One of the most important weeks of the spring season for ORICA-GreenEDGE begins on Sunday with the Amstel Gold Race. With multiple cards to play at each of the three Ardennes Classics, the Australian outfit lines up in Maastricht with a strong roster to support the team’s big ambitions. “We […]
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Mark Cavendish’s Race Calendar Determined
18-Apr-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team has announced the program of Mark Cavendish for the coming weeks. As previously communicated, the British Champion will ride the Tour of Turkey at the end of April. He will then ride the AMGEN Tour of California and the Tour de Suisse prior […]
OPQS to Amstel Gold Race
15-Apr-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team has announced the selection for Amstel Gold Race, a 251.4km race which opens the Ardennes Classics, on Sunday, April 20th. The race includes three circuits on the Cauberg. OPQS rider Michal Kwiatkowski finished 4th in Amstel Gold Race in 2013. The team will […]
Kreuziger on Pais Vasco and Amstel
16th of April – 2014 Last year, Roman Kreuziger took his biggest victory of his career when he soloed his way to the finish line and left everyone behind with 7 kilometers to go of Amstel Gold Race. In this interview, he reveals his thoughts about working with Alberto Contador, […]
COQUARD TRIUMPHs AT PARIS-CAMEMBERT
French youngster Bryan Coquard was once again the fastest man in the peloton at 75th Paris-Camembert, prestigious one-day race of French cycling calendar, flashing in his Orange-Fluo Northwave Extreme Tech Plus shoes on the finishing line in Vimoutiers on Tuesday, April 15th. Europcar’s sprint sensation preceded on the finish line […]
Paris-Roubaix – Firsthand account from the riders
For the riders, Paris-Roubaix is a personal experience that leaves a big impression. And just as the race is capable of braking bones, it’s also the race that creates big careers or captures the very moment were a riders peaks. For the riders of Tinkoff-Saxo it’s no different. From the […]
Terpestra Won the Biggest Race of his Career Solo
Three OPQS in the Top 1013-Apr-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Niki Terpstra just won the biggest race of his career — the most prestigious monument of cycling — in commanding fashion. He won Paris-Roubaix solo on Sunday. With three OPQS riders in an 11 rider select group […]
Terpstra wins tactical Paris-Roubaix
Roubaix, 13th of April – 2014 Today, Tinkoff-Saxo took on Paris-Roubaix, Hell of the North, the most prominent of cobblestone classics including 28 cobbled sections on the stretch from Compeigne to the legendary velodrome in Roubaix. Being underdogs in the race, Tinkoff-Saxo’s 21-year-old neo pro, Michael Kolar hit the morning […]
Contador wins Vuelta Pais Vasco
Markina, 12th of April – 2014 In every aspect of the saying, it was the moment of truth for Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador when he rocketed off the starting ramp launching the final stage of Vuelta Pais Vasco – an individual time trial over 25.6 kilometers. A gap of only 12 […]
Petacchi Wins the Grand Prix Cerami Bunch Sprint
21 OPQS Road Victories With Nine Different Riders 12-Apr-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Alessandro Petacchi won the bunch sprint finish of 200km GP Cerami, a race which came back together with about 6km to go on Saturday. Martin Velits made a 13 rider escape group that had […]