The Northwave and Team Sky’s athlete claimed Tour de la Provence’s opening prologue, in France,. It was a perfect 2019 road debut, and an unforgettable first in a Team Sky jersey: Northwave’s Filippo Ganna won Tour de la Provence’s opening prologue, in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (France), on Thursday February 14th. The 22-year-old […]
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Prades takes first win with Movistar Team in Provence
15th February 2019 – Pictures: Catalan allrounder from Movistar Team beats all GC contenders with powerful sprint after toughest stage of the week in France; claims third victory for Telefónica-backed squad in 2019. Spaniard Edu Prades has got off to one of the best possible starts to his relationship with […]
Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia. Astana Pro Team dominates the first stage: Bilbao wins, Fraile is second, Sanchez is third
Great start for Astana Pro Team at the Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia Costa Cálida: the riders of the Kazakh team completed the whole podium of the first stage! Pello Bilbao became the stage winner after his attack inside the final kilometer as Omar Fraile and Luis Leon […]
Tour Colombia: Double joy for Bob Jungels
First ever Luxembourg rider to take a victory in Colombia, the 26-year-old is the new leader of the race with two days to go 15-Feb-2019: A canny attack inside the final kilometer of the action-packed stage 4 caught all the other riders off-guard, allowing Bob Jungels to bolt away and […]
Hodeg gets off the mark at the Tour Colombia
A flawless lead-out of Maximiliano Richeze helped the 22-year-old capture his first win of the season and the leader’s jersey 13-Feb-2019: The look of sheer joy in Alvaro Hodeg’s eyes as he crossed the line spoke volumes of how important was for the young Colombian to break the ice and […]
Tour Colombia TTT win: Teamwork at its finest for EF
MEDELLÍN– “Rigo! Rigo! Rigo!” went the crowd, a swelling chorus of adoration for a national hero. The first stage of Tour Colombia 2.1 could not have gone any better: EF Education First Pro Cycling took the win in the team time trial by eight seconds over Deceuninck-Quick Step, with Team […]
PARIS-ROUBAIX 2019: LA TROUÉE AWAITS
Key points:Ø On 14 April, the riders of the 117th edition of Paris–Roubaix will roll out of Compiègne and tackle a course of the same length (257km) and with the same amount of cobblestones (54.5km) as last year’s.Ø A few adjustments have been made to the early sectors, starting in […]
COLOMBIA, A COMEBACK for EF
‘Best race ever! It’s unreal the passion, and having Rigo on the team took it to the next level’ As Rigoberto Uran crossed over the finish line first on stage five in Colombia’s Oro y Paz last year, a chorus of ‘Uran por presidente’ (Uran for president) rang through the […]
LA Winter Downhill welcomes the eBike category on March 9th
The electric mountain bikes will be able to compete in the exclusive event on snowy Passo Tonale Less than a month left to the craziest cycling event of this winter. On Saturday, March 9th Val di Sole is the venue of the 7th edition of LA Winter Downhill, whose participants […]
Greg van Avermaet: “Green Mountain is a test of how deep you can go”
With eight participations out of a possible nine in the Tour de Oman, and a stage win and two day spell in the lead last year, Greg van Avermaet is one of the Tour of Oman’s most frequent participants. And this time round, after a blistering sprint victory already in […]