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 […]
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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 […]
Peter Sagan grabs white jersey after ferocious crosswind battle in Qatar
Tinkoff-Saxo has secured a good starting point before the crucial time trial on stage 3 at Tour of Qatar. Both Peter Sagan and Maciej Bodnar finished in the decimated and select front group at stage 2 and are now 7th and 10th respectively in the GC. Sagan also takes over […]
Rojas extends winning streak
February 8 , 2015 | Madrid ©Tinkoff Sports Spaniard makes prodigious sprint in Sealine Beach to claim opening stage and leader’s jersey in Tour of Qatar, taking Movistar Team’s victory account up to already four in 2015 José Joaquín Rojas profited on Sunday from a bunch sprint with no real […]
Peter Sagan 4th in sprint finish despite bad crash at Tour of Qatar
Tinkoff-Saxo’s captain Peter Sagan finished 4th on stage 1 of Tour of Qatar, as the team took on its third race of the season – however not as planned. Mid-stage on the 128km route, Peter Sagan crashed hard due to a small rock on the road surface. In spite of […]
BIANCHI TO SPONSOR AMERICAN WOMEN’S COLAVITA TEAM
Iconic Italian brand joins Colavita in tackling a new exciting challenge in women’s racing cycling. Sempre Pro is the official team’s bike. Bianchi announces a new sponsorship agreement with Colavita/Bianchi Women’s Cycling Team, joining another historical Italian brand – Colavita – in an exciting new project to develop women’s racing […]
RACE PREVIEW: TOUR OF QATAR 2015
TOUR OF QATAR (UCI 2.HC) Following the Dubai Tour the racing in the desert continues this weekend with the 14th edition of the Tour of Qatar. Marcel Kittel (GER) continues his early season in Qatar after starting at the Tour Down Under, where he won the warm-up criterium, The People’s […]