REVIEW: Sagan first Slovakian to win world title

Cycling – Peter Sagan became the first ever rider from Slovakia to win the World Championships men’s road race. Peter Sagan has now won 78 UCI races, including 19 in United States (24%).

REVIEW: Various Tour de France 2015 stats

CYCLING – The 2015 Tour de France finished on Sunday. See below some various facts & figures about this year’s edition.

GENERAL: Final Tour de France earnings

CYCLING – Chris Froome won the 2015 Tour de France and earned €503,530 combined, most of all riders. His final classification victory alone was already worth €450,000, which is more than any other team has earned combined.

REVIEW: Earning Tour 2015

CYCLING – The 2015 Tour de France is in its first rest day after nine days of racing. Etixx – Quick-Step has earned €44,350, most of all teams. They have earned more than 22 times as much as FDJ (€2,010).

Thomas, Sagan, Degenkolb aim for rare Monument win

Geraint Thomas (GBR), Peter Sagan (SVK) and John Degenkolb (GER) hope to give their countries a rare win in the Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday 5 April.

Thomas can follow in the footsteps of Tommy Simpson who won this race in 1961, while Degenkolb has Steffen Wesemann’s win in 2004 as example. For Sagan, a win would be Slovakia’s first-ever win in any of the five Monument races, Milano – Sanremo, Ronde van Vlaanderen, Paris – Roubaix, Liège – Bastogne – Liège and Il Lombardia.

REVIEW: Sixth Grand tour victory is Contador’s to lose

CYCLING –  Barring injury or an unusual turn of events, Alberto Contador will scoop up his sixth Grand Tour General Classification victory on Sunday. He will become the sixth cyclist to have won more than five joining Eddy Merckx (11), Bernard Hinault (10), Jacques Anquetil (8), Fausto Coppi (7) and Miguel Induráin (7).

REVIEW: Valverde wins his second Clásica

CYCLING – Alejandro Valverde won the 34th edition of Clásica San Sebastian on Saturday. The Spanish rider set a new record of winning this race six years apart (2008-2014). Marino Lejarreta (1982-1987) had the previous record of five years between two victories in this race.

REVIEW: 2014 Tour de France recap

CYCLING – The following is a statistical recap of the 2014 Tour de France.

REVIEW: French put two on the podium in Paris

CYCLING – Jean-Christophe Péraud and Thibaut Pinot will come second and third respectively in the 2014 Tour de France. It is the first time in 17 years that any local favourite reaches the top 3. In 1997, Richard Virenque finished second behind Tour winner Jan Ullrich. The last time two Frenchmen reached the Champs Élysées podium was 30 years ago. In 1984, Laurent Fignon won the Tour de France and Bernard Hinault finished runner-up.

REVIEW: Rogers oldest Tour stage winner in two years

CYCLING – Michael Rogers won the 16th stage in the 2014 Tour de France, finishing in Bagnères-de-Luchon on Tuesday. At age 34 years and 214 days he became the oldest Tour stage winner in two years, when David Millar won at age 35 years and 191 days in 2012. Since 2000, 12 stages had an older winner than Rogers today.