Friday, 4th August 2017 – BAHRAIN MERIDA Team is happy to announce that Gorka Izagirre, Ion Izagirre’s older brother, will join our team in the next season. Gorka Izagirre is a 29 years old professional rider from Basque country, Spain. He started his career with team Contentpolis-Ampo in 2009 and […]
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Gaviria and Richeze continue with Quick-Step Floors
The Giro d’Italia maglia ciclamino and his trusted lead-out man have extended their contracts beyond 2017 Fernando Gaviria 04-Aug-2017: What a year it’s been so far for Fernando Gaviria! The prodigious Colombian has racked up eight wins since kickstarting his season in January, including four spectacular stage victories at the […]
Jürgen Roelandts to Strengthen BMC Racing Team’s 2018 Roster
4 August, 2017, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Jürgen Roelandts, 32, is the latest addition to BMC Racing Team’s 2018 roster, General Manager Jim Ochowicz today announced. The former Belgian National Road Race champion brings a wealth of experience, particularly in the Spring Classics. “Jürgen Roelandts has years of experience racing […]
Van Avermaet to Headline BMC Racing Team’s Binck Bank Tour Line-Up
4 August 2017, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Greg Van Avermaet will return to racing at the Binck Bank Tour next week as he spearheads BMC Racing Team’s General Classification ambitions at the UCI WorldTour race. Sports Director Valerio Piva believes that BMC Racing Team is taking a well-rounded team to […]
TEAM SUNWEB ANNOUNCE VUELTA A ESPAÑA LONG-LIST
The final Grand Tour of the season, the Vuelta a España, is nearly upon us and Team Sunweb are pleased to reveal their long-list of 13 riders for the race. The 2017 edition is composed of five flat stages, one flat finish at high-altitude, eight uphill stages, five mountain stages, […]
Barbero’s biggest week
4th August 2017 Young Movistar Team sprinter claims resounding win against big WorldTour rivals at home in Clunia, on stage four of the Vuelta a Burgos; grabs fifth success of his 2017 season, Blues’ 31st win this yearWinner on Monday at the Circuito de Getxo in the Basque country, Carlos […]
Haig takes his first professional victory with a solo win at the Tour of Poland
23-year-old Jack Haig took an impressive solo victory today for ORICA-SCOTT on a tough stage six at the Tour of Poland. The Victorian rider attacked from a reduced front group inside the final 20kilometres and opened up a 50second advantage to claim his first professional victory and the second stage […]
Teuns Takes Overall Lead in Poland After Action-Packed Day of Racing
3 August, 2017, Zakopane (POL) An action-packed penultimate day of racing at the Tour of Poland saw another battle of the General Classification contenders with Dylan Teuns crossing the line in a select chasing group behind the eventual winner, Jack Haig (ORICA-Scott) to move into the overall race lead. With […]
TEAM SUNWEB’S ELLEN VAN DIJK CROWNED EUROPEAN TIME TRIAL CHAMP FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR
For the second year in a row, Team Sunweb’s Ellen van Dijk (NED) has been crowned the European time trial champion after taking the victory in Denmark today. With the parcours perfectly suited to her strengths van Dijk dominated the 31.5 kilometre course, setting the fastest time at each intermediate […]
Maciej Bodnar to take silver at European Time Trial Championships in Herning
On a totally flat 46 kilometers long course around Herning, the polish time trail specialist from BORA – hansgrohe found himself in a nail-biting fight for the medals. With an average speed of 51,8km/h it was a super-fast battle between Bodnar, Mullen and Campenaerts. While Mullen was the fastest on […]