September 8 th 2019 – 17:57 More and more success for Jumbo-Visma at La Vuelta 19: Sepp Kuss has soloed away from his breakaway companions to take his first Grand Tour win atop the Puerto del Acebo while his leader Primoz Roglic proved once again to be too strong for […]
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Bennett Wins Again
September 7 th 2019 – 17:38 Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) has enjoyed one of the very few flat stages of La Vuelta 19 to take a second stage win, in Oviedo. A crash derailed the sprinters in the last kilometer and the Irish stormed to victory ahead of Max Richeze (Deceuninck-Quick […]
Los Machucos, Slovenian paradise
September 6 th 2019 – 17:50 Sensational Slovenians! The 20 yo prodigy Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) took his second stage win of La Vuelta 19 atop the infamous Alto de Los Machucos and only his compatriot Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) was able to follow him all the way to the […]
ROGLIC EXTENDS HIS LEAD AT VUELTA: SECOND PLACED IN LOS MACHUCOS
The Team Jumbo-Visma Slovenian strengthened his overall leadership at the Vuelta a España. Team Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic finished second in Vuelta a España stage 13, 166,4 Km from Bilbao to Los Machucos (Spain), on Friday September 6th. He extended his overall leadership, gaining on his rivals on the steep ramps […]
Vuelta a España: Awesome Gilbert solos to Tenth Grand Tour stage Victory
The Belgian held off the chasers after attacking out of the break and netted Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s 59th win of the season. 05-Sep-2019: Philippe Gilbert showed ten fingers as he crossed the line in Bilbao – which hosted a stage finish for the 43rd time in the history of the […]
Iturria’s day of glory
September 4 th 2019 – 17:54 Mikel Iturria (Euskadi-Murias) took his first professional win with a brilliant ride to Urdax on stage 11 of La Vuelta 19. Only a few kilometres away from his home, the Basque rider featured in the 14-man breakaway that animated the day. He soloed away […]
Roglic Flies to La Roja
September 3 rd 2019 – 17:48 Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) delivered a dominant performance in the individual time-trial from Jurançon to Pau (36.2km) to claim both the stage win and the leader’s red jersey after 10 days of racing in La Vuelta 19. The Slovenian opened significant gaps to his rivals […]
Pogacar and Quintana, Co-Princes of Andorra
September 1 st 2019 – 18:24 The 20 year old wonderkid Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) has claimed a spectacular stage win in Cortals d’Encamp after an action-packed day of racing. Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Pro Team) lit up the race with 20km to go and a thunderstorm made the […]
Nikias Arndt Takes Sprint Win after tough Vuelta stage
The penultimate day of racing before the first rest day saw the peloton take on a testing stage, with a difficult climb cresting with only 30 kilometres left in the day. With it being a tricky finale that on paper appeared too hard for the sprinters but too easy for […]
Vuelta a España. Stage 7. Miguel Angel Lopez is 3rd atop Mas de la Costa, Retakes Red Jersey
The final of the 7th stage of the Vuelta a España became a place of a great battle between the favorites of the general classification. Four riders went away clear on a super steep 4-km-long climb Mas de la Costa to fight for the stage and the lead in the […]