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Tinkoff-Saxo prepares for Tour de France by participating in Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de Suisse to build and polish the race shape. But are the two one-week races pure training or also significant goals of the season? “Dauphiné is an important race and I wanted to perform here. But […]
14-Jun-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Tony Martin won the 9.4km prologue of Tour de Suisse on Saturday, with a time of 13’48” on a parcours that included an uphill on the second half that descended into the finish. The three-time UCI World Time Trial Champion was one […]
Roman Kreuziger finished 15th on the opening Time Trial in Tour de Suisse after being away from racing since April. He returned today in Tour de Suisse to build race shape ahead of the much-anticipated Tour de France but also to aim for success in the overall classification of the […]
Today’s battle between Alberto Contador and Chris Froome had been forecasted leading up to the hardest stage of this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné with two HC climbs on the last 30 kilometers of the stage. And it turned out to be a precise prediction. With 2 kilometers to go, in […]
1st and 3rd for OPQS13-Jun-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Jan Bakelants didn’t give up. He entered the breakaway of the day for the third straight stage — this time, a 16-rider escape group including teammate Zdenek Stybar at 168km Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 6 on Friday. The […]
Tony Longo Yesterday’s victory took its toll on the Columbian rider Leonardo Paez. During today’s second stage of the 16th Int. Alpentour Trophy in Schladming he came third and lost too much time against the Italian stage winner Tony Longo, who takes over the lead overall. Paez The Austrian Hermann […]
Making it two wins in two days for Katusha Team, Simon Špilak attacked from his breakaway on the Côte de Laffrey and tucked into his time trial position to race 20 kilometers solo into La Mure and claim victory on stage 5. After yesterday’s inspiring win by Iurii Trofimov, Špilak […]
Though initially not on his race schedule, last year’s Tour de France podium finisher Joaquim Rodriguez is happy to start in this year’s edition of the Grand Tour. Rodriguez, who had to abandon the Giro d’Italia due to fractures of a rib and thumb after a bad crash in Cassino […]
La Mure, 12th of June– 2014 Today’s 189.5 kilometer long fifth stage of Dauphiné Libéré from Sisteron to La Mure was a mountainous ride containing 6 categorized climbs but with a flat finish. A perfect opportunity for a group of tenacious escapees while the GC contenders were expected to spend […]
Team Katusha’s Iurii Trofimov raised his arms in victory on the fourth stage of the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, earning a stunning solo victory in Gap as the race reached the halfway point. It was a second career stage win in the Dauphiné for Trofimov, 30, his first coming in […]
