Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images After Monday’s break, the grueling Tour de France hit the road once again for stage 10. Get the day’s complete results, plus the overall standings and news on what to expect in Stage 11 with our direct link to the Official Tour de France site. Don’t forget to scroll …
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The Tour de France: Stage 9
Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images Australian contender Richie Porte suffered a serious crash on the descent from Mont de Chat during stage 9 of the Tour. Porte broke both his collarbone and pelvis, was immediately hospitalized and is out of the Tour for 2017. Catch up on the Tour with our direct link to …
The Tour De France: Stage 8
Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images A young Frenchman won the 8th stage of the Tour de France today. Liliane Calmejean surprised everyone in the peloton–including perhaps even himself–with a Stage 8 win, which was contested over the Dole/Station de Rousses route. Calmejean suffered some cramping in the later stages of the route, but managed …
The Tour De France: Stage Six
Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images The Tour de France rolls on (literally) and is now into Stage Six. How to follow the world’s greatest (and most famous) long distance bike race? Why–so simple. Just click this link to the Official Tour de France website. Please note the site lists first, the results of the …
2017 Tour De France: Stage 5
Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images Yesterday was a disaster for two of the top riders at the Tour, when Peter Sagan appeared to elbow Mark Cavendish (attempting an inside pass) and took both of them down. Cavendish retired from the race due to a fractured right shoulder blade and Sagan was disqualified for his …
Tour De France Resources: 2017
Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images The Tour De France–the world’s most famous bicycle race–has started. The peloton went off yesterday, starting in Düsseldorf, Germany and will continue racing until the 23rd of July and the finish in Paris. If you’re going to follow the tour, you’re going to want to put the Official Tour …
Disrupting the bike
Press Clippings: The Tour De France bicycle race (arguably the most famous bicycle race in the world) is now in progress and, with the Tour comes an amazing bump in interest in bicycles and bicycle racing. Embed from Getty Images Maybe it has something to do with the wall-to-wall coverage the event is receiving from …
The Secret Season: Three Great Championship Events in 30 Days
Unless you follow the “minor sports” closely, you may not be aware that we have just passed through international sports’ greatest season: that stretch of time that runs from the middle of June until the end of July. During this short, thirty day period at the beginning of Summer, three of the world’s greatest …
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