Cycling: The 2015 Tour Méditerranéen (or Mediterranean Tour) will unfortunately not take place. The stage race, originally scheduled for February 12-14 along the French Mediterranean coast, has been cancelled due to financial problems and disputes. Organizer LNC announced today that financial tensions had led to a dispute with… read more
Briton Stephen Cummings (BMC) maintained his lead in the Tour Méditerranéen on the final stage from Bandol to Toulon. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2R-La Mondiale) snatched the stage win after 192 kilometers. The Frenchman, who also won in Toulon last year, once again benefited from the six-kilometer final climb and won solo ahead of… read more
The third stage of the Tour Méditerranéen was dominated by two stages. In the morning, John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) celebrated a hat trick. After 63 hectic kilometers, he was faster in the mass sprint than the Italian Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani-CSF) and the Norwegian Thor Hushovd (BMC). As on the previous day, the breakaway riders had once again… read more
John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) celebrated another victory on the second stage of the Tour Méditerranéen. This time, he relegated Yannick Martinez (Europcar) and Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne-Seche Environnement) to second and third place, respectively. The 170-kilometer stage from Cadolive to Rousset featured the Petit Galibier, a climb of the first-ever steepest, with just under 25 kilometers to go… read more
John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) celebrated his first victory of the 2014 Tour Méditerranéen season at the end of the first stage. In the mass sprint after 196 kilometers from Argelès-sur-Mer to Montagnac, he prevailed against Danilo Napolitano (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani-CSF). It was already the team's sixth win of the season. In mild temperatures… read more
