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2019 Tour de France, Features, Jakob Fuglsang, News - July 23, 2019

Fuglsang abandons Tour de France with suspected collarbone fracture

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Dane Jakob Fuglsang was forced to abandon the Tour de France Tuesday after a crash with about 27km remaining on Stage 16 left him with a suspected broken collarbone. Fuglsang, winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Criterium du Dauphine this season, was sitting ninth overall, 5:27 behind race leader Julian Alaphilippe, when he went down in a …

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Five predictions for ‘week three’ of the Tour de France

We’re headed into the final week at the 2019 Tour de France, and it’s shaping up to be a thriller. That’s saying something, considering how great the race has been already. This has been the most intriguing Tour in recent memory because it has been so unpredictable, but that’s not going to stop me from …

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Today at the Tour: Six riders, one yellow jersey

With 15 stages completed, and six stages remaining, one thing is certain — no one knows who will win this Tour de France. And we should all be thankful for that. As the most important race in pro cycling, the Tour de France has taken on such significance that it’s largely been targeted and controlled …

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2019 Tour de France, Features, News - July 23, 2019

Alaphilippe’s yellow jersey is ‘hanging by a thread’: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Alaphilippe not confident of holding yellow to Paris, Egan Bernal has said he’ll work for Geraint Thomas, Thibaut Pinot is eyeing off the podium, and Romain Bardet is looking for a change in 2020. All this and more in today’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily …

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Details on the team-edition Continental tires at the 2019 Tour de France

When it comes to tires at the Tour de France, Continental and Vittoria utterly dominate the landscape, with the former still enjoying a slight advantage in terms of the number of teams and riders that trust their results — and their safety — to the German brand. However, keen-eyed fans will have noticed that the …

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