April 24 th 2019 A year after overthrowing Alejandro Valverde from his throne, Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) conquered the Mur de Huy again to take his second victory on La Flèche Wallonne. The race opened up much earlier than usual but the Frenchman was once again the strongest in the […]
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Masnada Wins in Baselga di Piné. Sivakov retains TotA’s overall lead
Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec’s Italian rider attacks 1,5 Km from the finish, claiming victory in Tour of the Alps’ stage 3 Fausto Masnada gave Androni-Giocattoli Sidermec an amazing win in Tour of the Alps’ stage 3 (Salorno/Salurn-Baselga di Piné, 106,3 Km). The Italian rider attacked outdistanced the leading group with 1,5 Km […]
LA FLÈCHE WALLONNE FEMMES: FIFTH CROWN FOR QUEEN ANNA
April 24 th 2019 Like on the four previous editions, but this time with the World Champion’s jersey on her shoulders, Anna van der Breggen conquered the Flèche Wallonne Femmes for a fifth time. The Dutch rider waited for the final climb up the Mur de Huy to produce her […]
Team Sky’s Two on Two at Tour of the Alps: Stage and Lead for Sivakov in Schenna
Russian Pavel Sivakov takes a beautiful win in Tour of the Alps’ stage 2 preceding Hirt and Cattaneo Another win for Team Sky at the 2019 Tour of the Alps, the second after Tao Geoghegan Hart’s success in Kufstein (Austria). Russian Pavel Sivakov claimed his first win in career in […]
Geoghegan Hart Seals Win in Exciting Tour of the Alps Opener
Vincenzo Nibali sparkled up the race in the finale, with Rafal Majka, but eventually it was the lanky brit who took a prestigious first career victory in Kufstein. There’s no waiting game at the Tour of the Alps. If anybody thought that the most expected riders would play the hiding […]
First Ever WorldTour Stage Race Victory for BORA – hansgrohe
Felix Großschartner wins the overall and Sam Bennett the sprint classification at the Tour of Turkey The final stage of the 55th edition of the Tour of Turkey had its big showdown like every year in the city center of Istanbul. Before the riders headed into the tricky finale, which […]
Tour of Turkey: Jakobsen Dashes to Victory in Edremit
The 22-year-old became the first Dutchman to take a win at the race since it was elevated to World Tour status 18-Apr-2019: Fabio Jakobsen made it twenty-four Deceuninck – Quick-Step wins this season at the end of the 122.6km-long stage 3 of the Tour of Turkey, where after being put […]
Sam Bennett Extends Overall Lead on Tough Tour of Turkey Stage Four
After yesterday’s shortest stage, the peloton had to face the longest stage of this year’s edition of the Tour of Turkey today. 194km on a demanding course with an uphill finish at a maximum gradient of 6% in the city of Bursa awaited the riders. Like yesterday, the wind played […]
Ewan Takes Stage 4 in Turkey
Caleb Ewan emerged victorious in the fourth stage of the Tour of Turkey today. At the end of the over 190 kilometres long stage, the Australian beat Juan José Lobato and Sam Bennett in a thrilling uphill sprint. Lobato tried to surprise by launching his sprint early, but Caleb Ewan […]
Confident Nibali Eager for Tour of the Alps Challenge
The Italian will ride in the euro-regional stage race April 22-26, enroute to the Giro d’Italia pink jersey. On Monday April 22nd, in Kufstein, Austria, the Sicilian rider will start Tour of the Alps, a race that he won twice in his career, before questing for a third Giro d’Italia […]