Riom (France) June 11th – Dylan Teuns maintened the Dauphiné yellow and blue leader’s jersey after stage 3 Le Puy-enVelay>Riom, 177km. On the paper it was an easy day that gave the pure sprinters a chance to take home a stage win. In fact Sam Bennett sprinted to win, but […]
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Critérium du Dauphiné: Dylan Teuns takes the win on stage 2 and the race lead too!
Craponne-sur-Arzonne (France), June 10th – What a special day for Team Bahrain Merida at the Critérium du Dauphiné. Dylan Teuns wins stage 2 (Mauriac>Craponne-sur-Arzonne, 180km) and he is also the new overall leader. “I’m super happy with this” the Belgian rider comments after beating Guillam Martin in a two-up sprint […]
2019 Dauphine Stage 1
The 71st edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné started today in Aurillac with a 142 km undulating stage. Five categorised climbs, one shortly before the finale, awaited the riders before they had to tackle two final laps in Jussac. After some kilometres of racing a group of six riders built […]
Deceuninck – Quick-Step to Critérium du Dauphiné
Julian Alaphilippe and Philippe Gilbert are ready to kick-start the second half of their season at the French World Tour race. 04-Jun-2019: Running between 9-16 June, the 71st edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné starts with two hilly stages perfectly suited to the baroudeurs, before smiling to the sprinters on […]
Oyarbide, García seal fantastic Vuelta a Burgos for Blues
Lourdes excels into 60km breakaway -solo for the last 25k- to bring Movistar Team their first UCI victory in 2019; Mavi finishes 3rd overall, with same time as overall winner Borgli (NOR). A luxury domestique and splendid rouleur, who was struggling with injury exactly one year ago after crashing out […]
Cleverness rewarded for Prades in Aragón
19th May 2019 Catalan allrounder & Movistar Team prevail in frantic final stage, GC open until final bonus sprint Zaragoza; Blues conquer their 11th success of 2019 by three secondsIn a fast-paced (46kph average), eventful -crashed riders included Eduardo Sepúlveda, with no consequence, and Jesús Ezquerra (BBH), who abandoned the […]
Team KATUSHA ALPECIN and Marcel Kittel Terminate their contractual relationship before its terms
Marcel Kittel: “On my request Team KATUSHA ALPECIN (TKA) and I have mutually decided to an early termination of my current contract. It was for me a long decision process where I raised a lot of questions about how and where I want to go as a person and athlete […]
ROMANDIE, ROGLIC GIVES ENCORE AND SEALS GC SUPREMACY
Team Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic goes on sending impressive messages to his Giro d’Italia’s rivals. Winner of the Tour de Romandie’s opening stage, the GC leader gave encore with Oltre XR4 in the stage 4, 107,6 km from Lucens to Torgon uphill finish, on Saturday, May 4th. Taking advantage from the […]
Van Avermaet Sprints to Tour de Yorkshire Stage Win and Second Overall
05 May 2019, Leeds (ENG) Greg Van Avermaet sprinted to his second win of the season on stage four of the Tour de Yorkshire which saw the Belgian secure second place overall. Van Avermaet, who won the race in 2018, started the final day six seconds behind eventual winner Chris […]
ROGLIC DOMINATES ROMANDIE IN FINAL GIRO DRESS REHEARSAL
The Team Jumbo Visma Slovenian won his third stage in the race in Geneve’s final ITT, topping a third World Tour stage race in 2019 after UAE Tour and Tirreno-Adriatico Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma) secured the Tour de Romandie overall win by topping the final ITT, 16,8 km with start […]