The 22-year-old became the first Dutchman to take a win at the race since it was elevated to World Tour status 18-Apr-2019: Fabio Jakobsen made it twenty-four Deceuninck – Quick-Step wins this season at the end of the 122.6km-long stage 3 of the Tour of Turkey, where after being put […]
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Sam Bennett Extends Overall Lead on Tough Tour of Turkey Stage Four
After yesterday’s shortest stage, the peloton had to face the longest stage of this year’s edition of the Tour of Turkey today. 194km on a demanding course with an uphill finish at a maximum gradient of 6% in the city of Bursa awaited the riders. Like yesterday, the wind played […]
Ewan Takes Stage 4 in Turkey
Caleb Ewan emerged victorious in the fourth stage of the Tour of Turkey today. At the end of the over 190 kilometres long stage, the Australian beat Juan José Lobato and Sam Bennett in a thrilling uphill sprint. Lobato tried to surprise by launching his sprint early, but Caleb Ewan […]
Confident Nibali Eager for Tour of the Alps Challenge
The Italian will ride in the euro-regional stage race April 22-26, enroute to the Giro d’Italia pink jersey. On Monday April 22nd, in Kufstein, Austria, the Sicilian rider will start Tour of the Alps, a race that he won twice in his career, before questing for a third Giro d’Italia […]
Two in a Row in Turkey: Sam Bennett Again successful
Stage two at the Tour of Turkey took the riders from yesterday’s finish in Tekirdag over 183km up to the National Park in Eceabat. BORA – hansgrohe with its overall race leader Sam Bennett, went into today’s stage aiming to defend at least the sprint jersey. Like yesterday, a group […]
Campenaerts Sets New World Hour Record
Victor Campenaerts wrote a piece of cycling history on the Velodromo Bicentenario in Aguascalientes today. The Lotto Soudal rider covered 55.089 kilometres in one hour and beat the previous record, set by Bradley Wiggins in 2015, by over 500 metres. That way, Victor Campenaerts can call himself, after months of […]
Sam Bennett Claims Victory at Tour of Turkey Opener
The 55th edition of the Presidential Tour of Turkey kicked off today with a 156km flat stage from Istanbul to Tekirdag. BORA – hansgrohe arrived with a strong team in Turkey around Sam Bennett, who won three stages in last year’s edition. But also the lead-out was particularly strong with […]
Philippe Gilbert Wins Paris-Roubaix 2019
April 14 th 2019 – 17:35 Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck-Quick Step) delivered a masterclass on the way to Roubaix to claim his fifth success in a Monument, after his victories in Lombardia (2009, 2010), Liège (2011) and Flanders (2017). The Belgian star is the first rider to dominate four different Monuments […]
Ion Izagirre Wins Itzulia Basque Country 2019
It was a day of glory for Ion Izagirre and the entire Astana Pro Team today in Eibar at the final stage of the 2019 Itzulia Basque Country. A brave double attack of Ion Izagirre and Jakob Fuglsang with 67 km to the finish, finally, brought a beautiful and well-deserved […]
Adam Yates attacks to win the final stage of Itzulia Pais Vasco and take the mountain jersey
After finishing consistently high all week, Adam Yates finally got the chance to throw his hands in the air with a final stage victory today in Itzulia Pais Vasco, after making it into a winning move, before attacking in the final three-kilometres to take a solo victory. Yates also picked […]