The sporting direction, assumed by Valerio Piva and Jean-Marc Rossignon, warned that the riders of Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux were keen to bounce back the day after the crash and DNF of leader Louis Meintjes. In order to do it, they had to exploit a difficult route, as stage 20 of this […]
Vuelta a Espana
Another Thriller and Another Cort Nielsen Triumph
Monforte de Lemos, Friday, September 3th 2021 – Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education Nippo) took his third stage win of La Vuelta 21 on Friday, after a 191.5km battle from Tapia to Monforte de Lemos. The Dane made the early breakaway over the first climbs of the day. The gap […]
Vuelta – Eiking: “No regrets, only pride”
Stage 17 of the Vuelta a España, which led to Lagos de Covadonga, promised to be decisive for the general classification. In addition to the well-know summit finish (12.5 km at 7%), the riders would face the climb of La Collada Llomena (7.6 km at 9.1%), a new difficulty that […]
LOPEZ TAMES THE MIGHTY GAMONITEIRU
Altu d’El Gamoniteiru, Thursday, September 2nd 2021 – Miguel Angel Lopez took victory on the gruelling slopes of the Altu d’El Gamoniteiru (14.6km with an average gradient of 9.8%) on Thursday. The Colombian attacked inside the last 4km of the queen stage of La Vuelta 21, featuring 4,500m of elevation, […]
Roglic, A Giant In Asturias
Lagos de Covadonga, Wednesday, September 1st 2021 – Primoz Roglic took victory at Lagos de Covadonga after a crazy stage 17 of La Vuelta 21 that will go down in the history books. The battle was on from the start and the pace was relentless until the summit finish, where […]
Eiking hangs on to La Roja as Roman Bardet Takes the Win
Pico Villuercas, Saturday, August 28th 2021 – Romain Bardet (Team DSM) achieved on stage 14 what he came for in La Vuelta 21: a spectacular stage win after an all-day battle in the mountains. The Frenchman was the strongest climber in the breakaway to take victory atop the unprecedented summit […]
Vuelta 13: Eiking Perfectly Surrounded Towards The Mountains
For the sixth time in this Tour of Spain, the stage was concluded by a bunch sprint. And for the sixth time, Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert finished the stage with a rider in the lead of the general classification. Perfectly protected during the thirteenth stage, Odd Christian Eiking avoided to be trapped by […]
Vuelta a España: Florian Sénéchal takes maiden Grand Tour victory
The Frenchman becomes the team’s 16th different rider to win a race this year27-Aug-2021: Florian Sénéchal brought Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s 52nd victory of the season after an insane finale in Villanueva de la Serena, where stage 13 concluded. The 28-year-old benefitted from an excellent lead-out from his Deceuninck – Quick-Step […]
Sénéchal Gets the Win
August 27 th 2021 After Deceuninck-Quick Step pulled for 200km to lead Fabio Jakobsen to another La Vuelta stage win, exactly two years after he took the first one, the Dutch sprinter suffered a mechanical in the streets of Villanueva de la Serena. But that didn’t prevent the Wolfpack from […]
Vuelta 12: Eiking, Still in Red : “The ideal scenario for us”
The riders at the Tour of Spain (2.WT, 14/08-5/09) left Jaén in 35 degrees this Thursday for the twelfth stage of 175 kilometer. On their way to Cordoba, finish city for the twentieth time, the peloton had to ride 100 kilometer downhill before encountering two climbs, the Alto de San […]