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While many races wind down with a flat stage after a hard week’s racing, the Tour de Suisse saved the most brutal until last. Stage 9 – the Queen Stage – had been shortened due to snowfall, but even at its revised 101.5km distance, it was still by far the […]
The final stage of the Tour of Slovenia traversed through the southwest of the country, from Trebnje to Novo Mesto. On the 167.5km-long route, the riders encountered two third-category climbs, the last of which, an ascent of 5 km with a gradient of 8.6 per cent, came 30km before the […]
In fact, Team BAHRAIN MERIDA leader confirmed his second place overall on the final stage, that was also the Queen stage. A brutal day in the saddle, through an Alpine 144.4km circuit, starting and finishin in Goms and featuring three hors catégorie passes (Nufenen, Gotthard and Furka) with cyclists climbing […]
The Italian National Champions exploit the last chance to jump on top of the standings in Valle d’Aosta. Kerschbaumer dominates the race ahead of Sarrou and Bertolini, for Lechner a third place is enough behind Richards and Ferrand-Prevot Kerschbaumer The 2019 edition of Internazionali d’Italia Series was among the most […]
22-Jun-2019: Yves Lampaert became the 14th different Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider to get a victory this season after blitzing the 19.2km course around Goms and breaking the sub 22-minute barrier for an outstanding time of 21:58. The 28-year-old Belgian rolled down the ramp long before the general classification favourites and […]
ST. Gotthard, 21st June 2019 – “Rohan and Domenico did a fantastic performance – comments SD Tristan Hoffman – and they made a super high level race today. We are very excited for the tomorrow’s time trial and we will see what will happen”. “All the boys made a great […]
It was the Tour de Suisse’s longest day, and if the 216.6km distance wasn’t hard enough on its own, the race organizers had put three categorised climbs on the route, increasing in difficulty as the day went on. Starting with a second category climb, the riders progressed to the first […]
Flumserberg, 20th June 2019 – “It was a relatively short stage – says Domenico Pozzovivo – but with an explosive finish on a steep climb. It was important for me to recover positions and I achieved my goal. There are still two mountain stages and I will try to recover […]
20th June 2019 World Champion from Movistar Team returns to racing after 53-day stop following his spring injuries with a convincing victory atop Côte d’Aubignac, dons orange leader’s jersey again after his 2018 overall victory in FranceRelying on a strong Movistar Team, Alejandro Valverde offered cycling fans a comeback to […]
Slovenian Luka Mezgec sprinted to victory on home soil in a dramatic and nail-biting finish to stage two of the Tour de Slovenia. The 30-year-old dug deep to make it over the major climb of the day with 20-kilometres remaining before chasing down a lead group inside the final 400-metres […]
