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The BMC Racing Team opens its Belgian classics campaign with a roster that includes two-time Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winner Philippe Gilbert, as well as last year’s runner-up, Greg Van Avermaet, and two other past top 10 finishers, Marcus Burghardt and Jempy Drucker. Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Saturday, Feb. 28)Marcus Burghardt (GER), […]
Etixx – Quick-Step has reached agreements with Colombian riders Rodrigo Contreras and Fernando Gaviria. Both riders reached two-year agreements (2016-2017). Contreras. 20, was 5th in the GC at Tour de San Luis earlier this season, and also was the Best Young Rider. Contreras won the gold medal in the U23 […]
Tinkoff-Saxo is set for Gran Premio di Lugano with a versatile team led by former race winner Ivan Basso. The Swiss one-day race takes place on March 1st in the hilly terrain in and around Lugano, where Tinkoff-Saxo is looking to play the part as main protagonist in a race […]
Backed by a strong team, Alberto Contador finishes in 2nd place overall after five days of racing at Vuelta a Andalucía. Going into the final day, the Spanish captain was just two seconds away from the red jersey, but could do little on the fast and somewhat flat final stage. […]
Matrah Corniche, Oman – Tejay van Garderen finished runner-up at the Tour of Oman Sunday and joined the BMC Racing Team on the podium as winners of the team classification. For the third straight year, van Garderen finished runner-up in his season-opening race. He was nine seconds behind Tour of […]
This year’s edition of Tour of Oman came to a conclusion on Sunday’s stage 6. The stage saw a breakaway making it to the finish line ahead of the peloton, where Peter Sagan won the sprint in the main bunch. Rafal Majka was the best-placed Tinkoff-Saxo rider, as the talented […]
February 22, 2015 | Madrid Juanjo Lobato wins again with huge margin on Andalucía’s closer in Alhaurín; claims third victory for Movistar Team in the race, seventh in 2015. Intxausti (3rd) joins luxury GC podium alongside Froome, Contador The 61st Vuelta a Andalucía – Ruta del Sol ended with the […]
The scene was once again set for a GC-battle on the finishing climb to Alto de Allanadas. Alberto Contador and Chris Froome once again proved the strongest of the favorites in another early-season showdown, but this time it was the Kenyan who drew the longest straw. Alberto Contador crossed the […]
The, on paper, exciting stage 5 of the Tour of Oman got a bit too exciting as sandstorms, heavy winds and extreme temperatures raised serious concerns for rider safety before and during the stage. Consequently the stage was first shortened, later neutralized and then completely canceled. Sean Yates, leading sport […]
Tinkoff-Saxo met the GC ambitions set by the team before the start of Tour of Oman, as Rafal Majka climbed to 4th place in the overall leadership on the queen stage of the race. Majka finished 4th atop the steep 5.7km climb to Green Mountain behind stage winner Rafael Valls. […]
