Antequera. Los Dólmenes, Thursday, August 31th – Already winner of stage 6, Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) led another victorious breakaway on stage 12 of La Vuelta. The Polish rider dropped all his companions in the last climb of the day to solo to the win at Antequera, on Thursday. Alberto […]
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Froome Dominates
Cumbre del sol, sunday, August 27th – Already leader of La Vuelta 2017, Chris Froome (Team Sky) made the most of stage 9’s steep finish to claim the victory at La Cumbre del Sol. The British winner of the Tour de France won ahead of Esteban Chaves (Orica-Scott), who now […]
Vuelta a España: Majestic Alaphilippe wins in Xorret de Cati
The 25-year-old became the sixth Quick-Step Floors rider to take a Grand Tour stage victory this season 26-Aug-2017: Julian Alaphilippe is back! After a four-month injury lay-off, which had him skip the Ardennes Classics and the Tour de France, Julian made up for all those disappointing and sad moments by […]
Mohoric Takes Vuelta Stage 7
Cuenca, Friday, August 25th – Matej Mohoric, a former Junior and U23 World champion, snatched his first Grand Tour victory at the end of stage 7 of La Vuelta 2017, on Friday. The Slovenian rider attacked from the gun and then dominated his breakaway companions for a brilliant solo win […]
Marczynski takes the win, Contador brings the fireworks
Sagunt, Thursday, August 24th – Attacks all day long offered an impressive showdown on stage 6 of La Vuelta Thursday on the way to Sagunt. Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) dominated the last survivors of a 37 man breakaway to snatch the win just ahead of a group of favorites set […]
Majka survives second mountain stage while Michael Schwarzmann enjoys an adventures day in the break to Alcossebre
After a long day in the break, Michael Schwarzmann was dropped only on the penultimate climb, being surprisingly at the head of the race for most of the second mountain stage of the Vuelta 2017. Also BORA – hansgrohe’s leader Rafal Majka felt better after suffering stomach problems for the […]
Lutsenko rises for a first, Contador is alive again
Alcossebre, Wednesday, August 23th – Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) enjoyed the first summit finish at La Vuelta 2017 to win his first Grand Tour stage, on Wednesday at Alcossebre. The Kazakh rider attacked from the gun and dominated his breakaway companions for a brilliant solo win ahead of Merhawi Kudus (Dimension […]
Degenkolb forced to abandon Vuelta a España due to illness
(file photo) John Degenkolb, and his team, Trek-Segafredo, announced this morning that bronchitis have forced him to abandon the Vuelta a España before the start of stage 5. John Degenkolb, winner of 10 stages and the points jersey in previous editions of the Vuelta: “I never had to abandon in […]
Stomach problems hold back Rafal Majka’s GC hopes in La Vuelta
Still suffering from stomach problems, the BORA – hansgrohe leader couldn’t follow the main bunch in the final of a fast, flat stage to Tarragona. Again, he lost some minutes to burry all GC hopes for this Vuelta, while the fast men in the peloton contested in a bunch sprint. […]
Trentin seizes the opportunity
Matteo Trentin makes history at the Vuelta a España The Italian earned a place in the history books as the 100th rider to win stages in all Grand Tours22-Aug-2017: Quick-Step Floors is on a roll at the Vuelta a España, where our team has just nabbed another stage victory, number […]