The only Spanish World Tour one-day race contains eight leg-sapping ascents jammed in a 229km-long course 01-Aug-2018: Less than a week from the end of the Tour de France, many of the riders who completed the second Grand Tour of the season will line out for the 38th edition of […]
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Van Avermaet to Lead BMC Racing Team at Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian
1 August, 2018 Greg Van Avermaet will be back in action this weekend after a successful Tour de France campaign as he leads BMC Racing Team’s Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian roster. Sports Director Allan Peiper said that BMC Racing Team will be lining up with a strong group of riders […]
Andreas Kappas, Retired German Cyclist, Dies at 52
Former German cyclist Andreas Kappes died in the night from Monday to Tuesday at the age of 52. He suffered heart failure after having an allergic reaction to an insect bite. Andreas Kappes was a professional from 1987 to 2001, winning a stage of the Giro d’Italia in 1988 and […]
Vincenzo Nibali has successful surgery
BAHRAIN MERIDA Pro Cycling Team rider Vincenzo Nibali has undergone a successful surgery today after fracturing the tenth thoracic vertebrae in a crash during Stage 12th of Tour de France. The operation was performed by Neurosurgeon Prof. Giovanni Broggi, assisted by Dt. Levi, this early morning at the clinic “La […]
Lawson Craddock raises $195K and counting en route to Paris as Tour’s Lanterne Rouge
EF Education First – Drapac p/b Cannondale’s Lawson Craddock became the first American to earn the unlikely honor of “Lanterne Rouge” when he crossed the Tour de France finish line in Paris on Sunday. The title, an informal one, is awarded to the rider that finishes in last place on […]
Quick-Step Floors: Memories from the 2018 Tour de France
29-Jul-2018: We talked with our riders and staff about their personal highlightsat the end of three long and arduous weeks on which we can look back with pride and happiness, after winning four stages and the iconic polka dot jersey.
On the last day of the Tour de France 2018 sports manager Marc Sergeant looks back on a Tour that didn’t become what he had hoped it would
Marc Sergeant: “Our Tour was no success. It was a fiasco. There is no other way than admitting it. On the one hand there are the five riders who abandoned the race, and every rider has his own story of course, but on the other hand there’s the fact that […]
Julian Alaphilippe wins Tour de France polka dot jersey
KOM triumph the icing on the cake for World Tour leader Quick-Step Floors, who takes Grand Tour all-time tally to 84 stage wins 29-Jul-2018: Resplendent in his polka dot jersey, with the famous Arc de Triomphe serving as backdrop and the sun shining over the moveable feast that Paris is, […]
Movistar Team back on Paris podium
29th July 2018 Eusebio Unzué’s squad conquers Tour de France team prize for 5th time after snatching a stage win -Quintana (Col du Portet)-, getting Colombian (10th), Mikel Landa (7th) into individual top-ten finishes in misfortune-marred raceWelshman Geraint Thomas (SKY) conquered overall honours in the 105th Tour de France after […]
Peter Sagan confirms record-equalling sixth Maillot Vert to crown best ever Tour de France for BORA-hansgrohe
On the final day of the 105th edition of the Tour de France, it was a day for looking at the incredible achievements of the BORA-hansgrohe team in this most famous of cycling races. La Grande Boucle had seen the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan, take three stage wins, before […]