Team Giant-Alpecin is pleased to announce its final nine-rider line-up for the third Grand Tour of the 2016 season, the Vuelta a España, which starts on August 20. Following successful campaigns at the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France, winning two stages at each, the team heads to this year’s […]
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Lotto Soudal to Vuelta 2016
On Saturday 20 August the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España begins with a team time trial. Sports directors Mario Aerts and Marc Wauters will lead Lotto Soudal to Madrid, where the race ends on Sunday 11 September. This is the line-up of Lotto Soudal: Sander Armée, Bart De […]
BMC Racing Team Confirms Vuelta a Espãna Roster
11 August, 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) BMC Racing Team today confirmed the nine riders who will line up at the Vuelta a Espãna next week. Sports Director Valerio Piva said the team was selected to not only support Samuel Sánchez for the General Classification, but target stage wins throughout […]
Team Giant Alpecin Extends Contracts of Tom Stamsnijder and Albert Timmer
Albert Timmer Team Giant-Alpecin is pleased to announce that Dutch riders Tom Stamsnijder and Albert Timmer have extended their contracts. Stamsnijder is currently racing his fifth season and will extend his contract until the end of 2018. Timmer joined the team in 2007 and has also signed for a further […]
Oscar Gatto leads Tinkoff in spectacular Arctic Race of Norway
Tinkoff lines up this week at the four-day Arctic Race of Norway with an opportunistic team led by fast-finisher Oscar Gatto who comes to the race looking for stage wins after completing the first Tour de France of his career. Oscar will be looking to put the strength gained from […]
BMC Racing Team Returns to Arctic Race of Norway
8 August 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) BMC Racing Team returns to the fourth edition of the Arctic Race of Norway this week with a six-rider team eyeing stage wins. Sports Director Klaas Lodewyck said the team has multiple options for stage wins and the General Classification. “With the squad […]
BMC Racing Team Rider Medical Update: Porte
7 August, 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) In the interest of increasing communication around the health and fitness of BMC Racing Team’s riders, the team will release a regular update from Chief Medical Officer Dr. Max Testa on all rider injuries and illnesses. The update below concerns three of BMC […]
24 Hours Later: Greg Van Avermaet on Gold
07 August, 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Almost 24 hours after he claimed the gold medal in the road race at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Greg Van Avermaet shared what it means to become an Olympic champion. Greg, it’s now 24 hours after you won the gold medal […]
Confident Alberto Contador takes Vuelta a Burgos GC win after calculated late attack on final climb of the race
After four hard days of racing, it was all going to come down to the final stage of the Vuelta a Burgos. With forty seconds separating the top fifty GC riders, anyone could take the win on the toughest day of the race. Going into the day in 25th spot, […]
Belgian Riders to Rio
Tomorrow the Olympic Games officially begin with the opening ceremony at the Maracaña stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The men’s road race is scheduled only one day later. Tim Wellens is part of the Belgian team together with Laurens De Plus, Philippe Gilbert, Serge Pauwels and Greg Van Avermaet. The […]