28th April 2018 Ecuadorian climber from Movistar Team grabs astonishing win at Asturias’ Queen stage after powerful attack with 5km remaining; leads GC with one short, tough stages en route to Oviedo, Sunday. Rubén Fernández finishes 3rd, Pedrero 5thHe started the race from Oviedo on Friday as one of the […]
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Tour de Romandie. Stage 1. Omar Fraile brings sprint win to Astana
Omar Fraile took a nice victory today at stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie with the finish in Delémont. The Astana Team rider won the final sprint from a group of race favorites, outsprinting the Italian Sonny Colbrelli and the Portuguese rider Rui Costa. – I am so happy […]
Kanstantsin Siutsou grabs Tour of Croatia
Zagreb (Croatia), April 22nd – After Vincenzo Nibali in 2017, it is still a BAHRAIN MERIDA Pro Cycling Team rider to be crowned overall winner of the Tour of Croatia in St. Mark Square in Zagreb. Kanstantsin Siutsou easily defended his red leader’s jersey in the final stage 6 (151.5km […]
Bob Jungels solos to career-defining Liège–Bastogne–Liège victory
The Luxembourg Champion attacked in the last 20 kilometers and scored the first ever win of Quick-Step Floors in “La Doyenne” 22-Apr-2018: Since the team’s inception in 2003, Quick-Step Floors have won a staggering 17 Monuments, most recent major classic to make its entry on this unbelievable roll of achievements […]
Jungels Takes Liege Bastogne Liege
Bob Jungels solo victory at Liege Bastogne Liege 2018. He was followed by Michael Woods (EF-Drapac) and Romain Bardet (AG2R) with Alaphilippe fourth.
Rodríguez completes dream weekend, wins V. Murcia
22nd April 2018 Local hero from Movistar Team completes yet another solo exhibition in her home region, leaving nine-woman decisive break behind at La Fuensanta climb; Telefónica-backed squad obtains third win in 2018It’s been a weekend with plenty of good news for the women’s Movistar Team, mostly for a hard-working […]
LIEGE-BASTOGNE-LIEGE: ANNA VAN DER BREGGEN SCORES A DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Ans, Sunday April 22nd 2018 – Four days after her fourth consecutive victory at the Flèche Wallonne, Boels Dolmans Cycling Team leader Anna van der Breggen again won Liège–Bastogne–Liège after claiming the first edition of the ladies’ race in 2017. Aussie Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-SCOTT) and her Dutch teammate Annemiek van […]
Manuele Boaro won the stage to Učka mountain at Tour of Croatia
Saturday, 21th April – Manuele Boaro won a hard climbing stage, 156,5 km long from touristic town Rabac to the steep finish on the Učka mountain in the National Park. Not even 13% climb didn’t stop Manuele to attack hard in the last 500m. Maunuele left behind second positioned Owsian […]
Liege Baston Liege Preview
The world’s best riders are ready to tackle the 104th edition of La Doyenne on Sunday. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) is looking to reassert his dominance in the Ardennes after Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) dethroned him at Huy. Women are also back for the second edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes. Already winner […]
Gloria Rodríguez crowns one-two in Murcia
21st April 2018 Local hero notches up Movistar Team’s second win in 2018 with superb attack into final lap of Trofeo Roldán; Alba Teruel (2nd) completes splendid race for BluesThey raced with only three members as most of their team-mates were in Belgium for Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège. But still, the Movistar […]