27 July 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) BMC Racing Team will be looking for repeat success in London on Sunday when a strong six-rider squad, including 2015 winner Jempy Drucker, lines up at the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic. Sports Director Max Sciandri is confident in the ability of the whole BMC […]
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BMC Racing Team Targets Clásica Ciclista San Sebastian Victory
26 July 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) BMC Racing Team will bring a strong eight-rider roster to the UCI WorldTour one-day race Clásica Ciclista San Sebastian this Saturday, 30 July. Sports Director Yvon Ledanois said the team has multiple options given the difficulty of the course. “Clásica Ciclista San Sebastian […]
Tour de Wallonie: Trentin takes stage four, Meersman extends lead
Etixx – Quick-Step put in a flawless display on the penultimate stage and made another step towards winning the GC 26-Jul-2016: A smiling and confident Gianni Meersman came at the start line in Aubel for stage four of the Tour de Wallonie, determined to do everything he could in order […]
Tinkoff Tour de France Final Wrap: Accolades and accomplishments after the hard work pays off
After the race’s second and final rest day – a chance for the guys to reflect on another stage win and a large buffer in the green jersey contest – the Tour roads turned upwards for the final five day’s racing. Green was all but sewn up, but a few […]
Injury Update on Tom Dumoulin
Team Giant-Alpecin reports that Tom Dumoulin (NED) involved in a crash at the Tour de France is recovering well. Dumoulin arrived back home in the Netherlands on Saturday and went for further check-ups, which have shown a good healing and surgery will not be necessary. With the recovery heading in […]
Lotto and Greipel Tour Wrap Up
Yesterday André Greipel won the unofficial World Championships for sprinters on the legendary Champs-Elysées and this for the second year in a row. It was the first stage win for the German this Tour, the second one for Lotto Soudal. The Gorilla has now won eight times this season. It’s […]
Giant Alpecin to Clasica San Sebastian August 2
The first race for Team Giant-Alpecin after the whirlwind of the Tour de France is the one-day race Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian. This 220.2km race favors Warren Barguil (FRA), a rider well suited to this type of course as he finished in ninth place last year. Coach Arthur van Dongen […]
Thrilling finale on the Champs Élysées crowns stunning Tinkoff performance at Le Tour as Sagan takes second in sprint’
After three weeks, twenty-one stages and 3,519km, Tinkoff had taken three stage wins, three days in the yellow jersey, the Maillot Vert and Maillot à Pois, the Super Combative rider prize and a top ten in the GC overall. On the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, this was […]
Dan Martin finishes 9th in the Tour de France
An aggressive display in the mountains and a solid overall ride helped the Irishman record his best ever result in the race 24-Jul-2016: On Sunday evening, under a blue and beautiful sky, Dan Martin rode into Paris tucked in the peloton and safely completed the last stage, taking his maiden […]
Adam Yates becomes the first Briton to win the white jersey of the Tour de France
In just his second attempt, Adam Yates today became the first British rider to win the best young rider classification at the Tour de France. The 23-year-old rode an impressive race to finish in fourth place overall, well above expectation, giving ORICA-BikeExchange its best ever general classification result at the […]