The 28-year-old attacked on the final climb of the day to put himself in contention for his first Grand Tour stage win, but the Mitchelton-SCOTT rider couldn’t match the speed of winner Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck – Quick Step) in a three-way sprint for victory. Climbs AheadA seven-rider breakaway was allowed […]
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Team Sunweb allow Michael Matthews to continue career elsewhere
Team Sunweb are developing and building for the future, aiming to become stronger in width. One of their goals includes the formation of strong, dedicated blocks of riders for the one-day races and sprints, to create options for different scenarios in the finales. Michael Matthews, still under contract until the […]
Fabio Felline streaks to his first win of the season at the Memorial Marco Pantani
After 199km the Astana rider Fabio Felline sprints to his first win of the season, taking the victory after a demanding day in the saddle, while Manuele Boaro represented Astana Pro Team in the day´s breakaway. The 17th edition of the one-day race took the riders from Castrocaro Terme e […]
Alaphilippe Takes Stage 2!
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) took his fifth Tour de France stage victory in Nice after he launched a strong and well timed attack in the last climb. He outclassed debutant Marc Hirschi (TeamSunweb) on the line and paid a tribute to his late father. Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), the third breakaway […]
Philippe Gilbert out of Tour de France with patella fracture
Saturday night investigations at the Clinique Saint-Jean in Cagnes-sur-Mer revealed a broken kneecap of the left knee of Philippe Gilbert. The Lotto Soudal rider will be unable to take the start in stage two of the Tour de France. “I was riding around position 20 in the peloton when they […]
John Degenkolb out of Tour de France. Philippe Gilbert in pain
Rain and slippery roads caused a number of crashes during the first stage of the Tour de France. Worst team victim was John Degenkolb. He crashed on his both knees with 65 km to go, managed to finish the race alone and arrived some minutes out of time limit. The […]
Černý time trials to victory on Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine stage four and moves into leader’s jersey
29 August 2020, Jaunay-Marigny (FRA) Josef Černý, a now two-time Czech national time trial champion, proved his strength and speed when racing against the clock at Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine today, securing the stage win by an impressive 17 seconds over the next-placed rider and moving into the leader’s […]
Schär crowned most combative after crash-marred Tour de France stage one
29 August 2020, Nice (FRA) After a strong day out in the breakaway, Michael Schär was crowned the most combative rider on a wet and crash-marred stage one of this year’s Tour de France which eventually came down to a bunch sprint that saw Matteo Trentin finish as CCC Team’s […]
Peter Sagan sprints to fifth in Nice in wet and treacherous Tour de France opener
After a longer wait than usual, the first Grand Tour of the 2020 season had finally arrived. Starting and finishing in Nice, the race’s Grand Départ consisted of three loops around the city, totalling 156km. The two third category climbs wouldn’t figure in the day’s result, with the flat finale […]
Sénéchal solos to victory at Druivenkoers
Frenchman becomes 12th different Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider to win a race this year 29-Aug-2020: Florian Sénéchal confirmed his strong condition, which in the past weeks netted a fourth overall at Tour de Wallonie and a podium finish in the Bretagne Classic, and notched up an impressive victory at the […]