Chamrousse, France (SportsNetwork.com) – Vincenzo Nibali of Italy won Stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday and increased his overall lead in cycling’s most prestigious race. Nibali finished the 197.5-kilometer trek in the first of two days in […]
Saint-Etienne, France (SportsNetwork.com) – Alexander Kristoff of Norway won Stage 12 of the Tour de France on Thursday and Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali remains the overall leader of cycling’s most prestigious event with two days in the Alps on the immediate […]
Oyonnax, France (SportsNetwork.com) – Frenchman Tony Gallopin shook off losing the coveted yellow jersey by winning Stage 11 of the Tour de France on Wednesday. Gallopin was the overall leader of cycling’s most prestigious event after Stage 9, but Italian […]
Charleston, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – Tom Michael has been hired by Eastern Illinois University to be the school’s new director of intercollegiate athletics. Michael, the senior associate AD at the University of Illinois, will officially assume his role at EIU on […]
La Planche des Belles Filles, France (SportsNetwork.com) – Vincenzo Nibali of Italy is back in yellow at the Tour de France. Nibali won Stage 10 and reclaimed the overall lead on Monday, a day after losing the coveted yellow jersey […]
La Planche des Belles Filles, France (SportsNetwork.com) – Two-time champion Alberto Contador withdrew from the Tour de France after a crash during Monday’s Stage 10 left him with a fractured tibia. Contador took a fall on a mountain descent and […]
Mulhouse, France (SportsNetwork.com) – A Frenchman will don the coveted yellow jersey on Bastille Day. Tony Gallopin is the new overall leader of the Tour de France after Sunday’s Stage 9, a 170-kilometer trek from Gerardmer to Mulhouse. German Tony […]
Gerardmer La Mauselaine, France (SportsNetwork.com) – Blel Kadri became the first Frenchman to win a stage in the 2014 edition of the Tour de France, capturing Stage 8 on a Saturday that saw former champion Alberto Contador’s attempt to make […]
Nancy, France (SportsNetwork.com) – Matteo Trentin of Italy edged Slovakia’s Peter Sagan in a photo-finish Friday to win Stage 7 of the Tour de France. Trentin outsprinted a large group and hit the wire millimeters in front of Sagan to […]
Reims, France (SportsNetwork.com) – Andre Greipel of Germany won Stage 6 of the Tour de France and Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali remained the overall leader of cycling’s most prestigious race. Greipel won a sprint to the finish on Thursday, finishing the […]