1 August 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Nicolas Roche (32), Irish National Road Race and Time Trial Champion, will join BMC Racing Team for the 2017 season, General Manager Jim Ochowicz announced today. “Nicolas Roche is a fantastic addition to BMC Racing Team. Nicolas brings a wealth of experience and […]
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Fabio Sabatini continues with Etixx – Quick-Step
2017 will be the Italian’s third season with the team where he established himself as one of the peloton’s top lead-out men 01-Aug-2016: Fabio Sabatini (31) has agreed on a new contract with Etixx – Quick-Step, following in the footsteps of Tom Boonen, Iljo Keisse and Yves Lampaert, who re-upped […]
Hesjedal announces retirement at end of 2016 season
Ryder Hesjedal has confirmed that he will retire at the end of the 2016 season. The 35-year-old began as a professional in mountain biking in 1999 before switching full-time to the road with Discovery Channel in 2005, a career that has spanned 18 seasons professionally and over 20 years including […]
‘Game-changing’ Kreuziger joins ORICA-BikeExchange
Czech Republic champion Roman Kreuziger will ride for ORICA-BikeExchange across the next two seasons in what sports director Matt White has described as a ‘game-changing signing’. The 30-year-old joins the Australian outfit from Tinkoff, adding valuable experience for the outfit’s Grand Tour general classification ambitions going forward. ORICA-BikeExchange has enjoyed […]
Alberto Contador continues Vuelta a España build at Vuelta a Burgos this week
Following his participation in the Clasica San Sebastian, his first race back after injury during the Tour de France, Tinkoff’s GC leader Alberto Contador lines up at the five day Vuelta a Burgos in Spain. The race will be a strong test and preparation race in the build-up for the […]
Tom Boonen wins RideLondon Classic
The 35-year-old scored his second victory in the space of a week, taking Etixx – Quick-Step’s 2016 win tally to 40 31-Jul-2016: Napoleon Bonaparte once said that “great ambition is the passion of great a character” and if there’s a rider in the current peloton who can be seen as […]
Bauke Mollema wins Clasica San Sebastian
Bauke Mollema rebounded from the bitter disappointment one week ago when crashes ruined his podium chances at the Tour de France by soloing to his first WorldTour victory in Clasica San Sebastian Saturday. “The last days of the Tour de France were really disappointing for me, and this was a […]
Michael Valgren defends Tour of Denmark lead with fourth on stage four
Michael Valgren put in a solid performance in the fourth stage individual time trial at the Tour of Denmark to take fourth on the day, just 10 seconds down on the race winner. With his ride, Valgren successfully defends his overall race lead going into tomorrow’s final stage. “We finished […]
Michael Valgren doubles up on Tour of Denmark stage 3 taking the win and race lead
Michael Valgren continued Tinkoff’s strong start to the Tour of Denmark this week taking a superb victory on stage 3 with a huge attack on the final short, sharp climb to the line. Looking comfortable on each of the four tough finishing circuits, Valgren left the select front group behind […]
Tight finish sees race leader Daniele Bennati take third in Tour of Denmark stage 2 sprint
Starting the stage in defense of the race lead, Daniele Bennati nearly pulled off the double on today’s second stage of the race as first Michael Valgren tried his luck in the final kilometre, before Daniele was just edged into third in a thrilling sprint finish. With Michael caught in […]
