The final 168.3 km long stage, which featured two categorised climbs in the last third of the race, took the riders from Guilin to its southern outskirts before heading back north to conclude the race in the city centre. After a rainy start, five riders were able to escape following […]
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Enric Mas wins the Tour of Guangxi
Deceuninck – Quick-Step finish at the top of the UCI World Team Classification for the second year in a row 22-Oct-2019: Enric Mas sealed the first GC victory of his career in Guilin, where the third edition of the Tour of Guangxi came to a conclusion Tuesday morning. The 24-year-old […]
Bauke Mollema wins the 2019 Japan Cup
Bauke Mollema was the strongest and fastest in the Japan Cup road race, out-kicking Michael Woods (EF-Education First) in a two-up sprint to take the win in Utsunomiya Sunday. It gives the 32-year-old Dutch climber two successive wins after an impressive victory in Il Lombardia, and his second win in […]
Mas takes command of the Tour of Guangxi
Victorious on the race’s queen stage, the Spaniard became the 16th different Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider to get a win in 2019 20-Oct-2019: Enric Mas soloed to his first victory of the year and moved into the red jersey at the Tour of Guangxi – the season’s last World Tour […]
Pascal Ackermann simply unstoppable on the third stage of the Tour of Guangxi
Stage three saw a 143 km-long circuit race around the regional capital of Nanning, with five laps around the town, each featuring a third category climb on the way. Directly after the fall of the flag, a trio made their way up front but BORA – hansgrohe controlled the tempo […]
Third stage win for Bart Classens, showdown for the overall title: England and Gordon
Third stage win for Dutch rider Bart Classens in sprint finish at Skybury today in 04:40:48,2. Michael England (AUS) finishes in second (+5sec) and was closely followed by Alan Gordon (+20sec) who didn’t let go of his overall lead and finishing together with Brandan Marquez Fernandez (+29sec) from Spain. Angelika […]
2019 Tour of Guangxi Opener
Gree-Tour of Guangxi is the final WorldTour race of the season. The third edition of the six-day Chinese race took the riders on a sprinter-friendly parcours around the southern part of China. The 135.6km-long route around Beihai consisted of three laps of the port city with three small climbs along […]
Taylor Phinney to Retire from Professional Racing
This weekend in Japan, Taylor Phinney will zip up his EF Education First kit for the last time. He’ll pin on his numbers, and clip in for what is the final professional race of a career that’s been beautiful, frustrating, and everything in between. From the Olympics to the Tour […]
2019 Croc Stage 4: Alan Gordon increases overall race lead with stage win, Tazreiter now in 11th outright
Alan Gordon wins the Queen Stage of the 25th Crocodile Trophy in 05h43:11,3 in what looks like a solo race to the finish. The South African increases his overall lead to the Australian Michael England to 5:55min. The Dutch Bart Classens places in second today (+3:12min) and moves into third […]
Crocodile Stage 3: Change of guard – overall leader jersey for Alan Gordon
Change of guard on day three – overall leader jersey for Alan Gordon Alan Gordon Change of the guard on Day 3: third place today and the new overall race lead for Alan Gordon (SAF) with +3:38min. Second stage win for Bart Classens (NED) in 3h22:04 ahead of Spain’s Brandan […]