Tag: UCI WorldTour
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Tour de France, explained.
A neat little animated explaining the history of the TdF, facts and figures and trivia. Continue reading Tour de France, explained.
Tour de France – how to watch it
The 2013 edition of the Tour de France will begin in just a few hours, and like most roadies, we’ve got our PVR ready to record. Here’s a short little video by the folks at the Global Cycling Network on how best to watch the Tour. Continue reading Tour de France – how to watch it
Team Europcar
Another wildcard team for this year’s Tour de France, this might be the last year that the team rides under the Europcar banner, a French rental car company. Last year Thomas Voeckler became a media darling after taking stages 10 and 16 in the Tour, and winning the King of the Mountain jersey, while Pierre Rolland took stage 11. Yes, that’s Voeckler doing a wheelie … Continue reading Team Europcar
Lotto-Belisol
Lotto-Belisol is the Belgian version of French team FDJ: Primarily Belgian riders, sponsored by the Belgian lottery and Belgian corporate sponsor, riding, of course, Belgian Ridley’s. They took three stages last year, all by pure sprinter André Greipel. A German – close enough. 🙂 The team rides on Ridley Noah and Ridley Dean TT bike, equipped with Campagnolo’s electronic Super Record drivetrain. Continue reading Lotto-Belisol
FDJ
Predominantly French FDJ rides the French Lapierre Xelius, and of course, the title sponsor FDJ is the French lottery. They won a couple of stages at last year’s TdF, including the first stage win by young Thibaut Pinot in dominant fashion. The Xelius is paired up with Shimano componentry. Continue reading FDJ
Euskaltel Euskadi
Spanish team Euskaltel Euskadi in their well-recognized orange livery rides on with the Orbea Orca equipped with Shimano components and wheels. In order to maintain its UCI World Tour status, the Basque team changed its policy of having primarily Spanish riders. Moroccan Tarik Chaoufi and Slovenian Jure Kocjan joined the team for the 2013 season. But Olympic gold-medalist Sammy Sanchez is again expected to perform … Continue reading Euskaltel Euskadi
Sojasun
Sojasun are a French wild-card team for the 2013 Tour de France. They’ll ride on Spanish-made BH G6’s for the next two years. The riders to watch: Stéphane Heulot and Anthony Delaplace. Continue reading Sojasun
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