On Saturday morning, Slipstream Sports notified all riders and staff of the uncertainty of our organization’s future. Yesterday management received some discouraging news about a new partner we anticipated joining us in 2018. Without this partner’s support, we cannot guarantee our financial security and subsequently our UCI WorldTour license for […]
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Porte and Hermans Resume Training Following Crashes
25 August, 2017, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Richie Porte and Ben Hermans have resumed training after sustaining serious injuries in crashes at the Tour de France and Tour of Poland respectively. BMC Racing Team Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Max Testa said that Porte is on track after a significant period […]
Julien Bernard and Kiel Reijnen Renew their contracts at Trek-Segafredo
Trek-Segafredo is excited to announce that Julien Bernard and Kiel Reijnen have extended their contracts for two years. With these contract extensions, Trek-Segafredo continues to lay the basis for 2018 and 2019. Bernard, 25, is a proficient climber and showed big improvements over the last years, gaining experience in the […]
Quick-Step Floors sign Michael Mørkøv
A rider with a solid pedigree on both road and track, the Dane will join our squad as of January 1st 2018 22-Aug-2017: Michael Mørkøv will start a new chapter in his career from next season, after inking a two-year contract with Quick-Step Floors. Michael’s road in cycling began on […]
World Tour Women at GP de Plouay on Saturday
GP DE PLOUAY (WWT) The women’s WorldTour peloton are back in action this Saturday for GP de Plouay. Riders face a bumpy course which totals 121 kilometres with four times around 26.9 kilometre circuit followed by one around a finishing circuit of 13.9 kilometres. Team Sunweb coach Hans Timmermans (NED) […]
Dries Devenyns at home with Quick-Step Floors
A very reliable and experienced rider, the Belgian has penned a two-year deal with our team. 21-Aug-2017: Having rejoined the squad ahead of this season, Dries Devenyns was quintessential in many of Quick-Step Floors’ exploits on the road in 2017, but at the same time proved he still has what […]
Special Trek Émonda SLR presented to Alberto Contador
A special Trek Émonda SLR was presented to Alberto Contador on Friday evening at the Vuelta a España team presentation in celebration of his remarkable career. Contador will say good-bye after 14 years as a professional cyclist at the conclusion of the Vuelta on September 10 in Madrid. The bold […]
Mezgec sprints to victory in the one-day Veenendaal Classic
In-form Slovenian champion Luka Mezgec sprinted to an impressive victory today in the one-day Dutch race, Veenendaal Classic. The 195kilometre race was animated with a breakaway of nine riders escaping as ORICA-SCOTT took control of the peloton, setting the tempo on the front to gradually reel in the leaders. It […]
TEAM SUNWEB’S ELLEN VAN DIJK WINS LADIES TOUR OF NORWAY OPENING PROLOGUE
Team Sunweb’s Ellen van Dijk (NED) has taken the victory at the opening stage of the Ladies Tour of Norway today, as she powered to prologue victory aboard her Liv Trinity Advanced SL. Making her prologue debut after taking the 2017 title, two-time European time trial champion rode to the […]
Trek-Segafredo rider Alberto Contador speaks to the press ahead of his final race
On August 18, 2017, Alberto Contador spoke to the press on the team’s press conference ahead of the Vuelta a España. The press conference started with Alberto paying his respects to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Spain yesterday: “Before anything else, I think we are all very touched […]