August 17th, 2020 10-rider lineup stays in France after Dauphiné, looking to take all health precautions before travelling to Nice for ‘Grand Depart’ After the end of the Critérium du Dauphiné last Sunday, the Movistar Team is gathering nearly its whole group for the 2020 Tour de France for a […]
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Dani Martínez wins Critérium du Dauphiné
When it became clear race leader Primož Roglič (TJV) wouldn’t start the final stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, teams knew the race would explode. Anything could happen, and fortune would favor the bold. Dani Martínez and the rest of the EF Pro Cycling team rode accordingly, and after a […]
Caleb Ewan brings home first Lotto Soudal win after lockdown
Caleb Ewan delivers a great win for team Lotto Soudal in the opening stage of Tour de Wallonie. In Templeuve Ewan was faster than Sam Bennett and Tim Merlier. It is Ewan’s fourth win of the season and the first for Lotto Soudal after lockdown. A great start for Lotto […]
CRITÉRIUM DU DAUPHINÉ 2020 STAGE 5: MARTINEZ CLIMBS HIGHER THAN EVER
August 16 th 2020 – 17:10 The 5th and last stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné turned the race upside down with aggressive racing from the start and major gaps on the line. The race leader Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) abandoned after a crash on Saturday. And his runner-up Thibaut Pinot […]
Sheyla Gutiérrez boosts Blues’ morale with La Périgord win
August 15th, 2020 Smart, strong performance by Spaniard from Movistar Team in Périgueux rewards Telefónica-backed squad’s magnificent teamwork in southwestern FranceThree weeks after their first post-lockdown victory with Katrine Aalerud at the Norwegian time trial Championships, the women’s Movistar Team scored another success at La Périgord (UCI 1.2; Cornille – […]
Maximilian Schachmann and Rafal Majka produce valiant effort at Il Lombardia
After departing Bergamo, the peloton set off on a 231 km-long route, which featured the legendary Madonna del Ghisallo, with its gradients of up to 14 percent, the fearsome Muro di Sormano, and the ascents of the Civiglio and San Fermo della Battaglia in the final 20 km. The race […]
Formidable Jakob Fuglsang storms to glory at Il Lombardia
After 231 demanding kilometers out in the heat at the race of the falling leaves, Astana’s leader Jakob Fuglsang powered to an amazing Monument victory in Como, the second of his career after Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2019. The second Monument of the season, Il Lombardia took the peloton from Bergamo to […]
Remco Evenepoel Update Saturday 15 August 2020
The 20-year-old Belgian suffered multiple injuries during Saturday’s Il Lombardia. One of the favourites at the start of the season’s second Monument, Remco Evenepoel crashed inside the last 50 kilometers, on the descent of Muro di Sormano, hitting a bridge wall and going over it into a ravine. Placed into […]
Evenepoel Crashes into ditch at Lombardia
He ran into the barricades on the last 50k of the race while descendingthe Sormano. It’s a very fast and technical descent where several other cyclists crashed in 2017. He went over a bridge and through some trees. Evenepoel tumbled into a ravine where he was attended by medics. He […]
Kämna and Roglic save the day in Dauphine
August 15th 2020 – 17:14 Lennard Kämna soloed to his first professional victory at the end of a stage that saw three of his Bora-Hansgrohe teammates abandon the race, including his leader Emanuel Buchmann (3rd overall before his abandon). The young German rider dominated his breakaway companions during the final […]