©Bettini Imanol rides 180km among the leaders at today’s Tour of Flanders, matching the very best on the tortuous climbs and pavé sections to achieve the first cobbled classic Top 10 in the Movistar Team’s long history – and becoming only the second Spanish rider, after Juan Antonio Flecha, to […]
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Sagan takes first Monument with solo breakaway to Ronde van Vlaanderen victory
Peter Sagan won Ronde van Vlaanderen in style today, taking the win after a solo breakaway 15km from the finish on the Paterberg climb. The UCI World Champion took his first Monument victory, finishing an exceptionally tough race twenty-five seconds ahead of his rivals. Seven sectors of pave cobblestones, eighteen […]
Three in a row for ORICA-GreenEDGE as Matthews wins La Rioja
2016 Paris-Nice green jersey champion Michael Matthews has won the 56th Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja today, taking the sprint by a whisker after ORICA-GreenEDGE brought back the breakaway in the final ten kilometres of the race. The third victory in three years for ORICA-GreenEDGE at the Spanish race and […]
Alberto Contador returns to Pais Vasco in search of fourth GC victory
The three-time winner of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco – or ‘Tour of the Basque Country’ – returns to the race for its 56th edition. Alberto Contador, who won the race in 2014, 2009 and 2008 will lead a Tinkoff roster fresh from strong performances at the Volta Ciclista a […]
Alberto Contador on Pais Vasco: “If the weather is bad, this Vuelta will be even tougher.”
Alberto Contador will kick off on Monday the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, the fourth and final race he had scheduled for the first part of the season. Tinkoff’s leader heads to the race “eager and excited. The Vuelta al Pais Vasco is a race that I like a lot and […]
Ion Izagirre wins for Movistar Team in Estella
2 April 2016 Basque climber rounds off magnificent ride by Movistar Team, joining long breakaway with Gorka Izagirre and Giovanni Visconti (4th) and bringing Eusebio Unzué’s squad its sixth success of 2016Ion Izagirre took a prestigious victory today in the town of Estella, deep in the region of Navarre, where Eusebio […]
Florid Gerts Takes volta Limburg Classic
Gerts: “This week I said to myself that I have to give it everything” 02 April 2016, Eijsden (NED) Floris Gerts stormed home to take his first win as a professional at Volta Limburg Classic today, in what was a race controlled by BMC Racing Team. Philippe Gilbert crossed the […]
Tinkoff develops partnership with Cyprus for new training location ahead of Giro d’Italia
This April, a selection of the riders set to line up at this year’s Giro d’Italia will head to Cyprus for a high altitude training camp, organised in conjunction with the Cyprus Tourism Organisation and the Cyprus Cycling Federation. The team has previously trained at various locations around Europe and […]
Former Winner Sánchez to Captain Vuelta Ciclista Al Pais Vasco Team
2 April, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Samuel Sanchez will captain BMC Racing Team at Vuelta Ciclista Al Pais Vasco on the back of a solid week of racing at Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. Sánchez’ previous success at the race speaks for itself; winner of the General Classification in 2012, third […]
Peter Sagan looking to pilot Tinkoff to victory at Ronde van Vlaanderen
This Sunday sees the second of cycling’s Monuments – Ronde van Vlaanderen, a race that signifies all that Flanders has to offer, including 18 Hellingen – the cobblestone climbs that characterise this race. Having finished fourth last year, Peter Sagan leads Tinkoff at this infamous one-day race and will be […]