Basque cyclist Haimar Zubeldia, 39, has agreed to a one-year contract extension, and Luxembourger Laurent Didier, 32, has inked a two-year deal, securing both Trek-Segafredo long-standing teammates for the 2017 season. Zubeldia, who will enter his 20th season as a professional at the age of 40 next year, has shown […]
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BMC Racing Team Welcomes Francisco Ventoso in 2017
27 September, 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Former Spanish national road race champion Francisco Ventoso will join BMC Racing Team in 2017, General Manager Jim Ochowicz confirmed today. Ventoso, 34, is the third addition to BMC Racing Team’s 2017 roster and strengthens both the grand tour and classics’ teams, Ochowicz […]
RACE PREVIEW: SEPTEMBER 26 – OCTOBER 4 Giant Alpecin
MILANO-TORINO (1.HC)Team Giant-Alpecin lines up for the second of three Italian races this week at Milano-Torino. The 97th edition will take place on Wednesday 28th September on an almost identical course to the last year’s race, relatively steady and flat until the final 25km, where two sharp climbs will effectively […]
Felline extends contract with Trek-Segafredo
Fabio Felline and Trek-Segafredo agreed on a one-year contract extension through the end of 2018. The 26-year-old Italian has been with the team since 2014, and in that time he has developed into an adamant all-rounder, his green jersey at this year’s Vuelta being the most conspicuous example of his […]
Tinkoff lines up at trio of Italian races in search of late season success
Three different Tinkoff line-ups will tackle three separate Italian one-day races this week, with Tre Valli Varesini kicking off the action on Tuesday, followed by Milano-Torino and Giro del Piemonte on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. Fresh from his recent overall victory at the Giro della Toscana, racing for the Italian […]
Sagan claims podium and points classification as weather closes in on Eneco Tour finale, while strong overall performance regains UCI points top spot
Less than thirty seconds separated the top five of the GC going into the final day of the Eneco Tour, and with Peter Sagan sitting just off the top three, the UCI World and European Champion would be aiming for a podium place. However, on what was already a hard […]
Niki Terpstra rides to victory in Eneco Tour
A strong performance on the treacherous cobbles and a flawless team tactic catapulted the Dutchman at the top of the GC 25-Sep-2016: Rain, cobblestones and a tough course with 17 hills made for a psychedelic picture on Sunday, when the 12th edition of the Eneco Tour wrapped up after one […]
Chaves keeps calm to win Giro dell’Emilia
Two-time Grand Tour podium finisher Esteban Chaves backed up his recent Vuelta a Espana performance to claim the victory in one-day Italian race Giro dell’Emilia today. Chaves waited patiently before making a well-timed attack in the final moments of the 213km race to steal the victory at the top of […]
Pibernik wins, McNally 2nd: one-two at Eneco Tour
Lampre-Merida’s Slovenian outsprinted Wanty’s Brit in the stage 6 of the World Tour event after a long escape, completing a double for Extreme Pibernik Luka Pibernik and Mark McNally crossing the finish line of Eneco Tour’s stage 6 Northwave claimed a beautiful one-two at Eneco Tour: on Saturday September 24th, Slovenian […]
Trek-Segafredo and Fabian Cancellara confirm TUEs for bee sting treatment
Trek-Segafredo and Fabian Cancellara confirm that Cancellara received therapeutic use exemptions (TUE) for the treatment of severe allergic reactions to bee stings on August 17, 2011, and May 18, 2013. The treatments were administered in respective urgent care centers where Cancellara was treated, and not by a team doctor. These […]