26-year-old Simon Yates has rolled across the line in Madrid to claim his maiden Grand Tour at the La Vuelta a Espana, creating history in the process as the first Grand Tour victory for an Australian-owned team, Mitchelton-SCOTT. After winning three stages and wearing the Maglia Rosa for 13 days […]

16th September 2018 Telefónica-backed squad – into fight for overall podium until final mountain stage – steps onto Cibeles’ podium as winners of team GC for tenth time in their trajectory, conquer Points jersey + 2 stage wins with perennial reference Alejandro Valverde (5th)Briton Simon Yates (MTS) claimed overall honours […]

September 16 th 2018 The final stage of La Vuelta 18 ended with the usual and spectacular bunch sprint in Madrid. Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) proved again he was the fastest with a third stage victory, ahead of the World champion Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo). Simon Yates […]

The prodigious climber of Quick-Step Floors is set to become the youngest rider in 15 years to finish the race in the top three 15-Sep-2018: Enric Mas went all-in on the penultimate day of the Vuelta a España, throwing caution to the wind with more than 20 kilometers to go […]

September 14 th 2018 Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) claimed on Friday his second summit victory of La Vuelta 18 after an intense ascent up the Coll de la Rabassa. The French climber doubles down one week after his win at Lagos de Covadonga. Second of the stage, Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) is […]

September 13 th 2018  After being part of a three-rider breakaway for 183 kilometres long, Wallays managed to hold off one of the remaining escapees and a chasing peloton by only a few seconds! As soon as the flag dropped, Jelle Wallays attacked and got company from Sven Eryk Bystrøm […]

As the final meters ticked by on Wednesday’s Vuelta a España stage, Mike Woods had a voice in his ear, urging him to ride. “Do it for your family,” the voice shouted. And Woods did. Over those closing seconds, he took what was remained of his strength and left it […]

 He was part of a breakaway of 26 riders in the seventeenth stage from Getxo to Balcón de Bizkaia. The Lotto Soudal rider arrived first at the top of five climbs, only at the final climb he didn’t take any points. De Gendt collected seventeen points and now has a […]

Stage 14 winner Simon Yates has successfully defended the overall lead on a dangerous stage 17 at the Vuelta a Espana thanks to a strong effort from his Mitchelton-SCOTT outfit. As Michael Woods (Education First – Drapac) won the stage from the breakaway ahead, Yates sacrificed eight seconds to Alejandro […]

September 12 th 2018 The dreaded ascent of the Alto del Balcon de Bizkaia offered a major showdown with Michael Woods (Education First-Drapac) taking a spectacular win ahead of Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing Team) on Wednesday. The Canadian puncheur went for the early breakaway and dominated climbers such as Rafal […]