Still suffering from stomach problems, the BORA – hansgrohe leader couldn’t follow the main bunch in the final of a fast, flat stage to Tarragona. Again, he lost some minutes to burry all GC hopes for this Vuelta, while the fast men in the peloton contested in a bunch sprint. […]
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Trentin seizes the opportunity
Matteo Trentin makes history at the Vuelta a España The Italian earned a place in the history books as the 100th rider to win stages in all Grand Tours22-Aug-2017: Quick-Step Floors is on a roll at the Vuelta a España, where our team has just nabbed another stage victory, number […]
“This victory is for the Team – comments Vincenzo Nibali
– and for my teammate Javier Moreno, he has been really unlucky yesterday”. Bahrain Merida Team’s captain wins stage 3 of La Vuelta (Prades>Andorra La Vella 158.5 km). The Shark claims a spectacular victory in the first mountain stage, sprinting to 1st place ahead of De La Cruz and Froome. […]
A Suffering Rafal Majka fights hard to limit losses in first Vuelta showdown
Different than expected, the first mountain stage in this year’s Vuelta already saw some bigger time gaps. Unfortunately, BORA – hansgrohe’s leader Rafal Majka had a bad day. Already suffering on the first climb, Rafal fought hard throughout the stage to limit his losses to the race favorites. In the […]
Nibali and Froome Assert their Ambitions
Andorra la Vella (Andorra), Monday, August 21th – Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) dominated the final stretch of stage 3 of La Vuelta 2017 while Chris Froome (Team Sky) displayed his strength and took the red jersey. The first mountainous challenges of this edition offered intense racing and turned the general classification […]
Joaquim Rodriguez in a new role at Vuelta
Monday, 21st August – Joaquim Rodriguez Purito, one of the most famous Spanish riders, shared his impressions of this year’s Vuelta. He is at the start line and finish line of each stage as an ambassador of BAHRAIN MERIDA Team the one is helping to develop the young riders in […]
Yves Lampaert wins Vuelta a España stage 2
The team took the front in the final kilometers and split the field before the Belgian soloed to victory and the red jersey. 20-Aug-2017: Quick-Step Floors became on Sunday afternoon the first team to capture stage wins in all three Grand Tours this season, taking its remarkable tally in the […]
BMC Racing Team Demonstrate Team Time Trial Prowess With Victory on Vuelta a España Stage 1
19 August, 2017, Nîmes (FRA) BMC Racing Team got their Vuelta a España campaign off to a perfect start in Nîmes today after an impressive display of strength and skill over the course of the opening team time trial saw them secure the stage win and put Rohan Dennis into […]
GOOD START TO THE VUELTA A ESPAÑA FOR QUICK-STEP FLOORS
Our team took second place on the opening stage of the season’s final Grand Tour. Julian Alaphilippe, Eros Capecchi, David De La Cruz, Tim Declercq, Bob Jungels, Yves Lampaert, Enric Mas, Niki Terpstra and Matteo Trentin put in a fine effort on the opening stage of the 72nd Vuelta a […]
BMC Delivers the Red Jersey for Dennis
Nîmes (France), Saturday, August 19th – BMC Racing Team made the most of the opening time-trial of the 72nd La Vuelta, Saturday at Nîmes: stage victory for the American team and first red jersey for Rohan Dennis. With a time of 15’58” over 13.7km, BMC dominated Quick-Step Floors and Team […]