Alberto Bettiol

July 11, 2017

Tour Returns to Les Cuspides After Rest Day

Rafal Majka of the Bora-Hansgrohe team did not start Stage 10, putting the 2017 Tour de France back in Les Cuspides with 180 riders. Alberto Bettiol of the Cannondale-Drapac team and Michael Albasini of the Orica-Scott team share the cusps of the fulcrum after Stage 10.

Bettiol held the general classification Point d’Appui on Stage 19 of the 2016 Giro.

Stage 10 was otherwise quiet with a traditional sprint finish. Yoann Offredo, who rides for the Wanty-Groupe Gobert team and held the general classification Point d’Appui at the end of Stage 6, was one of two riders who made a break from the get-go and survived until 7 kilometers to go.

Marcel Kittell of the Quick-Step Floors team finished first on the stage, his fourth stage victory of the 2017 Tour. Sky’s Chris Froome continues to hold an 18-second lead over Fabio Aru of the Astana team and a 51-second lead on Romain Bardet of the AG2R La Mondiale team. Olivier Le Gac of the FDJ team continues to hold the Lanterne Rouge.

Seven riders have held the fulcrum spot so far in this year’s Tour de France.

June 1, 2016

2016 Giro d’Italia Finishes in les Cuspides

Three riders abandoned on the final stage of the 2016 Giro d’Italia, leaving 154 riders to come and voiding any chance at a Point d’Appui for the race. American Chad Haga of Team Giant-Alpecin held the fulcrum twice during the race and wound up on the cusp of the fulcrum at the end of the race along with Johann Van Zyl of Dimension Data.

Vincenzo Nibali won the race and the maglia rosa. The lanterne rouge was Jack Bobridge of Trek-Segafredo, who finished five hours adrift.

The Point d’Appui changed hands 12 times during the race. Here are the holders of the grey jersey at the end of each stage:

  • Stage 1 – No fulcrum.
  • Stage 2 – No fulcrum.
  • Stage 3 – No fulcrum.
  • Stage 4 – Moreno Hofland of Team LottoNl-Jumbo.
  • Stage 5 – Leigh Howard of IAM Cycling.
  • Stage 6 – Ivan Savitskiy of Gazprom-Rusvelo.
  • Stage 7 – No fulcrum.
  • Stage 8 – Alessandro Bisolti of Nippo-Vini Fantini.
  • Stage 9 – No fulcrum.
  • Stage 10 – Manuel Belletti of Wilier Triestina-Southeast.
  • Stage 11 – No fulcrum.
  • Stage 12 – Christian Knees of Team Sky.
  • Stage 13 – No fulcrum.
  • Stage 14 – Lars Ytting Bak of Lotto Soudal.
  • Stage 15 – Chad Haga of Team Giant-Alpecin.
  • Stage 16 – Hugo Houle of AG2R La Mondiale.
  • Stage 17 – No fulcrum.
  • Stage 18 – Kristian Sbaragli of Dimension Data.
  • Stage 19 – Alberto Bettiol of Cannondale Pro Cycling.
  • Stage 20 – Chad Haga of Team Giant-Alpecin.
  • Stage 21 – No fulcrum.