After riding a strategically-strong race from the start, the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan, showed he had the nous to be in the right place at the right time at Gent-Wevelgem, only to be denied in the closing kilometres. After working hard to try and bridge to a late attack, […]
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Ian Garrison Runner-Up At U23 Gent-Wevelgem
Ieper, Belgium – In his first race in the Under 23 ranks, Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team’s Ian Garrison surprised even himself with a runner-up result at Gent-Wevelgem Sunday while competing for USA Cycling. Garrison finished about a bike length behind race winner Jacob Hennesy (Great Britain). Rasmus Tiller (Norway) […]
Strong ride from BORA – hansgrohe on the last stage at Volta a Catalunya
The final stage in Barcelona was marked by a strong ride of the BORA – hansgrohe squad. On the first 10 kilometers Jay McCarthy jumped into the breakaway of the day and worked the whole day in front of the race. On the last lap Rafal Majka pulled hard and […]
Impey Wins the Penultimate Stage in Volta Catalunya and helps Yates move up overall
South African time trial champion Daryl Impey sprinted to victory on today’s penultimate stage in the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. After 30kilometres of racing the peloton saw significant splits with some of the race favourites missing out. Impey selflessly rode to make sure the group stayed away to help Adam […]
E3 Harelbeke: Gilbert takes second podium in three days
After making the key selection on the Paterberg, the Belgian Champion finished runner-up in Harelbeke 24-Mar-2017: Philippe Gilbert showcased again his strong form and fantastic skills on the cobbles by nabbing a second consecutive podium this week, 48 hours after being part of the Quick-Step Floors set-up which helped Yves […]
Van Avermaet Tops Podium at Record Bank E3 Harelbeke
24 March, 2017, Harelbeke (BEL) Greg Van Avermaet showed he is in winning form when he sprinted to victory at Record Bank E3 Harelbeke, his second UCI WorldTour individual victory of the season. The sprint for the line came down to Van Avermaet, Philippe Gilbert (Quickstep-Floors) and Olivier Naesen (AG2R), […]
Valverde is The Leader
24 March 2017 Spaniard claims sensational victory, the Movistar Team’s 11th of the 2017 season, after immense Lo Port climb -with huge support from Marc Soler (4th)- to reach top of GC in Volta, just two days from the end of the race. Alejandro Valverde was again unstoppable on the […]
Sabine Spitz takes 5th Stage Win in South Africa at Cape Epic
On Friday March 24th 2017 Sabine Spitz, rider of Ascendis Health Team together with teammate Robyn de Groot, won the stage in the 2017 edition of the South African MTB stage marathon. In the stage 5 (Oak Valley – Oak Valley 84 Km), the Spitz – De Groot duo preceded […]
Van Garderen Maintains Overall Lead After Snows Shortens Stage 4
23 March 2017, Igualada (ESP) Snow and freezing temperatures saw Volta Ciclista a Catalunya stage 4 shortened with the race starting at KM 60, of the previously planned 184.3km stage, and Tejay van Garderen finishing safely in the bunch behind stage winner Nacer Bouhanni (Team Cofidis) to retain his leader’s […]
Dwars door Vlaanderen. Alexey Lutsenko takes the podium
22/03/2017 Astana Proteam rider Alexey Lutsenko took third podum place at the prestigious classic race Dwars door Vlaanderen (UCI WorldTour), which has been held today in Belgium (Roesalare – Waregem, 203,4 km). The Kazakh rider became a part of a four-man leading group, which broke away on the famous climb […]