The first days of the 2015 Tour de France have been a crash-fest, we lost the yellow jersey wearing Fabian Cancellara and the white jersey Tom Dumoulin, a load of other riders have lost a lot of blood and skin, but the battle still rages on. Video, results, rider quotes and reports from France and Austria. Transfer season is on us and we have news from Gastown and a Tour mechanic’s video. TOP STORY: The Transfer Rumor MillEvery year during the Tour all the talk is about ‘who is going to which team next year?’ OK, we are also talking about the great racing so far, but everyone wants the gossip on the rider transfers. The contracts might already be signed, but no one is allowed to make any official announcements. Sky seem to be making the most ripples in the whispering circle as quite a few rider’s contracts finish at the end of the year and David Brailsford will be having a sweep out, so it has been said. Richie Porte is on his way, many say to BMC and World champion Michal Kwiatkowski will be replacing him. French couple; Sylvain Chavanel and Jrome Pineau will not be with the Swiss team, IAM Cycling in 2016, where they are going is unknown, possible retirement. So far there has been no mention of a replacement sponsor for Europcar, this will free twenty-six riders onto the market, could the face pulling of Thomas Voeckler disappear from the peloton? It seems sprinter...
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