Los Machucos. Monumento Vaca Pasiega, Wednesday, September 6th – The brutal climb of Los Machucos offered the show everyone expected at the end of stage 17 of La Vuelta 2017: Stefan Denifl (Aqua Blue Sport) soloed away to a brilliant victory while Chris Froome (Team Sky) was unable to follow […]
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100 RPM and 80 Kilometres per hour
“I am quite satisfied – says Vincenzo Nibali – it was a very difficult ITT and the side wind was really strong and therefore you had to keep a high speed. In some sections I also made 100 rpm and a speed close to 80 km / h. “ “Chris […]
Froome Dominates the Time Trial
Logroño, Tuesday, September 5th – Chris Froome (Team Sky) made the most of the ITT set at Logroño on Tuesday, claiming a second stage victory at La Vuelta 2017 and extending his GC lead. With a time of 47’00” to cover 40.2km, the British rider gained 29” on Wilco Kelderman […]
Dennis and Frankiny Forced to Withdraw from Vuelta a España
04 September, 2017, Haro (ESP) Rohan Dennis and Kilian Frankiny have been forced to withdraw from the Vuelta a España on the second rest day due to illness and injuries respectively. Dennis has developed an upper respiratory tract infection, BMC Racing Team doctor, Dr. Daniele Zaccaria confirmed. “Yesterday after a […]
Superman Lopez strikes again
Sierra Nevada. Alto Hoya de la Mora. Monachil, Sunday, September 3rd – Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) claimed a second stage victory at La Vuelta 2017, on Sunday atop the alto Hoya de la Mora. The young Colombian dominated the last climb of an action-packed day to get back to Adam […]
Lopez takes first Vuelta Queen stage while Majka Pays for Yesterday
The first queen stage in this year’s Vuelta turned out to be the expected leg breaker. While A. Lopez took an impressive stage win, Rafal Majka tried again to set his mark, but finally had to pay for the hard efforts done yesterday. All BORA – hansgrohe riders finished the […]
55 Seconds
With his third place in today’s stage Vincenzo Nibali makes another small step forward the leadership. With 4 bonus seconds, in fact, is now 55 seconds down on race leader the British Chris Froome. “In the last 100 kilometers – says the Italian champion – we have made a strong […]
Majka climbs back on top at La Pandera
Sierra de La Pandera, Saturday, September 2nd – After crashing out of the Tour and losing his GC ambitions due to illness at La Vuelta 2017, Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) proved on Saturday his aggressive racing could still earn him major victories. The Polish climber made the break at the start […]
Trentin makes it three
Tomares, Friday, September 1st – Already twice a stage winner at La Vuelta 2017, Matteo Trentin (Quick-Step Floors) made the most of a hard final at Tomares to raise his arm a third time, on Thursday. The Italian rider dominated Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) and Soren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb) […]
Communication Maxim Belkov on Vuelta incident
“Through the Vuelta organizers I have received more details from the Guardia Civil about the incident that occurred yesterday on the Puerto del Torcal when a fan pushed me into the ditch. Apparently the man suffers from a mental disability. For me this is more than enough reason not to […]