The 59th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country commenced today with an almost 12 km-long individual time trial around Zumarraga. It also marked the first time that Itzulia has featured a race against the clock as an opening stage. The first part of the parcours was not particularly […]

Team effort delivers EF Education First’s biggest victory Alberto Bettiol reached the one kilometer marker 20-seconds ahead of the chase group in his wake. The Italian, six years a professional, without a victory to his name, was moments away from winning Tour of Flanders. In the car behind him, Andreas […]

After the Gent-Wevelgem success, the UAE-Team Emirates’ Norwegian claimed a prestigious third place in the “Ronde”, confirming his status as Northern Classics specialist. Alexander Kristoff’s cobbles season continues in style: after triumphing at Gent-Wevelgem last Sunday, the UAE Team Emirates rider brought his Northwave Extreme Pro on Tour of Flanders’ […]

The Tour of the Basque Country, a six-day stage race in northern Spain, takes place from Monday 8 April until Saturday 13 April included. An individual time trial, three hilly stages and two stages through the mountains will determine who succeeds Primož Roglič. The 59th edition promises to be spectacular. […]

At today’s BORA – hansgrohe press conference, Peter Sagan appeared confident. Looking towards De Ronde, although the absence of Jempy Drucker and Oscar Gatto will be felt, Sagan will still have a strong team in attendance to support him. “I was able to recover over the last week and I […]

Il Giro di Sicilia (2.1, 3-6/04) ended today at the top of the Etna. The Sicilian mountain was going to decide the final winner of the new Italian race, organized by RCS. The race exploded from the bottom of the Etna. The peloton was reduced to around 25 riders when […]

Miguel Angel Lopez became the overall winner of the 99th edition of the prestigious UCI WorldTour race Volta Ciclista a Catalunya ended today in Barcelona. The Astana rider, supported by the whole team, was able to defend his lead at the seventh stage of the race on a hard Montjuic […]

Today, like almost every year, the race travelled to Barcelona for the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya. Stage 7 took the peloton over a 143 km course to the traditional Montjuic circuit. They tackled the two-kilometer-long climb at a gradient of 5 % eight times, last of the […]

Mitchelton-SCOTT secured a historic one, two, three on the general classification as Lucas Hamilton safely negotiated the final stage to win the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali. Fellow Australian’s Damien Howson and Nick Schultz capped off an incredible team performance by holding onto their second and third positions in the […]

Today’s stage would see the riders travel 169 kilometres from Valls to Vila-seca. Although there were no mountain passes on offer, the parcours were rolling and very hilly in the opening two thirds of the afternoon; terrain that might tempt another strong breakaway attempt from the peloton. A group of […]