September 11 th 2018 Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) established himself as the time-trial expert of La Vuelta 18 with a second stage win on Tuesday. After dominating the opening TT in Malaga, the Australian champ flew on the 32km course of stage 16, from Santillana del Mar to Torrelavega. […]
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Michael Matthews and Team Sunweb Sweep GP Cycliste de Montreal
Following Friday’s win in Québec, Team Sunweb’s Michael Matthews (AUS) has taken his second one-day WorldTour victory in three days at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. Michael finished off another strong display of teamwork to secure his, and the team’s, clean sweep of the Canadian WorldTour races. Matthews said […]
Julian Alaphilippe wins Tour of Britain
Two years after conquering the Tour of California, the Frenchman finished again at the top of a stage race 09-Sep-2018: Quick-Step Floors’ 61st victory of the year – an astounding tally which our team has reached also at the end of the 2014 season – came in the form of […]
Yates extends lead with third place on stage 15 of La Vuelta
Backing up from his victory yesterday, Simon Yates has finished third on stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espana to extend his overall lead heading into the second rest day. The Mitchelton-SCOTT rider was involved in a cat and mouse game amongst the group of favourites on the final climb, […]
Pinot completes his triple-crown at Lagos de Covadonga
September 9 th 2018 Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) made the most of the iconic climb to the Lagos de Covadonga with a solo victory on Sunday. The French climber attacked with 6km to go and managed to fend off Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) in the last part of the climb to […]
Yates Conquers Stage 14 on the final climb to re-claim overall lead at La Vuelta
Three-time Giro d’Italia stage winner Simon Yates has added a Vuelta a Espana stage win to his successful 2018 season with a perfectly managed effort and attack on the final ascent of stage 14. The Mitchelton-SCOTT rider remained calm on the steep final climb, despite being outnumbered and constantly attacked, […]
Michael Matthews Victorious at GP Cycliste de Quebec
Team Sunweb’s Michael Matthews (AUS) has taken his first one-day WorldTour victory at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, timing his finishing sprint to perfection after a strong display of teamwork in Canada. Matthews said after his podium duties: “Wow, I’m super happy with the day I had, it really […]
Tour of Britain: Alaphilippe Takes the Leader Jersey
Runner-up on the queen stage of the race, the Frenchman inched closer to the second GC win of his career. Julian Alaphilippe moved to the top of the overall standings after a tremendous team effort of Quick-Step Floors, who controlled the entire stage 6 (Barrow-in-Furnes – Whinlatter Pass, 168.3 kilometers) […]
Rodriguez Puts Euskadi back on top, Quintana shows his strength
September 7 th 2018 The mighty climb up La Camperona saw the young Oscar Rodriguez (Euskadi-Murias) ride to a spectacular win, on Friday. The 23 year-old Spaniard made the most of slopes up to 19.5% to dominate renowned riders such as Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing Team) […]
Geniez and Herrada win big at the front
September 6 th 2018 A whole day at the front on the lumpy and windy roads of Galicia granted Alexandre Geniez (AG2R-La Mondiale) the victory on Thursday at Mañon. The Frenchman dominated his breakaway companions Dylan Van Baarle (Team Sky) and Mark Padun (Bahrain-Merida) to claim his third win at […]