With the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on Sunday the Belgian road season can start. Today Lotto Soudal did a recon of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. It was a ride of one hundred kilometres over cobblestone sections like Haaghoek and Paddestraat. The last eight hills, among other Taaienberg […]
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Avila and Duque in the frontline in French weekend
The Escarabajos are ready to tackle La Classic Sud-Ardèche and La Drôme Classic After beginning February in France, at the Grand Prix La Marseillaise and the Étoile de Bessèges, Team Colombia-Coldeportes will return to the same country with a well-rounded squad, prepared and motivated to give it all in two […]
BMC Races in Belgium 2015
The BMC Racing Team opens its Belgian classics campaign with a roster that includes two-time Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winner Philippe Gilbert, as well as last year’s runner-up, Greg Van Avermaet, and two other past top 10 finishers, Marcus Burghardt and Jempy Drucker. Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Saturday, Feb. 28)Marcus Burghardt (GER), […]
Etixx – Quick-Step Reaches Agreements with Contreras, Gaviria
Etixx – Quick-Step has reached agreements with Colombian riders Rodrigo Contreras and Fernando Gaviria. Both riders reached two-year agreements (2016-2017). Contreras. 20, was 5th in the GC at Tour de San Luis earlier this season, and also was the Best Young Rider. Contreras won the gold medal in the U23 […]
Tinkoff-Saxo headed by Ivan Basso aiming to play important role in GP Lugano
Tinkoff-Saxo is set for Gran Premio di Lugano with a versatile team led by former race winner Ivan Basso. The Swiss one-day race takes place on March 1st in the hilly terrain in and around Lugano, where Tinkoff-Saxo is looking to play the part as main protagonist in a race […]
Contador positively surprised with current shape after second place overall in Andalucía
Backed by a strong team, Alberto Contador finishes in 2nd place overall after five days of racing at Vuelta a Andalucía. Going into the final day, the Spanish captain was just two seconds away from the red jersey, but could do little on the fast and somewhat flat final stage. […]
Van Garderen Runner-Up At Tour Of Oman
Matrah Corniche, Oman – Tejay van Garderen finished runner-up at the Tour of Oman Sunday and joined the BMC Racing Team on the podium as winners of the team classification. For the third straight year, van Garderen finished runner-up in his season-opening race. He was nine seconds behind Tour of […]
Sean Yates: Oman was important preparation ahead of target races
This year’s edition of Tour of Oman came to a conclusion on Sunday’s stage 6. The stage saw a breakaway making it to the finish line ahead of the peloton, where Peter Sagan won the sprint in the main bunch. Rafal Majka was the best-placed Tinkoff-Saxo rider, as the talented […]
A route to the dreams
February 22, 2015 | Madrid Juanjo Lobato wins again with huge margin on Andalucía’s closer in Alhaurín; claims third victory for Movistar Team in the race, seventh in 2015. Intxausti (3rd) joins luxury GC podium alongside Froome, Contador The 61st Vuelta a Andalucía – Ruta del Sol ended with the […]
Contador second in GC after cold mountain stage battle in Andalucía
The scene was once again set for a GC-battle on the finishing climb to Alto de Allanadas. Alberto Contador and Chris Froome once again proved the strongest of the favorites in another early-season showdown, but this time it was the Kenyan who drew the longest straw. Alberto Contador crossed the […]
