As the most active rider of Team KATUSHA this week in Catalunya, Alexey Tsatevich finally found his luck on Sunday. After a number of Top-10 placements, today Tsatevich won his first ever WorldTour race, taking a nice win at the final stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. KATUSHA’s rider […]
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Nairo, a Marvel in Catalunya
27 March 2016 After resisting repeated attacks by his rivals on a thrilling final circuit around Montjuïc, Movistar Team’s Colombian prodigy Nairo Quintana added overall victory in the 2016 Volta a Catalunya to his two previous WorldTour one-week race wins, the 2013 Tour of the Basque Country and the 2015 […]
Axeon Hagens Berman Wins Volta ao Alentejo Team Title
Évora, Portugal – The Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team placed three riders in the top 12 overall Sunday at the Volta ao Alentejo on the way to winning the team classification. Tao Geoghegan Hart of Great Britain was sixth, American Logan Owen was 11th and Latvian Under 23 national road […]
MILANO SANREMO: HUGE PARTY FOR DEMARE!
Arnaud Demare delivers! Maser (Treviso), 19 March, 2016 – With a very long, extraordinarily powerful sprint, Demare left behind all the fierce competition, crossing the Sanremo finish line with arms in the air after an almost 300 km ride. The French rider was over the moon. He showed up for […]
Peter Sagan’s hopes of Milano-Sanremo glory falter in finale
As the first Monument of the season, the racing at the 107th Milano-Sanremo was always going to be fast and frenetic. In a race that saw strong efforts from the team to deliver Peter Sagan to Sanremo, a crash a few hundred metres before the finish threw the World Champion […]
Change of racing schedule for Valverde
March 19th, 2016 Spanish champion from Movistar Team switches to ‘Giro d’Italia preparation’ mode, avoids Flemish classics Alejandro Valverde and the Movistar Team have decided to modify the 2014-15 UCI WorldTour winner’s calendar for the first part of his 2016 season. The 35-year-old Spaniard, 15th today in Milano-Sanremo, will not […]
Neo Pro Erik Baška takes first victory in Tinkoff colours at Handzame Classic
Erik Baška has raced to the biggest victory of his young career so far at the 14th edition of the Handzame Classic in Belgium, sprinting clear in the bunch finish to take a convincing win in his first year at WorldTour level. The 22 year-old Slovakian sprinter was Tinkoff’s protected […]
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2016
The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya will take place from Monday 21 March 2016 till Sunday 27 March 2016. The 96th edition of this stage race, which is part of the WorldTour, takes the riders in seven stages through the North of Spain. This race is something for the real climbers […]
Porte and van Garderen Team Up in Catalunya
18 March, 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Richie Porte and Tejay van Garderen will race together for the first time in BMC Racing Team when they line up at Volta Ciclista a Catalunya from 21-27 March. After testing their legs at Paris-Nice (Porte) and Tirreno-Adriatico (van Garderen), the two riders […]
Brain doping – the newest weapon in the quest for athletic performance
By Gianni Merlo, AIPS President LAUSANNE, March 17, 2016 – Let’s face it – doping has sadly become the main issue facing sport. Almost every day we are bombarded by news of doping scandals at all levels. Athletes, federations, and clubs are under constant scrutiny and it’s becoming more and […]
