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Tour De France Rider Expelled For Punching Opponent

Tour De France Rider Expelled For Punching Opponent

According to Bleacher Report, an Italian Tour de France cyclist was expelled for punching one of his opponent’s in the face. Gianni Moscon, from Team Sky, was officially expelled from the 2018 Tour de France when images and video footage surfaced of Moscon punching an opponent in the face. Moscon’s victim was Elie Gesbert of […]

6y ago

Here’s Everything You Want To Know About The Tour De France, And Some Things You Probably Didn’t Want To Know

Here’s Everything You Want To Know About The Tour De France, And Some Things You Probably Didn’t Want To Know

The Tour De France is coming up, and the eyes of the cycling world will be on France and the arduous 3,351-kilometer (2,082 mile) race that attracts the top cyclists from around the world. Here, now, are some questions you may not have known you even had about cycling’s most prestigious event. Why Does The […]

6y ago

Instagram Photo Of Pawel Poljanski’s Legs After Cycling 1,757 Miles In The Tour De France Gets 30,000 Likes

Instagram Photo Of Pawel Poljanski’s Legs After Cycling 1,757 Miles In The Tour De France Gets 30,000 Likes

There is a photo floating around social media of a pair of legs that has gained more than 30,000 likes. As seen below, the photo on the Instagram account of Pawel Poljanski of Poland shows a pair of very vascular legs, swollen with blood, knees burned by the sun. Enjoying Rhône-Alpes, France, as the location, […]

7y ago

Bradley Wiggins Confirms Retirement After 20-Year Career, 5 Olympic Gold Medals, Historical Tour De France Win

Bradley Wiggins Confirms Retirement After 20-Year Career, 5 Olympic Gold Medals, Historical Tour De France Win

Sir Bradley Wiggins retires from the world of professional cycling after an impressive 20-year career filled with awards, accolades, and historic victories. The 36-year-old Olympic gold medalist confirmed his retirement decision on Instagram Wednesday with a photo that speaks volumes about his accomplishments over the past two decades. “Wiggo” used the photo caption’s caption to […]

8y ago

Watch 2016 Tour De France Live Online: Find Streaming Video For Cycling’s Biggest Race

Watch 2016 Tour De France Live Online: Find Streaming Video For Cycling’s Biggest Race

Cycling fans can watch the 2016 Tour de France live online and see who can emerge on top of the second stage after Mark Cavendish’s ride to victory in the first stage at Utah Beach. The 31-year-old avoided a number of crashes and defeated rivals Marcel Kittel, Peter Sagan, and Andre Greipel in what the […]

8y ago

Terror Attack Warning Issued For U.S. Citizens In South Africa And Travel Alert For Europe

Terror Attack Warning Issued For U.S. Citizens In South Africa And Travel Alert For Europe

The U.S. Diplomatic Mission in South Africa and the U.S. State Department have both recently issued a terror attack warning and travel alert to American citizens traveling or living in South Africa and Europe. The U.S. Embassy in South Africa issued a warning Saturday that it has specific and credible information of terror groups planning […]

8y ago

Tour de France: Car Crashes Through Barricades, Police Open Fire

Tour de France: Car Crashes Through Barricades, Police Open Fire

A car crashed through the barricades during the Tour de France, leaving the police with no other option but to open fire. The barricades were set up approximately eight hours before Tour de France cyclists were set to complete their race in Paris on Sunday morning. When a car, carrying two occupants, tried to crash […]

9y ago

Tour De France 2015: Chris Froome Hit With Cup Of Urine During Race

Tour De France 2015: Chris Froome Hit With Cup Of Urine During Race

Chris Froome, Team Sky leader at the Tour de France, was disgusted when a spectator threw a cup of urine at him during the 14th stage of the race. “Obviously a bit of a dampener for me, a spectator about 50-60 kilometres into the race threw a cup of urine over me, shouting ‘dope’,” Chris […]

9y ago

Luca Paolini Tests Positive For Cocaine During Tour de France

Luca Paolini Tests Positive For Cocaine During Tour de France

On Tuesday, Tour de France rider Luca Paolini tested positive for cocaine, according to SB Nation. Paolini has already been thrown out of the Tour de France but he has the right to request a B sample and appeal the case. Team Katusha released the following statement about Luca Paolini. “Team Katusha has been informed […]

9y ago

Big Crash On Tour De France: Multiple Cyclists Drop Out After Stage 3 Pile-Up

Big Crash On Tour De France: Multiple Cyclists Drop Out After Stage 3 Pile-Up

There was a big crash on the Tour de France on Monday that led to a pause for the race amid multiple injuries. By the time the day was done, a handful of injured cyclists had departed the race. The incident happened during the third stage of the race and video is circulating showing the […]

