Andorra la Vella (Andorra), Monday, August 21th – Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) dominated the final stretch of stage 3 of La Vuelta 2017 while Chris Froome (Team Sky) displayed his strength and took the red jersey. The first mountainous challenges of this edition offered intense racing and turned the general classification […]
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World Tour Women at GP de Plouay on Saturday
GP DE PLOUAY (WWT) The women’s WorldTour peloton are back in action this Saturday for GP de Plouay. Riders face a bumpy course which totals 121 kilometres with four times around 26.9 kilometre circuit followed by one around a finishing circuit of 13.9 kilometres. Team Sunweb coach Hans Timmermans (NED) […]
Dries Devenyns at home with Quick-Step Floors
A very reliable and experienced rider, the Belgian has penned a two-year deal with our team. 21-Aug-2017: Having rejoined the squad ahead of this season, Dries Devenyns was quintessential in many of Quick-Step Floors’ exploits on the road in 2017, but at the same time proved he still has what […]
Joaquim Rodriguez in a new role at Vuelta
Monday, 21st August – Joaquim Rodriguez Purito, one of the most famous Spanish riders, shared his impressions of this year’s Vuelta. He is at the start line and finish line of each stage as an ambassador of BAHRAIN MERIDA Team the one is helping to develop the young riders in […]
Yves Lampaert wins Vuelta a España stage 2
The team took the front in the final kilometers and split the field before the Belgian soloed to victory and the red jersey. 20-Aug-2017: Quick-Step Floors became on Sunday afternoon the first team to capture stage wins in all three Grand Tours this season, taking its remarkable tally in the […]
BMC Racing Team Demonstrate Team Time Trial Prowess With Victory on Vuelta a España Stage 1
19 August, 2017, Nîmes (FRA) BMC Racing Team got their Vuelta a España campaign off to a perfect start in Nîmes today after an impressive display of strength and skill over the course of the opening team time trial saw them secure the stage win and put Rohan Dennis into […]
GOOD START TO THE VUELTA A ESPAÑA FOR QUICK-STEP FLOORS
Our team took second place on the opening stage of the season’s final Grand Tour. Julian Alaphilippe, Eros Capecchi, David De La Cruz, Tim Declercq, Bob Jungels, Yves Lampaert, Enric Mas, Niki Terpstra and Matteo Trentin put in a fine effort on the opening stage of the 72nd Vuelta a […]
BMC Delivers the Red Jersey for Dennis
Nîmes (France), Saturday, August 19th – BMC Racing Team made the most of the opening time-trial of the 72nd La Vuelta, Saturday at Nîmes: stage victory for the American team and first red jersey for Rohan Dennis. With a time of 15’58” over 13.7km, BMC dominated Quick-Step Floors and Team […]
BORA – hansgrohe pulls hard to keep Rafal Majka in GC contention at Vuelta opener
Like last year, the opening stage of the Vuelta a España 2017 was a team time trial. On a very tricky city parcours in Nîmes (Fra), not just the legs decided about the results of the day, it was clearly about team work. Early off the ramp, BORA – hansgrohe […]
Special Trek Émonda SLR presented to Alberto Contador
A special Trek Émonda SLR was presented to Alberto Contador on Friday evening at the Vuelta a España team presentation in celebration of his remarkable career. Contador will say good-bye after 14 years as a professional cyclist at the conclusion of the Vuelta on September 10 in Madrid. The bold […]