August 16 th 2020 – 17:10 The 5th and last stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné turned the race upside down with aggressive racing from the start and major gaps on the line. The race leader Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) abandoned after a crash on Saturday. And his runner-up Thibaut Pinot […]
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Sheyla Gutiérrez boosts Blues’ morale with La Périgord win
August 15th, 2020 Smart, strong performance by Spaniard from Movistar Team in Périgueux rewards Telefónica-backed squad’s magnificent teamwork in southwestern FranceThree weeks after their first post-lockdown victory with Katrine Aalerud at the Norwegian time trial Championships, the women’s Movistar Team scored another success at La Périgord (UCI 1.2; Cornille – […]
Maximilian Schachmann and Rafal Majka produce valiant effort at Il Lombardia
After departing Bergamo, the peloton set off on a 231 km-long route, which featured the legendary Madonna del Ghisallo, with its gradients of up to 14 percent, the fearsome Muro di Sormano, and the ascents of the Civiglio and San Fermo della Battaglia in the final 20 km. The race […]
Formidable Jakob Fuglsang storms to glory at Il Lombardia
After 231 demanding kilometers out in the heat at the race of the falling leaves, Astana’s leader Jakob Fuglsang powered to an amazing Monument victory in Como, the second of his career after Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2019. The second Monument of the season, Il Lombardia took the peloton from Bergamo to […]
Remco Evenepoel Update Saturday 15 August 2020
The 20-year-old Belgian suffered multiple injuries during Saturday’s Il Lombardia. One of the favourites at the start of the season’s second Monument, Remco Evenepoel crashed inside the last 50 kilometers, on the descent of Muro di Sormano, hitting a bridge wall and going over it into a ravine. Placed into […]
Evenepoel Crashes into ditch at Lombardia
He ran into the barricades on the last 50k of the race while descendingthe Sormano. It’s a very fast and technical descent where several other cyclists crashed in 2017. He went over a bridge and through some trees. Evenepoel tumbled into a ravine where he was attended by medics. He […]
Kämna and Roglic save the day in Dauphine
August 15th 2020 – 17:14 Lennard Kämna soloed to his first professional victory at the end of a stage that saw three of his Bora-Hansgrohe teammates abandon the race, including his leader Emanuel Buchmann (3rd overall before his abandon). The young German rider dominated his breakaway companions during the final […]
CRITÉRIUM DU DAUPHINÉ 2020 STAGE 3: FORMOLO MAKES IT SOLO
August 14th 2020 Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates) claimed his first victory on the roads of the Critérium du Dauphiné after a massive solo effort en route to Saint-Martin-de-Belleville. The Italian climber went for the early breakaway and dropped all his companions on the Col de la Madeleine. After a […]
Team Sunweb signs talented American Kevin Vermaerke
Team Sunweb is delighted to announce signing 19-year-old Kevin Vermaerke on a three-year deal, until the end of 2023. The young American will compete in a select few races as a stagiaire for the remainder of 2020 before making the step to the WorldTour program. A talented climber, Vermaerke had […]
CRITÉRIUM du DAUPHINÉ 2020 Stage 2: Roglic Smashes Ineos Lock on Col de Porte
August 13th 2020 Team Ineos tried to control the race on the first major climbing showdown of the 2020 Critérium du Dauphiné but Egan Bernal couldn’t answer Primoz Roglic’s powerful attack inside the last kilometre. The Slovenian rider claimed his first victory on the roads of the Dauphiné and snatched […]