Sagunt, Thursday, August 24th – Attacks all day long offered an impressive showdown on stage 6 of La Vuelta Thursday on the way to Sagunt. Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) dominated the last survivors of a 37 man breakaway to snatch the win just ahead of a group of favorites set […]
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Majka survives second mountain stage while Michael Schwarzmann enjoys an adventures day in the break to Alcossebre
After a long day in the break, Michael Schwarzmann was dropped only on the penultimate climb, being surprisingly at the head of the race for most of the second mountain stage of the Vuelta 2017. Also BORA – hansgrohe’s leader Rafal Majka felt better after suffering stomach problems for the […]
Lutsenko rises for a first, Contador is alive again
Alcossebre, Wednesday, August 23th – Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) enjoyed the first summit finish at La Vuelta 2017 to win his first Grand Tour stage, on Wednesday at Alcossebre. The Kazakh rider attacked from the gun and dominated his breakaway companions for a brilliant solo win ahead of Merhawi Kudus (Dimension […]
Julien Bernard and Kiel Reijnen Renew their contracts at Trek-Segafredo
Trek-Segafredo is excited to announce that Julien Bernard and Kiel Reijnen have extended their contracts for two years. With these contract extensions, Trek-Segafredo continues to lay the basis for 2018 and 2019. Bernard, 25, is a proficient climber and showed big improvements over the last years, gaining experience in the […]
Degenkolb forced to abandon Vuelta a España due to illness
(file photo) John Degenkolb, and his team, Trek-Segafredo, announced this morning that bronchitis have forced him to abandon the Vuelta a España before the start of stage 5. John Degenkolb, winner of 10 stages and the points jersey in previous editions of the Vuelta: “I never had to abandon in […]
Quick-Step Floors sign Michael Mørkøv
A rider with a solid pedigree on both road and track, the Dane will join our squad as of January 1st 2018 22-Aug-2017: Michael Mørkøv will start a new chapter in his career from next season, after inking a two-year contract with Quick-Step Floors. Michael’s road in cycling began on […]
Stomach problems hold back Rafal Majka’s GC hopes in La Vuelta
Still suffering from stomach problems, the BORA – hansgrohe leader couldn’t follow the main bunch in the final of a fast, flat stage to Tarragona. Again, he lost some minutes to burry all GC hopes for this Vuelta, while the fast men in the peloton contested in a bunch sprint. […]
Trentin seizes the opportunity
Matteo Trentin makes history at the Vuelta a España The Italian earned a place in the history books as the 100th rider to win stages in all Grand Tours22-Aug-2017: Quick-Step Floors is on a roll at the Vuelta a España, where our team has just nabbed another stage victory, number […]
“This victory is for the Team – comments Vincenzo Nibali
– and for my teammate Javier Moreno, he has been really unlucky yesterday”. Bahrain Merida Team’s captain wins stage 3 of La Vuelta (Prades>Andorra La Vella 158.5 km). The Shark claims a spectacular victory in the first mountain stage, sprinting to 1st place ahead of De La Cruz and Froome. […]
A Suffering Rafal Majka fights hard to limit losses in first Vuelta showdown
Different than expected, the first mountain stage in this year’s Vuelta already saw some bigger time gaps. Unfortunately, BORA – hansgrohe’s leader Rafal Majka had a bad day. Already suffering on the first climb, Rafal fought hard throughout the stage to limit his losses to the race favorites. In the […]