Le coq sportif and the Tour de France joined forces for a public auction held at Hôtel Drouot in Paris on Saturday 14 January. Several objects related to the iconic bicycle race went under the hammer, raising €7650 for QHUBEKA, an organisation that fights to improve the lot of South […]
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Patxi Vila to add his experience to the Movistar Team
Spaniard comes back to his first team as a pro cyclist, becomes a member of the Telefónica-backed squad as Head of Performance, covering key functions into the diverse sporting areas of Eusebio Unzué’s teamThe Movistar Team confirmed Monday that Patxi Vila (Vera de Bidasoa, ESP; 1975) will be part of […]
Ewan, De Buyst and Kluge re-sign already. Two more years with Lotto Soudal.
On Lotto Soudal’s training camp in Mallorca, Caleb Ewan and two of his teammates, Jasper De Buyst and Roger Kluge, extended their contracts with the Belgian World Tour team until the end of 2022. The three riders still had an agreement with the team until end 2020. “I already knew […]
LA VUELTA 20 THE 75TH EDITION ROUTE
The official presentation of the La Vuelta 20 route. This will be a very special year for the Spanish grand tour as it celebrates its 75th edition. La Vuelta 20 will take off from The Netherlands on the 14th of August, with a first stage taking place entirely in Utrecht […]
Julian Alaphilippe wins Velo d’Or
Prestigious award is the latest in a long list of accolades for the 27-year-old rider of Deceuninck – Quick-Step Dec-2019: Julian Alaphilippe became just the second Frenchman in history (and the first in 24 years) to receive the Velo d’Or Mondial, the award won since 1992 by some of cycling’s […]
Deceuninck – Quick-Step win big at Kristallen Fiets
Remco Evenepoel, Tim Declercq and Patrick Lefevere were all honored at the prestigious gala, held Wednesday evening. 04-Dec-2019: Remco Evenepoel continued to write history, two months after ending his maiden pro season, by becoming the youngest ever recipient of the Kristallen Fiets trophy, which rewards the best Belgian rider of […]
Cycling Legend Raymond Poulidor Has Died at 83
November 13, 2019 Anquetil and Poulidor racing the 1964 Tour de France Poulidor had been in the hospital since the beginning of October. “He left us this morning,” his wife Gisele told AFP from their home in western France. Raymond & Giselle Poulidor in Le Village at the 2005 Tour […]
2019 TOUR DE FRANCE SAITAMA CRITERIUM: ARASHIRO, EMPEROR OF SAITAMA
October 27 th 2019 – 09:58 Several days after the coronation of Emperor Naruhito, Yukiya Arashiro achieved a crowning moment in his career by winning in front of his home crowds on the Tour de France Saitama Criterium. The victory must have been even sweeter since in the run-up to […]
Deceuninck – Quick-Step – Best team in the world for the second straight year
CEO Patrick Lefevere made an analysis of the spectacular campaign that has just concluded 23-Oct-2019: 2019 was again a vintage season that didn’t show at any point signs of abating for Deceuninck – Quick-Step, who enjoyed another monster of a year, retaining its incredible power to astonish and asserting its […]