July 19, 2011—-Gap, France—In a day spotted with calm weather and flats followed by dense rains, difficult climbs, attacks and counter attacks, Thor Hushovd come to the front once again to win the stage in Gap 162.5 km from the start. The idea that the Norwegian is no longer seeking the Green Jersey, but...
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It was almost as if the French had decided that their performance wasn’t good enough on Bastille Day so they had to make it up today in the course from Pau to Lourdes. About 4 km from the finish in Lourdes it almost looked like Jeremy Roy of team Francais des Jeux could win...
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With the Tour switching to the mountains today–even little ones–the outcome  was predicted to change the winners. But the massive shake up that Tour de France watchers were looking for never materialized: even with the first major climbs of the tour, Yellow jersey winner Thor Hushovd–more a sprinter than a climber,  managed to stay...
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Mark Cavendish took his 17th win of a Tour stage today into Chateauroux on the 218 km mostly flat stage with a massive lead out train from his HTC Highroad team. Cavendish won this stage for the first time in 2008 and was said this morning to be looking for a symbolic anniversary win....
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At the beginning of today’s longest 226.5 km stage from Dinan to Lisieux everyone was guessing Mark Cavendish would win. That’s because last year’s longest stage in the Tour, 227.5 km from Montargis to Gueugnon, was won by the Manxman. But on the rain streaked, uphill finish and with a lead out from his Team Sky...
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Thor Hushovd and Mark Cavendish were penalized for their movements during the intermediate sprint on the way to Redon in today’s stage 3 of the Tour de France. The two riders had a fight for space in the sprint at St. Hilaire des Chaleons, 94 kilometres from the finish in Redon. The penalty means...
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It started out as any normal, flat stage in the Tour de France. With Norwegian Thor Hushovd of the Garmin Cervelo team wearing the Yellow Jersey, the mostly flat course was made for a last minute competition among the top sprinters. But when the stage began back in Olonne Sur Mer, the question on...
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A new winner will be donning the Yellow Jersey today after the team trial in stage 2 at Les Essarts made it clear that the American Garmin Cervelo team was the fastest team to finish the 23 mostly flat kilometers of the stage. That win landed the Yellow Jersey to Thor Hushovd who had...
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At 17:25 France Time (11:25 EST USA) Omega Pharma Lotto, the team of Phillipe Gilbert, comes in at 25:28, 39 seconds behind the lead team, Garmin Cervelo. Thor Hushovd will now carry the Yellow Jersey, with Team Garmin Cervelo winning the team time trial at Les Essarts. LAST TEAM TO FINISH 10. OMEGA PHARMA...
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