February 18, 2015 | Madrid Andalusian from Movistar Team beats all race favourites in Coria del Río TT; claims Blues’ 5th success in 2015, with five different riders, only 31 days after their season debut The brilliant winning streak of the Movistar Team in the beginning of the 2015 does […]
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Alberto Contador takes overall lead in Vuelta a Andalucía
Tinkoff-Saxo’s team captain Alberto Contador took over the leader’s jersey in Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta Ciclista del Sol after finishing 4th on the 8.2km technical time trial. Tinkoff-Saxo concludes the second split stage of day 1 with three riders in the top ten of the general classification. After receiving the […]
Claude Criquillon Dies of a Brain Hemmorhage
Claude Criquillon passed away yesterday after suffering a cerebral vascular accident. He was 58. His racing career went from 1979 to 1991. He was taken to the hospital on Sunday and died today. Criquillon racing the 1988 Giro di Lombardia He was deputy mayor in the Belgian city of […]
Armstrong loses court case, ordered to pay ten million dollars to SCA Promotions
Lance Armstrong was ordered to pay ten million dollars to SCA Promotions, the company that had been fighting what they paid to the Postal team ever since they had to pay it in the first place. They say that Armstrong engaged in “an unparalleled pageant of international perjury, fraud and conspiracy.” […]
Tour of Qatar Stage 6: Terpstra Wins Second Straight Gold Jersey
Etixx – Quick-Step Wins Team Classification 13-Feb-2015:Etixx – Quick-Step rider Niki Terpstra took home the Gold jersey as overall winner at Tour of Qatar for the second consecutive season, winning with an advantage of 6″ over Maciej Bodnar (Tinkoff-Saxo) and 9″ over Alexander Kristoff (Katusha). Teammates of Terpstra did a […]
Tinkoff Qatar Finish
This year’s edition of Tour of Qatar was sealed today in Doha and the overall classification was equally decided. Tinkoff-Saxo’s Maciej Bodnar finished 2nd in the general classification just six seconds behind race winner Niki Terpstra. The final stage was concluded in a final sprinter’s duel, where Peter Sagan finished […]
Alexander Kristoff takes hat-trick in Qatar
Alexander Kristoff continues his victorious performances in Qatar. Today the Team Katusha leader took his third victory, winning the 5th stage of the Tour of Qatar in Madinat ash-Samal. At the finish line Kristoff again beat Peter Sagan from Tinkoff-Saxo and Nikias Arndt from Giant-Alpecin. – Honestly, today I was […]
Peter Sagan one wheel-length away from stage win in Qatar – Bodnar closes in on race lead
A mere wheel-length separated Tinkoff-Saxo and Peter Sagan from the win on stage 4 of Tour of Qatar. The Slovak champion and team captain broke out of the slipstream of his rivals in the final sprint and surged for the line but missed less than a half meter to Alexander […]
Alexander Kristoff makes double in Tour of Qatar
Alexander Kristoff made a victorious double in the Tour of Qatar, winning his second stage of this race. Today Team Katusha’s leader won the fourth stage in Mesaieed, outsprinting Slovakian Champion Peter Sagan from Tinkoff-Saxo and Nikias Arndt from Giant-Alpecin. – It was a lot of head wind during the […]
Tour of Qatar Stage 3 ITT: Terpstra Back in Gold
7th Road Win for Team in 2015 10-Feb-2015: Etixx – Quick-Step rider Niki Terpstra, 2014 winner of Tour of Qatar, put himself back in the Gold jersey following the 2015 10.9km Stage 3 ITT in Lusail on Tuesday. The Dutch rider finished 8″ faster than 2nd place Fabian Cancellara (Trek […]