Astana Pro Team’s riders secured the top two positions in Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta del Sol’s GC: Ion Izagirre took the second place behind FuglsangAstana Pro Team has been the absolute master of stage races so far in this 2019 season. After taking overall wins at Vuelta Valenciana (Ion Izagirre), […]
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3rd place for our team in the opening TTT stage of UAE Tour
Abu Dhabi, February 24th 2019 – The inaugural 7 stage Tour of UAE started with 16km TTT at the Al Hudayriat Island. It was a fast flat course on completely deserted island with only 2 U-turns around 3km mark. Temperature was in mid 20s, with no wind. This is also […]
Lotta Lepistö wins final stage at the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
Trek-Segafredo didn’t let the disappointment of losing the leader’s jersey and dropping out of the general classification in stage three affect their performance the final day as Lotta Lepistö stormed to her second victory in the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Sunday. “I am super happy with the win. It was a […]
Trentin seals a second stage victory in Ruta del Sol
Stage two winner Matteo Trentin has claimed a second stage victory today on the final stage of Ruta del Sol to make it a consecutive stage win for Mitchelton-SCOTT after Simon Yates’ win yesterday. After an impressive lead-out into the final two kilometres by multiple Giro d’Italia stage winner Esteban […]
CRITÉRIUM DU DAUPHINÉ 2019 SEE YOU IN THE CANTAL!
Key points:Ø For the first time, the Cantal department will be welcoming the Critérium du Dauphiné with three towns hosting stages: Aurillac, Jussac and Mauriac.Ø The 71st edition will start on Sunday 9th June with a stage contested entirely on the roads of the Cantal. 2019 will be the year […]
Lotta Lepistö wins stage two at the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
After a hilly opening stage, stage two was all for the sprinters, and Trek-Segafredo’s Lotta Lepistö sprinted to the win, giving Trek-Segafredo its second victory in two days at the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana. Ruth Winder, the winner of the first stage, also maintained the leader’s jersey in the mostly flat […]
GROENEWEGEN SPRINTS TO WIN VOLTA AO ALGARVE’S STAGE 4
Team Jumbo-Visma’s Dylan Groenewegen scored his second seasonal win, dominating the bunch sprint of Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta’s stage-4, 198,3 km from Albufeira to Tavira (Portugal) on Saturday, February 23rd. Groenewegen rode to success in 4:56:07, outsprinting Arnaud Démare and Jasper Philipsen. Groenewegen had inaugurated the 2019 season topping […]
Simon Yates wins his first race of the season on the Queen stage of Ruta del Sol
Vuelta a España champion Simon Yates has claimed his first victory of the 2019 season on the Queen stage of Ruta del Sol, after a powerful attack on the the final first category climb. The Brit fought solo from 26km to go and successfully held off six-chasers to take the […]
Second consecutive Tour of Oman win for Alexey Lutsenko
After his 2018 victory in the Tour of Oman, Alexey Lutsenko today sealed his second win of this stage race. After a challenging final day, the Kazakh champion successfully defended the race lead with the support of his team. Domenico Pozzovivo (second on 44” seconds) and Jesus Herrada (third on […]
Trentin blasts to his second victory of the season on stage two in Ruta del Sol
European champion Matteo Trentin claimed his second victory of the season today, powering to the line to take a close sprint victory ahead of Danny van Poppel (Jumbo-Visma), on the second and longest stage in Ruta del Sol. It was touch and go, as to whether Trentin could make it […]