For day three of the Tour de Suisse, the race headed west towards Bern, on a route that took in three categorised climbs and some undulating terrain. While the finale was earmarked as a sprint, some hard climbs, as well as an uphill drag to the finish, would make the […]

11 June, 2017, Plateau de Solaison (FRA) Richie Porte had a target on his back when he lined up for the final 115km stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné in the yellow jersey and was put to the test as soon as the flag dropped at KM 0. With four […]

Plateau de Solaison, sunday june 11th 2017 – Jakob Fuglsang of Astana became the first Dane to win the overall classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné as he dethroned race leader Richie Porte throughout the ten seconds bonus awarded to the winner of the conclusive stage. This is the third […]

10 June 2017, Cham (SUI) Rohan Dennis claimed the first yellow jersey of the Tour de Suisse after an impressive show of strength saw him secure victory on the prologue ahead of BMC Racing Team teammate, Stefan Küng. As Dennis flew off the ramp he was chasing the early benchmark […]

10 June, 2017, Alpe d’Huez (FRA) Richie Porte not only consolidated his Critérium du Dauphiné race lead on stage 7, but also gained time on the majority of his General Classification rivals, after a summit showdown on Alpe d’Huez. Porte’s teammates had their work cut out for them to protect […]

Alpe d’Huez, saturday june 10th 2017 – Britain’s Peter Kennaugh of Team Sky claimed his second stage victory at the Critérium du Dauphiné after he won the inaugural stage in Albertville in 2015. He rode away from the breakaway group along with his compatriot Ben Swift (UAE Team Emirates) and […]

9 June, 2017, La Motte-Servolex (FRA) Richie Porte narrowly missed taking a second stage win on Critérium du Dauphiné stage 6 in a nail-biting four-man sprint to the line, taking second place and inheriting the leader’s yellow jersey. After four flat stages and a time trial, stage 6 was the […]

Mâcon, Thursday, June 8, 2017  Mâcon had seen a young German sprinter triumph in 2011, who had already revealed himself two days earlier by winning at Lyon. John Degenkolb then proved to be one of the sprinters who count, as a neo-professional, at the age of 22. It is exactly […]

7 June, 2017, Bourgion-Jalieu (FRA) Richie Porte put in a dominant time trial performance on stage 4 of the Critérium du Dauphiné to take the win and mark his territory on the General Classification standings with four stage to go. Porte set out on the 23.5km time trial looking to […]

Team Sunweb are proud to announce the renewal of 26-year-old Tom Dumoulin’s (NED) contract through to 2022. The winner of the general classification at the 100th anniversary edition of the Giro d’Italia is still under contract with the team until 2019, but over the previous months both Team Sunweb and […]