Young Australian sprinter moves up to WorldTour. Taj Jones of the ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast team beat top pro riders to win a sprint in the Tour of Langkawi this year, and raced his way to a three-year contract with Israel Start-Up Nation. The speedy 20-year old Australian will […]
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Rein Taaramae engages for two years with Circus-Wanty Gobert
Circus-Wanty Gobert-Tormans announces its first recruitment for next season 2021. Rein Taaramäe committed himself for two years to the Belgian team. The multiple Estonian champion has proven himself in the mountains by winning the Tour de l’Ain (2009), the Tour of Burgos (2015) and the Tour of Slovenia (2016). The […]
STAGE 9 TO POGACAR, LEAD TO ROGLIC: SLOVENIA TAKES IT ALL
Tadej Pogacar won his first Tour de France stage out of a 5-man breakaway after brave attacker Marc Hirschi who soloed 90km before the end got caught within 2km to go. He was the second Slovenian to win in Laruns in just as many finishes in the Pyrenean town, two […]
Yates digs deep to hold onto Tour de France lead on stage eight
Tour de France race leader Adam Yates had to dig deep to hold onto the yellow jersey on stage eight as the race headed into the Pyrenees for this first time in this year’s edition. The UAE Tour winner was distanced several times on the final climb, but his rivals […]
Nans Peters Scores First Tour de France Victory
The year after he opened his Grand Tour record book by winning a mountain stage at the Giro d’Italia, France’s Nans Peters soloed to victory over the col de Peyresourde to impose himself at Loudenvielle. Thibaut Pinot cracked because of pains after his crash on stage 1. Adam Yates retained […]
Castelnovo and the iconic Bismantova Rock await Appenninica
Focus on the stage venues – The town in the province of Reggio Emilia and the beautiful “Rock” in the background are set to host Appenninica MTB Parmigiano Reggiano Stage Race again on September 30th and October 1st The discovery journey through Appenninica Parmigiano Reggiano Stage 2020’s stage venues, scheduled […]
Wout Van Aert for Stage 7
With a max speed of 70.4km/h in the sprint, WoutvanAert is the first Belgian rider with multiple Stage wins in a single edition of LeTour since Tom Boonen in 2007. Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) became the first rider to win two stages in the 107th Tour de France. It’s also […]
Tirreno-Adriatico SEP 7 – 14
Luke Roberts – Team Sunweb coach“This year’s Tirreno-Adriatico takes place over eight days, with a real mixed bag of terrain and interesting stages. There are some pure sprints, more difficult reduced sprints, a mountain-top finish and a time trial; so there are lots of opportunities throughout the race. Our main […]
Another second finish place puts Groves into the overall race lead in Hungary
Young Australian sprinter Kaden Groves came close to a stage win at the Tour de Hongrie today, picking up another second-place finish, which subsequently catapulted him into the overall race lead after gaining bonus seconds on the line. The 21-year-old will ride in the yellow leader’s jersey tomorrow for Mitchelton-SCOTT […]
Team Sunweb renews contract with Tiesj Benoot until the end of 2022
After joining Team Sunweb at the start of 2020, Benoot immediately found his feet in the team, impressing at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad where he rode strongly to help teammate Søren Kragh Andersen to third place on the day. It was at Paris-Nice, otherwise known as the Race to the Sun, […]