome’s customized Factor Ostro isn’t
exactly sponsor correct.
"Froome
rolled out for the start of stage one on the Factor Ostro
VAM, but with a number of differences between his bike and
that of his teammates."
By Ronan Mc Laughlin (cyclingtips.com) (photography by Phil Golston) June 26, 2021 Is Canyon's broken Aeroad handlebar now fixed?
Van der Poel's Tour de France bike suggests it is.
"Almost
four months ago, on March 2, in the final kilometers of
the early Belgian classic that is Le Samyn, Van der Poel
was left hamstrung when his Canyon Aeroad handlebar
disintegrated beneath him."
By Josh Croxton (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 26, 2021 Circling the track at F1’s famous Circuit of
the Americas.
"As we
rolled our road bikes toward the entryway then, of course,
came Turn 1. Whoa this 133-foot climb at the start of the
3.4-mile track really sets a tone for every lap."
By Nathan Mattise (arstechnica.com) Photo: Nathan Mattise June 26, 2021 The Secret Pro: The dangers of Sagan and my
Tour de France picks.
"Strap
yourself in, you’re in for a long one. The past few weeks
have thrown us more than enough to talk about. Plus, on
top of that, there’s that big bike race about to start."
By The Secret Pro (cyclingtips.com) (Image Credit not Found) June 25, 2021 'It's a beautiful life': Primož Roglič's
partner Lora Klinc on family life inside the peloton.
"Holed
up in Tignes as Roglič prepared for the Tour de France,
Klinc reveals the family life behind becoming a
world-beating rider."
By Jonny Long (cyclingweekly.com) (Image credit: Getty/Instagram/Primoz Roglic) June 25, 2021 Tour de France: New national champions kits on
display.
"As
ever, the 2021 Tour de France comes hot on the heels of
'nationals weekend', meaning plenty of new colors in the
peloton as the new champions fly their respective flags."
By Patrick Fletcher (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 25, 2021 Migration Gravel: Laurens ten Dam beats
Boswell by 3 minutes on stage 2.
"Kenyan
Nancie Akinyi wins 174km stage 2 for women while Laurens
Ten Dam wins the men's stage 2."
(cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Migration Gravel/Shift Cycling Culture) June 25, 2021 How Eddie Anderson and Christopher Blevins
balance college with pro cycling.
"Christopher
Blevins and Eddie Anderson balance cycling with college.
In this video and column, the two take us inside their
academic and athletic lives."
By Eddie Anderson and Christopher Blevins (velonews.com) June 25, 2021 Ineos Grenadiers switch to sponsor-incorrect
Princeton Carbonworks wheels at Tour de France.
"With
the new lighter Pinarello Dogma F, team swap from
Lightweight Meilensteins to new hoops."
By Josh Croxton (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Getty Images) June 25, 2021 Tour de France tech: All the tech and trends
from the 2021 race.
"Here
as part of our extensive coverage of the race, we'll be
keeping you abreast of all of the tech talking points from
the race."
By Josh Croxton (cyclingnews.com) (Image credit: Trek bicycles ) June 25, 2021 Hunt 50 Carbon Wide Aero wheelset long-term
review.
"A
serious speed upgrade without breaking the bank, and even
after 2,500 miles they’re still going strong. Some of the
fastest wheels you can get for the money - a proper
upgrade for rim-brake bikes."
By Nick Odantzis (cyclingnews.com) (Image: © Nick Odantzis) June 25, 2021 Got a Pioneer Bike Computer? Three Tools &
Workarounds Get You Working Again.
"This
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(dcrainmaker.com) (Photo: Ray Maker) June 25, 2021 Vinokourov ousted as Astana Premier Tech
manager days before Tour de France.
"His
firing has reportedly officially given for 'personal
reasons', which Vinokourov refutes, according to L'Equipe.
He has already begun legal action in order to be
reinstated in his team principal role."
By Daniel Ostanek (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images Sport) June 24, 2021 Mathieu van der Poel rocks Poulidor-inspired
kit for Tour de France presentation.
"The
new kit is a nod to the iconic kit worn by Poulidor on the
Mercier team in the 1960s and 1970s. Poulidor, who died in
2019, finished on the podium of the Tour eight times
without winning it, but his nearly-man status contributed
to his status as France's most-loved cyclist."
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