For the first time since its inception, the team has reached this milestone before the National Championships 21-Jun-2018: Elia Viviani didn’t lose any time in making Adriatica Ionica the fifth different stage race in which he scored a win this season, after Tour Down Under, Dubai Tour, Abu Dhabi Tour […]
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Tour de Suisse: Porte Wins Yellow Jersey, Küng Claims ITT Victory
17 June, 2018, Bellinzona (SUI) The most successful Tour de Suisse in BMC Racing Team’s history came to an end with Richie Porte sealing the overall victory in his debut at the race, and Swiss time trial champion Stefan Küng smashing the individual time trial to take the stage win. […]
Valverde grabs GC in Occitanie
17th June 2018 – Pictures: Route d’Occitanie / Aubin Lipke Movistar Team leader caught just 10 meters from stage four finish in Cazouls-lès-Béziers by Roux (GFC) after 70km break with Sánchez (AST); equals eleven victories from 2017, improves Blues’ account to 22Alejandro Valverde left a brilliant impression in the 2018 […]
Uran second at Slovenia, looks to Tour
Rigoberto Uran time trialled to 15th place on the final stage of Tour of Slovenia, clocking a faster time than all but two of the riders in the general classification top 10. The performance was enough to keep Uran in second overall. Overnight race leader Primoz Roglic (Team LottoNL-Jumbo) won […]
Enric Mas wins Tour de Suisse best young rider jersey
The 23-year-old Spaniard finishes the race in fourth place overall at his first participation 17-Jun-2018: Enric Mas capped off a strong week at the Tour de Suisse by notching up his best ever GC result since turning pro, just eight seconds off the podium of the race created back in […]
Peter Sagan takes record seventh Tour de Suisse points jersey and Maciej Bodnar impresses with fourth on stage 9 ITT
For many riders, a time trial is the purest form of racing – no other riders to compete with, open roads and very little to slow them down, so all they have to do is ride hard and post the fastest time they can. This was especially true of today’s […]
Tour de Suisse: Strong Teamwork Sees Porte Survives Hectic Circuit Stage
16 June, 2018, Bellinzona (SUI) Richie Porte survived the hectic circuit race on stage 8 of the Tour de Suisse to maintain his overall lead ahead of the final time trial on Sunday. The riders did six laps of a 21.5km circuit in Bellinzona and with the stage presenting the […]
Nairo Quintana flies to Suisse mountain stage win
15th June 2018Colombian climber -supported by strong Movistar Team, up to 20 wins in 2018- deploys all his class over Arosa climb with long-range attack, opening his victory account of the season and now sitting 2nd overallNairo Quintana (Movistar Team) claimed one of his most brilliant wins as a pro […]
Uran wins Tour of Slovenia stage three to move into race leader’s green jersey
Rigoberto Uran won the Tour of Slovenia stage three uphill sprint in Celje ahead of Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-SCOTT) and Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo). Roglic was a late-race attacker, reeled in with the finish line in sight, while Impey opened the sprint, but it was Uran’s perfectly timed kick that netted the […]
Tour de Suisse: Porte Digs Deep on Stage 7 to Retain Yellow Jersey
15 June, 2018, Arosa (SUI) Strong teamwork and good legs from Richie Porte saw the Australian climb to third place on the Arosa summit finish on stage 7 of the Tour de Suisse, to retain the race lead with two stages remaining. As was the case on stage 6, a […]