The German survived from a day-long break on a rainy stage to bring victory number 19 for Quick-Step Floors this season 24-Mar-2018: August 2nd, 2017. Maximilian Schachmann is part of a small breakaway group which took off at the start of a short stage marred by grim weather, between Olimp […]
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Sam Bennett takes third place on the penultimate stage of the Volta a Catalunya
A duo built the breakaway of the day and made it to the finish line. BORA – hansgrohe set the pace in the peloton, Jay McCarthy started the sprint for his teammate Sam Bennett. The Irish sprinter took the win out of a reduced bunch and crossed the line in […]
Matej Mohorič 4th at the shortened sixth stage of Catalunya
Volta Ciclista A Catalunya – Stage 6 Vielha Val D’Aran – Torrefarrera 175.6km // 117 km The sixth stage of the Volta Ciclista A Catalunya started today in La Pobla de Segur at 14:30 hrs due to the bad weather conditions. The teams woke up in Vielha Val D’Aran at […]
BIANCHI AND GRAND TOURS PROJECT JOIN FORCES
Italian bicycle manufacturer Bianchi and premium bike tour company Grand Tours Project announce a new partnership to offer performance cycling experiences through legendary destinations. Grand Tours Project and Bianchi will be offering a variety of innovative “Powered by Bianchi” bike tours that are specially designed for passionate performance cyclists. The […]
Matej Mohorič 3rd and Giovanni Visconti 4th at Stage 5 of Volta Catalunya
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya – Stage 5 Llivia – Vielha Val d’Aran, 212,9 km 23rd March, 2018. The longest stage stage of Volta Ciclista a Catalunya was a very demanding stage with hard climbs. From the start there were several attempts for the breakaway and finally After 30 km it […]
Hard day for BORA-hansgrohe at E3-Harelbeke as crashes in cobblestone classic make racing tough
The first of the Belgian Classics came today along with some stereotypically-Belgian weather conditions. Rain soaked cobblestones made the going treacherous today, with a race of exciting attacking and counter-attacking marred by crashes that would see many of the favourites out of contention. In spite of a valiant effort to […]
A difficult day for BORA – hansgrohe at the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Today´s breakaway of the day was gone for most of the stage, a late attack of J. Pantano in the final 20km´s was successful, as he took the win in Vielha Va d´Aran. BORA – hansgrohe had not the best day today, after two difficult and cold stages the German […]
Mollema victorious in Coppi e Bartoli stage two
Bauke Mollema sprinted to the uphill victory in stage two at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali to give Trek-Segafredo its second win of the day after Jarlinson Pantano won stage five in the Volta a Catalunya earlier. It was a big win for the Dutchman who had been fighting […]
Pantano wins stage five in Catalunya
Jarlinson Pantano held off the chasing peloton in a nail-biter ending to stage five at the Volta a Catalunya Friday to claim his first win since his Tour de France stage victory in 2016. Pantano and Vegard Stake Laengen (UAE Team Emirates) were the last two standing from the day’s […]
Van Avermaet Claims Third in Thrilling E3 Harelbeke Finale
23 March, 2018, Harelbeke (BEL) Greg Van Avermaet stood on the podium for the first time during the spring classics after taking third place in a nail-biting edition of Record Bank E3 Harelbeke. Eight riders formed the day’s breakaway and quickly gained an advantage of more than six minutes in […]