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Route du Sud, 20th of June – 2014 Stage one didn’t offer a gentle way into the French stage race, Route du Sud where 181 kilometers were on the menu spiced up with a steep uphill finish in Campan-Payolle where the big battle were to commence. A breakaway of four […]
38th Road Victory for OPQS in 2014 17-Jun-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Mark Cavendish timed his sprint to perfection on a hard fought, long distance sprint in the 160km sprint finale of Tour de Suisse Stage 4 on Tuesday. OPQS, who worked on the front all day […]
Cameron Meyer won the second stage of the Tour de Swisse in a three-up sprint to the line in Sarnen. The Western Australian positioned himself perfectly in the drag to the line, coming from third wheel to outkick Philip Deignan (Team Sky) and Lawrence Warbasse (BMC) for stage glory. The […]
Courchevel, 15th of June – 2014 The 8th and 131 kilometer long final stage of Dauphiné Libéré was not your usual final parade of a last stage. It was the crucial moment of truth for Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador and Chris Froome when they took on the final slopes to Courchevel. […]
Tinkoff-Saxo prepares for Tour de France by participating in Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de Suisse to build and polish the race shape. But are the two one-week races pure training or also significant goals of the season? “Dauphiné is an important race and I wanted to perform here. But […]
14-Jun-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Tony Martin won the 9.4km prologue of Tour de Suisse on Saturday, with a time of 13’48” on a parcours that included an uphill on the second half that descended into the finish. The three-time UCI World Time Trial Champion was one […]
Roman Kreuziger finished 15th on the opening Time Trial in Tour de Suisse after being away from racing since April. He returned today in Tour de Suisse to build race shape ahead of the much-anticipated Tour de France but also to aim for success in the overall classification of the […]
Today’s battle between Alberto Contador and Chris Froome had been forecasted leading up to the hardest stage of this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné with two HC climbs on the last 30 kilometers of the stage. And it turned out to be a precise prediction. With 2 kilometers to go, in […]
1st and 3rd for OPQS13-Jun-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Jan Bakelants didn’t give up. He entered the breakaway of the day for the third straight stage — this time, a 16-rider escape group including teammate Zdenek Stybar at 168km Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 6 on Friday. The […]
Tony Longo Yesterday’s victory took its toll on the Columbian rider Leonardo Paez. During today’s second stage of the 16th Int. Alpentour Trophy in Schladming he came third and lost too much time against the Italian stage winner Tony Longo, who takes over the lead overall. Paez The Austrian Hermann […]
