Past world road champion Thor Hushovd will close his professional cycling career Saturday in Belgium at the Primus Classic Impanis-Van Petegem, the BMC Racing Team announced Wednesday. 2004 Tour de France win 2005 Tour Prologue 2006 Tour de France win Leaving His Legacy#Hushovd’s final race will cap 15 years in […]
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Evans’s Future Includes BMC Ambassador Role
Ponferrada, Spain Cadel Evans will compete for the BMC Racing Team at the start of the 2015 season before transitioning into a brand ambassador role for the team’s title sponsor, BMC Switzerland. The news was shared Thursday during a press conference at the UCI road world championships in Spain. ‘Right […]
UCI Cyclocross Event of the Season takes riders to China
Story and Photos by Christine Vardaros September 23, 2014 The moment I got confirmation that I was invited to participate in China’s QianSen Trophy Cyclocross Yanqing Station race, my head immediately exploded with nervous excitement. My travel had been extensive, yet limited to Europe and North America. What would it […]
Czech Olympic Committee clears Roman Kreuziger
Lyngby, Denmark, 22/09/2014 Tinkoff-Saxo’s rider was found not guilty for the alleged abnormalities in his Biological Passport Profile. The team is very happy that Kreuziger has been cleared by the Judicial system of the Czech Olympic Committee and that he is is now eligible to resume racing. Tinkoff-Saxo has been […]
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador wins third Vuelta sixth Grand Tour
Santiago de Compostela, 14th of September – 2014 Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador was just 9.7 kilometers away from overall glory in this year’s Vuelta a Espana when he took on tonight’s individual time trial. With a lead of 1.37 minutes to second place, only accidents could get in the way of […]
Valverde Finishes 3rd
September 14, 2014 | Santiago de Compostela Alejandro Valverde finishes 2014 Vuelta a España in 3rd place, steps onto race podium for 6th time; Movistar Team avoid rain in Santiago with Malori to claim third stage win, en route to their fifth GT overall top-3 in their last seven chances […]
Valverde On the verge of another great achievement
September 13, 2014 | Ancares Dedicated Alejandro Valverde squeezes his final energies to take 3rd atop Ancares; Movistar Team leader holds 1’22” margin en route to sixth Vuelta career podium, with just 10km time trial ahead in Santiago After eleven victories in 2014 -including the Spanish TT Championships, the Flèche […]
Tinkov and Riis excited about prospect of overall Tinkoff-Saxo victory in Vuelta
Tinkoff-Saxo’s captain Alberto Contador sealed his overall lead at Vuelta a España after winning stage 20 to the feared Puerto de Ancares. Contador followed multiple strong accelerations from Chris Froome and finally attacked his main rival with 500 meters to go, taking 16 seconds plus bonus seconds. He now leads […]
Valverde on Stage 19
September 12, 2014 | Cangas do Morrazo Valverde, Movistar Team head towards Puerto de Ancares, set to be Vuelta decider together with Sunday’s short time trial in Santiago There were no changes in the overall standings of the Vuelta a España after stage 19 in the race, a 181km route […]
Contador two days away from overall glory
Cangas do Morrazo, 12th of September – 2014 Today, Tinkoff-Saxo and the rest of the Vuelta peloton took on stage 19 of the Spanish Grand Tour. The 180.7 kilometer long course from Salvaterra do Mino to Cangas do Morrazo was dominated by a breakaway trio but several teams eyed an […]
