Van Garderen ready for his Alpine challenge at the Tour de France

Tejay van Garderen (BMC) heads into the Alpine stages of the Tour de France in seventh place and ready to fight with his GC rivals for a place on the podium and possibly even the yellow jersey if Vincenzo Nibali falters.

Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.