Team BIKE AID’s very own Tour de France

Having just returned from the Sibiu Tour in Romania, Saarland’s professional cycling team BIKE AID were already off to France for a series of elite road races. 

In Sibiu, Dawit Yemane secured a fantastic top-twenty place in the overall standings of this difficult tour with its two mountain finishes. BIKE AID also impressed as one of the strongest Continental teams in the team rankings. 

Things kicked off in France with the Tour de l’Ain near Lyon (13 to 15 July 2024).

At the Tour de l’Ain (UCI 2.1), BIKE AID were up against seven teams also competing in the Tour de France. The first stage was a sprint from Laiz to Bourg-en-Bresse. 

Young Eritrean talent Yoel Habteab gained his first top-ten finish in a professional European race, with a ninth place in the first stage.

The second stage began in Saint Vulbas. This is where Marc Cavendish made Tour de France history just a few days before with his 35th stage win. It is also where Georg Zimmermann celebrated his first professional win in 2021 at the Tour de l’Ain. Like the third stage, this was a difficult climb through France’s Jura mountains.

BIKE AID’s lineup: Antoine Berlin (Monaco), Dawit Yemane and Yoel Habteab (both Eritrea), Oliver Mattheis (Pfronten), Leslie Lührs (Munich) and Máté Balázs (Niederwürzbach).

The Tour de l’Ain was immediately followed on Wednesday by the Tour d’Alsace in the Vosges (24 to 28 July). This route, similarly steeped in history, includes an uphill finish on Planche des Belles-Filles.

The finale of BIKE AID’s ‘Tour de France’ is the Tour du Limousin (13 to 16 August), with climbing stages through the Massif Central and countless Tour de France teams.

We would like to wish Team BIKE AID strong legs and a successful outcome for their Tour de France.