2016 Il Lombardia champion Esteban Chaves will miss the Colombian championships this weekend due to knee soreness. The 27-year-old, who has consulted with team and local doctors, will take a week off the bike before easing back into training with a long-term outlook on the season. Chaves has been heavily […]
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Owen Wins Penultimate Stage In Portugal
Alcácer do Sal, Portugal – Logan Owen scored the Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team’s first road victory of the year in Europe with his win Saturday on the penultimate stage of the Volta ao Alentejo. The 21-year-old from Bremerton, Washington, out-sprinted race leader Carlos Barbero (Movistar Team) and Jasper De […]
Van Avermaet Goes Back to Back at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
25 February, 2017, Gent (BEL) Greg Van Avermaet claimed his second consecutive win at Omloop Het Niuewsblad with a stunning sprint to the line ahead of Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgohe) and Seb Vanmarcke (Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team). The opening Classic of the season proved as tough as they come with a […]
Volta ao Alentejo, Stage 3: Lawless Runner-Up
Mértola, Portugal – British national criterium champion Chris Lawless sprinted to a runner-up result Friday for the Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team on Stage 3 of Volta ao Alentejo. Lawless said he made what he hoped would be the winning move early in the downhill-then-flat-then-uphill run to the finish in […]
Bianchi Factory Team Road Opens Season at GF Laigueglia
Bianchi riders and bikes in the spotlight on the Ligurian coast on Sunday, February 26th. From left, Bianchi Factory Team Road’s Daniele Gualeni, Giorgio Viotto and Roberto De Iesu The Bianchi Factory Team Road will celebrate its 2017 debut at GF Laigueglia on Sunday, February 26th in Laigueglia (North-Western Italy). […]
Abu Dhabi Tour: Kittel lands Quick-Step Floors’ first World Tour win
An incredible sprint in the final meters of stage 2 propelled the powerful German to his fifth victory of the season. 24-Feb-2017: One day after crashing and missing out on the opportunity to get in the mix on the opening stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour, Marcel Kittel showed why […]
Max Marotte Season Debuts in Verona: “Fontana the man to beat”
Cannondale Factory Racing’s Frenchman, #3 in UCI World rankings, starts off at the Internazionali d’Italia, where he won in Montichiari last year. The 2017 Internazionali d’Italia Series starts on Saturday March 4th with Verona MTB International at the Parco delle Colombare. Maxime Marotte, one of the top riders in Internazionali […]
Dunbar Dons ‘Best Young Rider’ Jersey In Portugal
Portel, Portugal – Eddie Dunbar climbed into fifth overall Thursday at Volta ao Alentejo to take the lead in the “best young rider” category while teammates Chris Lawless and Ivo Oliveira finished fifth and sixth, respectively, on Stage 2 to help the Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team top the team […]
Bonifazio sprinted to third and is rewarded with the White Jersey
Madinat Zayed, 23rd February – The Abu Dhabi Tour opens with a podium for BAHRAIN MERIDA Pro Cycling Team. In the sprinter stage with start and finish in Madinat Zayed (189 km) raced almost entirely in the desert, Niccolò Bonifazio took a special third place in the bunch sprint, behind […]
Dennis Wins the 2ème Tour Cycliste International La Provence
23 February 2017, Marseille (FRA) Rohan Dennis crossed the line second in Marseille today to secure overall victory, and BMC Racing Team’s tenth win of the season, at his first stage-race in Europe of 2017. With four riders, including Dennis, on the same time at the top of the General […]