9y ago

Bradley Wiggins Compares Setting Cycling Record To Childbirth: ‘Just Torturous’

Bradley Wiggins Compares Setting Cycling Record To Childbirth: ‘Just Torturous’

Bradley Wiggins has set the UCI World Hour record for most distance covered on a bicycle within one hour, and it was exhausting. After going 33.88 miles (54.526 kilometers), the Olympic gold medalist cyclist gave some ideas about what it’s like to set a record. CNN reports that Wiggins had enough strength after his hour […]

9y ago

Lance Armstrong Guilty Of ‘International Perjury, Fraud And Conspiracy’

Lance Armstrong Guilty Of ‘International Perjury, Fraud And Conspiracy’

Lance Armstrong continues his losing streak. The former American professional road-racing cyclist won the Tour de France seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005. However, in 2012, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency submitted a 202-page report on Armstrong, placing him at the center of a doping program during his prime in cycling. The report included former […]

9y ago

Cyclist Bartosz Huzarski Accused Of Doping; Leg Selfie Decried As ‘Unhealthy’ ‘Freaky’

Cyclist Bartosz Huzarski Accused Of Doping; Leg Selfie Decried As ‘Unhealthy’ ‘Freaky’

When cyclist Bartosz Huzarski posted a photo of his legs of Facebook earlier this week, he says he never expected the reaction would be so extreme, and so negative. While the appearance of Huzarski’s legs after the 18th stage of the Tour de France was no doubt shocking and surprising to many, for Bartosz, the […]

10y ago

Selfie Crazed Crowds Present New Challenge in This Year’s Tour De France

Selfie Crazed Crowds Present New Challenge in This Year’s Tour De France

As cyclists in this year’s Tour De France set out to make new records, it’s a sure thing that the spectators of the event, especially as it winds its way through the United Kingdom, are setting records of their own. The Guardian tells us that five time Tour De France winner Bernard Hinault said that […]

10y ago

Tour de France 2014: Vincenzo Nibali’s Attempted Kiss Shut Down After Stage Two Win (Video)

Tour de France 2014: Vincenzo Nibali’s Attempted Kiss Shut Down After Stage Two Win (Video)

Italian Vincenzo Nibali’s stage two win at the 2014 Tour de France was a reason for celebration, but when he went in for the kiss, the girl to his right was having none of it. Website For the Win noted the failed attempt at a kiss: “The Astana team rider was given the yellow jersey, […]

10y ago

Farmer In Yorkshire ‘Dresses’ His Sheep In Tour de France ‘Jerseys’, Skirting Animal Cruelty?

Farmer In Yorkshire ‘Dresses’ His Sheep In Tour de France ‘Jerseys’, Skirting Animal Cruelty?

Tour de France is approaching quickly. It is one of the most prestigious and grueling cycling events in the world, which tests the fitness, agility, determination and grit of male cyclists around the world. But this year, the event got a bit livelier thanks to an ingenious farmer, who has ‘dressed’ his flock of sheep […]

10y ago

Lance Armstrong Accused Of ‘Relentless’ Perjury

Lance Armstrong Accused Of ‘Relentless’ Perjury

The ongoing lawsuit between Lance Armstrong and SCA Promotions, the sports insurance company, heated up this week. First, Armstrong lost his appeal for temporary relief, which (if it had been successful) would have blocked the company from collecting $12 million in prize money that Lance Armstrong was paid for his 2002, 2003, and 2004 Tour […]

10y ago

Tour De France For Women A Possibility

Tour De France For Women A Possibility

The Tour de France may have some more competition come the 2014 races if the online petition asking for the Tour de France have an event for women goes through. The Tour de France bicycle races have traditionally only been open to men. According to USA Today, Kathryn Bertine, an American cyclist, journalist and filmmaker, […]

11y ago

Chris Froome Wins Tour De France Title

Chris Froome Wins Tour De France Title

The UK’s Chris Froome won his first Tour de France title on Sunday after winning three stages of the prestigious road race. He finished the race four minutes and 20 seconds ahead of the field. This year’s Tour was the 100th running of the event. After his victory, Froome vowed his victory wouldn’t be stripped […]

11y ago

Chris Froome Wins Stage 15 To Extend Lead Over Alberto Contador

Chris Froome Wins Stage 15 To Extend Lead Over Alberto Contador

Chris Froome is looking to become the next winner of the Tour de France and he’s well on his way after winning stage 15. The British cyclist is looking to knock off two-time champion Alberto Contador who currently sits in third place. Contador is now over four minutes behind Froome for the lead, but their […]

11y ago

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