Santuario de San Miguel de Aralar, Spain Samuel Sánchez of the BMC Racing Team continued his climb up the standings at the Vuelta a España with seventh place on Wednesday’s summit finish to move from seventh to sixth overall. A Few Seconds Lost On a day when Sánchez lost teammate […]
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Contador Defends the Jersey
Tinkoff-Saxo’s captain and leader of the Vuelta, Alberto Contador, defended his overall lead by finishing 4th in today’s tactical mountain battle together with Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodriguez. Fabio Aru took the stage win 6 seconds ahead. The final 9,9 k climb of stage 11 became a tactical stop-and-go affair […]
Nairo crashes out of Vuelta
September 2, 2014 San Miguel de Aralar Second crash by Quintana at 20km into Aralar stage forces him to abandon; Colombian to undergo surgery after scapula fracture. Valverde 2nd at today’s finish, takes 7″ back on Contador. Bad luck ended Nairo Quintana’s chances in the 2014 Vuelta a España after […]
Jens Voigt targets Hour Record on September 18
42-year-old Jens Voigt has one more surprise up his sleeve. The recently retired German has scheduled September 18 as the date to attempt to break Ondrej Sosenka’s 49,7 kilometer mark. The attempt will happen in the Vélodrome Suisse in Grenchen. “It’s a huge challenge for me, both physical and mental,” […]
Quintana crashes during Vuelta ITT
September 2, 2014 | Borja Big blow into descent of Alto del Moncayo setbacks Nairo’s performance, takes him out of overall top-ten. Brilliant Alejandro Valverde (8th) finishes just 22″ behind Contador, jumps into second GC A crash which seriously diminishes his chances… and could have been even worse. Nairo Quintana […]
La Vuelta a España Stage 10: OPQS Owns the TT Podium Tony Martin, Rigoberto Uran Go 1-2
02-Sep-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team had a beautiful day in Borja, the arrival location of the 36.7km La Vuelta a España Stage 10 ITT on Tuesday. Tony Martin made the most out of the last kilometers of the time trial, winning with a time of 47 minutes and […]
BMC Racing Team Puts Two In Top 10 At Vuelta Time Trial
BMC Racing Team’s Samuel Sánchez finished fifth in Tuesday’s Stage 10 individual time trial and made a big move up the overall standings at the Vuelta a España while teammate Cadel Evans finished sixth. Immediately Had Good Feelings Sánchez was 48 seconds off the winning time of world time trial […]
Contador new leader of the Vuelta
Borja, 2nd of September – 2014 It was a one of the big days in this year’s Vuelta a Espana as today’s 36.7 kilometer long individual time trial would be able to show the differences in strength between the GC riders as well as the time trial specialists. Tinkoff-Saxo’s Spaniard, […]
Fränk Schleck and Riccardo Zoidl with Trek Factory Racing through 2016
Trek Factory Racing is pleased to announce that Fränk Schleck and Riccardo Zoidl have re-signed with the team on multi-year contracts. Fränk Schleck signed a new two year contract and will remain with TFR as a team leader for stage races and the hilly Classics. Schleck had a solid 2014 […]
The power of two
September 1, 2014 | Zaragoza Both Quintana & Valverde remark Movistar Team’s solidness and their own bond and strength as main advantage for them -now sitting as 1st and 3rd in the Vuelta- before a really demanding second week of racing Zaragoza held the first rest day for the whole […]