Following his participation in the Clasica San Sebastian, his first race back after injury during the Tour de France, Tinkoff’s GC leader Alberto Contador lines up at the five day Vuelta a Burgos in Spain. The race will be a strong test and preparation race in the build-up for the […]
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Tom Boonen wins RideLondon Classic
The 35-year-old scored his second victory in the space of a week, taking Etixx – Quick-Step’s 2016 win tally to 40 31-Jul-2016: Napoleon Bonaparte once said that “great ambition is the passion of great a character” and if there’s a rider in the current peloton who can be seen as […]
Bauke Mollema wins Clasica San Sebastian
Bauke Mollema rebounded from the bitter disappointment one week ago when crashes ruined his podium chances at the Tour de France by soloing to his first WorldTour victory in Clasica San Sebastian Saturday. “The last days of the Tour de France were really disappointing for me, and this was a […]
Michael Valgren doubles up on Tour of Denmark stage 3 taking the win and race lead
Michael Valgren continued Tinkoff’s strong start to the Tour of Denmark this week taking a superb victory on stage 3 with a huge attack on the final short, sharp climb to the line. Looking comfortable on each of the four tough finishing circuits, Valgren left the select front group behind […]
Tight finish sees race leader Daniele Bennati take third in Tour of Denmark stage 2 sprint
Starting the stage in defense of the race lead, Daniele Bennati nearly pulled off the double on today’s second stage of the race as first Michael Valgren tried his luck in the final kilometre, before Daniele was just edged into third in a thrilling sprint finish. With Michael caught in […]
Lotto Soudal to Clasica San Sebastian and Ride London Classic
Almost a week after the Tour de France a one-day WorldTour race is scheduled: the Clásica San Sebastián. Saturday it will be the 36th edition of this Basque race. The Klasikoa is 220.2 kilometres long and contains six hills, twice the duo Jaizkibel and Arkale. The Murgil Tontorra, with top […]
Carapaz joins Movistar Team as trainee
28 July 2016 23-year-old climber from Ecuador to take part in international courses as part of Eusebio Unzué’s squad this summer, following short, brilliant stay into Spanish amateur sceneMovistar Team confirms on Thursday that Richard Carapaz (Tulcán, Ecuador; 1993) will join their squad in the next few days as trainee […]
Vermote to Stay with Etixx Quickstep in 2017
The Belgian reached a new agreement with the team for which he’s been riding since 2011, when he turned pro. Julien Vermote will continue in the colors of Etixx – Quick-Step next season, after the two parties have struck a deal on Thursday. A former winner of Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, […]
BMC Racing Team Head Stateside for Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah
29 July 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) BMC Racing Team will race stateside next week as an eight-rider squad line up on Monday for the first of seven stages at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. Sports Director Jackson Stewart said racing on home soil always gives the riders […]
Etixx – Quick-Step to Clasica San Sebastian
First World Tour one-day race of the summer will see a strong team, with many cards to play, line up at the start 27-Jul-2016: This year, San Sebastian is the European Capital of Culture, and among the hundreds of events which it stages, there’s also the Clasica San Sebastian, one […]
