With the Vuelta back on the road after a well-deserved rest day, it was business as usual for the riders. While the parcours was fairly gentle to begin with, the pace certainly wasn’t, with fast racing throughout the day. After the Tinkoff riders held a blistering pace to pull in […]
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Sweat, blood, and Belgian Grit
Greg Van Avermaet has often come close, until this year.In 2016, he bagged it. The best season of his life: Olympic Gold and a Tour de France stage win, 3 days in the yellow jersey…among many more top ten placings. How did he do it?Q&A Session with Greg Van Avermaet […]
Stetina and Beppu re-sign with Trek-Segafredo
Trek-Segafredo is pleased to announce that it has agreed with Peter Stetina and Fumiyuki Beppu to extend the term of their contracts by two years through 2018. 29-year-old Peter Stetina, who came back from a near-career-ending leg injury in April 2015, showed his capacity this year, both as a leader […]
Rafal Majka signs with BORA – hansgrohe
Together with his fellow-countryman Pawel Poljanski, the almost 27-year-old from Poland joins BORA – hansgrohe in 2017. Majka, who signed a two-year agreement, will play an important role regarding the Giro and Tour de France ambitions of the team. After 2014, he won the king of the mountains classification in […]
Rick Zabel to join Team KATUSHA
Team KATUSHA is happy to announce that Rick Zabel will join the team in 2017. Zabel (22) has signed a contract for two seasons. The German rider comes from BMC Racing Team. In 2016 Rick Zabel successfully completed his second Tour of Italy, finishing four times in the top ten. […]
Special Report: The Hope of Adriano Malori
30 August 2016 Italian announces return to racing in Québec & Montréal (September 9 & 11), offers press conference to describe his recovery process: “I want to send a message of strength to those in need of courage to overcome serious neurological injuries; I could, and I hope you can, […]
Opportunistic Tinkoff line-up heads to Norway for Tour des Fjords
Tinkoff sends a balanced line-up of riders looking to take their chances for stage results at the five-day Tour des Fjords in Norway. With a mixture of stages to suit all types of riders, Erik Baška and Nikolay Trusov lead the team’s sprint chances, while Pawel Poljanski returns from illness […]
Spirited push in the final 10km sees tough Tinkoff leader, Alberto Contador, take 8th and ride to GC 5th at the Vuelta stage 10
The Tinkoff leader, Alberto Contador, today showed the fighting spirit that has made him one of the most successful riders in the professional peloton. With the race’s first top category climb coming the day before the race’s first rest day, the Spanish rider surged forward in the final 10km of […]
Nairo, king of the Lagos
29 August 2016 ©: Javier Belver / Vuelta a España Press Service Exhibition by Quintana in Covadonga takes back to the lead in the Vuelta a España, after two strong attacks in the mythical Asturian climb. Valverde takes fifth over the line, remains 2nd in GCNairo Quintana completed one of […]
David De La Cruz leads Vuelta a España after Maiden Pro Win
For the fourth time this season, an Etixx – Quick-Step rider sits at the top of a Grand Tour’s general classification 28-Aug-2016: Three days after renewing his contract with the team, David De La Cruz put in a masterful display on stage 9 of Vuelta a España (Cistierna – Alto […]