Valerio Piva will join the sportive direction of Circus-Wanty Gobert in 2021. The 62 year old Italian is currently sports director with Team CCC. After a 10 year career as a pro rider, Valerio Piva discovered the role of sports director in 2002 with Mapei, before joining Vlaanderen-T-Interim and T-Mobile […]
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Ceratizit Challenge By La Vuelta 2020 Lisa Wiebes Wins Stage 1
November 6 th 2020 Lorena Wiebes (Team Sunweb) dominated the uphill sprint in Escalona to win stage 1 of the CERATIZIT Challenge by La Vuelta in Escalona. The race starts from Toledo with strong crosswinds and headwinds set to have a strong impact on the race. Mireia Benito (Massi Tactic) […]
2020 Titian Desert: Mantecón rules the roost as Galicia makes it three
Sergio Mantecón crowned king of the Titan Desert6th November 2020 Key points:· Stage 5 wraps up the 2020 Titan Desert on a 64 km course with an elevation gain of 1,204 m· Jesús del Nero claims the final stage as Sergio Mantecón ends Josep Betalú’s hegemony with his maiden win […]
La Vuelta 20 | Stage 18: New Stage Route
The organization of La Vuelta wants to announce that there has been a change in the route of the 18th stage, starting from the Hipódromo de La Zarzuela and arriving to Madrid on Sunday the 8th of November. The general map of last stage of La Vuelta 20 is detailed […]
Lucas Hamilton: Mitchelton-SCOTT’s next leader
Australian Lucas Hamilton has scrapped his existing contract for a new and extended version for the second consecutive year as Mitchelton-SCOTT continue to advance him as their next general classification leader. The new deal, which will see the 24-year-old continue with the Australian squad until the end of 2022, follows […]
Trek-Segafredo finalizes its 2021 Womens’ Team
Nov 4, 2020 – The Trek-Segafredo Women’s Team re-signed six additional riders after the announcement of contract extensions of Lizzie Deignan and Elisa Longo Borghini, 1st and 3rd respectively in the UCI WWT rankings, last week. Audrey Cordon-Ragot, Ellen van Dijk, Letizia Paternoster, Tayler Wiles, Trixi Worrack, and Lauretta Hanson […]
Philipsen opens his Grand Tour Account
November 5 th 2020 Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) dominated the uphill sprint in Puebla de Sanabria to take his first Grand Tour stage win in one of the most demanding days on the roads of La Vuelta 2020. The young Belgian star outsprinted Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Jannik Steimle […]
Mantecón storms into the lead in Titian Desert
November 5, 2020 Key points:Participants tackle 2020 Titan Desert queen stageCapricious weather forces organizers to stop the race halfway through, after Škoda ChallengeSergio Mantecón takes stage win and lead Boasting an elevation gain of 2,307 m on an 88 km loop course in the heart of the Tabernas Desert, stage […]
La Vuelta 20: Joint Unipublic-Uci Statement Concerning The Pcr Testing Campaign Carried Out On The Second Rest Day Of La Vuelta 20
In accordance with La Vuelta 20’s health protocol, developed in the framework of the Union Cycliste Internationale’s (UCI) rules for the return of the road cycling season in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the entire “race bubble” was tested during the 2nd rest day. After having been tested preceding […]
Wellens, king of the breakaways
November 4 th 2020 Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) claimed a second stage win on the roads of La Vuelta 2020 on Wednesday after a demanding day in Galicia. The Belgian puncheur, already winner of stage 5 in Sabiñanigo, featured in a very strong breakaway group that emerged after some 50km […]