Two-time stage winner Esteban Chaves has finished sixth on stage seven of the Vuelta a Espana to maintain his ten second lead at the Spanish Grand Tour. The stage was touted as the first general classification test of the 2015 Tour with a 19km category one climb to finish. Chaves […]
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Lindeman wins Stage 7
Team Lotto.NL-Jumbo claimed their first win in the 70th Vuelta a Espana. Bert-Jan Lindeman clinched victory in the first high-mountain stage of the race (Jòdar – La Alpujarra 191,1 Km), preceding on the finish line Ilia Koshevoy and Fabio Aru. Lindeman was one of the promoters of the long escape […]
Quintero fights in the escape at the Vuelta
Torres comes 1:33 behind stage winner Lindeman Colombia-Coldeportes was offensive once again in the Vuelta a España, this time in stage seven, 191 km from Jodar to La Alpujarra. In a day which featured the first altitude finish of this year’s edition, Alto de Capileira, Carlos Julian Quintero attacked almost […]
Majka puts in strong finish atop La Alpujarra at Vuelta a España
Tinkoff-Saxo’s team leader Rafal Majka placed 5th on the mountain stage to La Alpujarra after putting in an acceleration on the last section of the final climb. Having benefitted from a strong team effort that was finished off by tenacious work from Jesper Hansen, Majka took time on several rivals. […]