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Nail-biting finale in Lleida: Miguel reeled in next to the finish, Duque tenth in the sprint edged by Van Poppel “Trying and trying again, our day will come in the end.” Colombia-Coldeportes’ Sports Director Valerio Tebaldi sounds confident at the end of Vuelta a Espana’s stage 12 (Escaldes– Lleida, 173 […]
Although no stage provides an optimum opportunity to recover, today’s one got as close as possible, as Vuelta a España left the mountains temporarily to finish in Lleida, where Van Poppel took the win in a bunch sprint. Rafal Majka, Tinkoff-Saxo team leader and currently 4th in the GC, focused […]
Danny van Poppel, 22, made no mistake with his first opportunity at contesting a bunch finish at the Vuelta a España, waiting until the perfect moment to launch his sprint in the final uphill meters to take the biggest win of his young career. Van Poppel: “This was my first […]
Tinkoff-Saxo’s sport directors held a meeting with the Vuelta a España race director, a UCI Commissaire and a representative of TV España. A number of concrete safety measures were discussed and agreed upon and as a result, Tinkoff-Saxo’s squad took to the start of Stage 12. However, the team will […]
“The team worked a tactic today to be together when we could and to coordinate our actions – this shows we have a strong, thinking team with 10 more stages to go – to defend the Red Jersey is now our main objective” He finished behind teammate Landa and now has […]
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Rafal Majka finished 6th on the killer stage 11 of Vuelta a España that was dubbed “the hardest ever” prior to its start. The day lived up to the expectations with a battle of attrition spread over 4,950 altitude meters. Spurred on by a dedicated effort from teammate Pawel […]
Tinkoff Saxo asks: Can organizers of Vuelta a España guarantee a safe race? This is the question everybody involved in the sport of cycling should be asking after Sergio Paulinho was hit by a reckless TV motorcycle in the first kilometers of the Vuelta stage 11. Exactly four days after […]
It might take years before the Vuelta a Espana lives another stage as tough as the one of today, Wednesday September 2nd, through the 138 km from Andorra La Vella to Cortals d’Encamp. Five categorized climbs and a 5.500-meter overall altitude proved an extreme test for the riders, even putting […]
Tinkoff-Saxo announces that, unfortunately, the team’s co-leader at the Vuelta a España cannot safely continue to race and will instead return home to recover from the injuries he suffered after he was hit by a motorbike at the finale of stage 8 on Saturday afternoon. Sagan was hit by a […]
Rubiano eightheenth in Murcia. Torres, battered by a virus, crashes and slides down in the GC. Miguel Angel-Rubiano In a three-week stage race like the Vuelta a España, fates and eventualities go well beyond the altimetry profile of the single stages. It was proved once again in the 8th stage […]
