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Last year Michael Matthews was one place short of victory at the Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja. Twenty four hours later Simon Gerrans stood atop the podium after he scored a win on the opening stage of the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco. Following in his teammate’s footsteps, Daryl Impey […]
Team Garmin-Sharp today announced its line-up for Sunday’s Tour of Flanders, including 2011 Paris-Roubaix winner, Johan Vansummeren, Classics specialist Sebastian Langeveld, who has finished 5th and 10 in the Tour of Flanders (2011 and 2013, respectively), veterans David Millar and Tyler Farrar (whose 2014 Classics season to-date includes top 10’s […]
Catalunya, 28th of March – 2014 Another mountainous and 218 kilometer long stage was in store for the Volta a Catalunya peloton during day 5 of the Catalan race. The big question was if the GC riders wanted to take advantage of the hilly terrain to create havoc in the […]
Vallter, 27th of March – 2014Everything was in store for a thrilling day during the 166 kilometer long fourth queen stage of Volta a Catalunya containing five climbs and a mercilessly steep uphill finish to Vallter in 220 meters altitude. With only seconds separating the top contenders, the overall lead was […]
Quick-Step Cycling Team put on yet another show at a Belgian race in 2014. They opened the cobbled Classics with a victory at Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday, after executing perfect race tactics that included Niki Terpstra attacking on the Paterberg to eventually win solo. Thanks to Gert Steegmans placing […]
Incredible work from the Katusha Team on the first of two mountaintop finishes in the 2014 La Volta paid off in a big way on Wednesday with Joaquim Rodriguez taking both the stage win and the overall lead in the general classification. It was the first win of the season […]
La Molina, 26th of March – 2014 Today’s 162 kilometer long third stage of Volta a Catalunya was the first big test between the contenders for the overall win of race finishing with an uphill finish to La Molina – a perfect scenario for a thrilling battle between the big […]
The first Grand Tour of the season, Giro d’Italia is fast approaching and Team Giant-Shimano can now reveal the long-list of 12 riders from which nine will be selected nearer the time. One rider Team Giant-Shimano can confirm will definitely be on the start line in May is four-time Tour […]
Vlaandern, 26th of March – 2014 Tinkoff-Saxo took on Dwars door Vlaandern with a rather amputated team and the ride across the undulating and cobbled Belgian landscape was dominated by various breakaway attempts and perhaps Nicki Terpstra (Omega-Pharma Quick Step) formed the most tenacious one of them. However, entering the […]
L’Equipe Magazine has reported that President Obama, while visiting Belgium this week, is expected to be at the World War I cemetary about one kilometer from the finish of the race. His visit could change the route even though no one will have time to stop for autographs. The details […]
