Rain began to fall as Fabian Cancellara readied on the start ramp for the 6.4-kilometer prologue that opened the Tour de Suisse Saturday, adding an extra difficulty to the technical course but not preventing him from winning in a time of seven minutes and thirty-eight seconds, a mere six-hundredths of […]
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Alberto Contador shows attacking spirit on the Madeleine as the Dauphiné reaches its hardest day
With a profile overwhelmed by the sight of the Hors Catégorie Col de la Madeleine, riders knew that today was going to be hard. The Queen Stage of the Dauphiné brought with it not only a difficult parcours, but aggressive riders who wanted to take the stage win, and maybe […]
Porte Climbs to Second Place on Stage 5 and GC
10 June 2016, Vaujany (FRA) Stage 5 of the Critérium du Dauphiné saw the General Classification contenders come out to play, with Richie Porte going head to head with Chris Froome (Team Sky) on the final climb. After multiple breakaways, the race came back together with five kilometers to go, […]
Contador Fights and Takes 5th on first Dauphiné mountain stage
After the uphill prologue on the first day, the Critérium du Dauphiné has been comparatively flat. Today, however, the race entered its final three days – all of which will be contested on some tough mountains. After the team worked to reel in a big breakaway, it was all going […]
Chris Froome Leads Dauphine
Chris Froome is the new race leader on stage 5 of the Dauphine. He won atop Montee du Vaujanay ahead of Richie Porte. He’s now ahead of former leader Contador by 21 seconds. Froome attacked forcefully towards the top of the climb. All his rivals except Porte fell away. […]
Orica to Continue with GreenEDGE for 2017 Season
ORICA-GreenEDGE is pleased to announce the renewal of naming rights sponsor Orica for a further 12 months to include the 2017 season. The sponsorship extension will mark the sixth and final year of the partnership between the two parties and will allow GreenEDGE to finalise details of ongoing discussions around […]
Contador avoids crash to retain GC lead in hectic sprint finale on Dauphiné stage 4
With a flat finish and a long run in to catch any breakaways, today’s stage was made for the sprinters. In spite of the day’s break managing to stay out for almost the entire length of the 176km stage, after being denied on yesterday’s stage by a late attack, the […]
Nizzolo sprints to the win in Gippingen
Giacomo Nizzolo capitalized on a strong Trek-Segafredo team that kept a tight rein on a dangerous 14-man escape group to win the GP des Kantons Aargau, Thursday. The large breakaway escaped early in the 188.7-kilometer race comprised of 10 local circuits, and Trek-Segafredo took the initiative to lead the chase, […]
Etixx – Quick-Step to Tour de Suisse 2016
Eight riders will go to the final World Tour event of June, which this year celebrates its 80th edition. 09-Jun-2016: Created in 1933 and raced over nine days, the Tour de Suisse earned a place in the cycling calendar as one of the most important stage races out there – […]
Lotto Tour de Suisse 2016
The day after tomorrow, Saturday 11 June, Lotto Soudal will stand at the start of the nine-day stage race Tour de Suisse. This year the WorldTour race is working together with Velon. During the live broadcast data of the riders will be shown. Lotto Soudal is very pleased with the […]
