After a perfect lead-out, the Italian Champion outsprinted all his rivals and coasted to another impressive win 19-Jun-2019: Deceuninck – Quick-Step created again a thing of sublime beauty at the Tour de Suisse, absolutely bossing the stage 5 finale and rolling out the red carpet in the last 100 meters […]
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Pascal Ackermann Storms to Victory on Tour of Slovenia opening stage
The opening stage of the 26th edition of the Tour of Slovenia was 168.5km of not too demanding terrain from Ljubljana to Rogaška Slatina. Just over 50km down the road before the finish, the riders had to take on a 2km-long climb, which was on average 8 per cent steep […]
Peter Sagan stays on top of the GC and points contest with sprint third on Tour de Suisse stage 4
The terrain getting progressively harder as the race goes on, the profile for stage 4 was a much more jagged affair. The second category climb that summited just past the halfway point of the 163.9km stage was the more obvious one, with its slopes hitting nearly 10% on the way […]
Tour de Suisse: Elia Viviani is back!
An outstanding lead-out train and a powerful sprint catapulted the 30-year-old to his ninth win in the Italian Champion jersey 18-Jun-2019: Elia Viviani bounced back after finishing a frustrating second in Murten yesterday and captured his maiden win at the Tour de Suisse, which he is racing for the first […]
Masterful sprint finish for Peter Sagan who dominates on Tour de Suisse stage 3 to claim yellow jersey
There’s no escaping the hills at the Tour de Suisse, as even the easier stages feature a significant amount of climbing. Today, while the flat finish suggested the sprinters would again have their eye on the stage, to get there they would first have to traverse 130km of undulating terrain […]
Peter Sagan surges to second as sprinters denied by late attack on Tour de Suisse stage 2
After yesterday’s individual time trial decided who would wear the Tour de Suisse’s yellow jersey, the race broke out of Langnau im Emmental to see what Switzerland had to offer. The first road stage would see riders tackle a circuit ridden three times, taking in two second category climbs over […]
Luis Leon Sanchez takes stage win in Tour de Suisse
Luis Leon Sanchez wins solo after phenomenal teamwork at Stage 2 of Tour de Suisse. Meanwhile, at the Tour de Suisse, Astana Pro Team continued its fantastic Sunday with an amazing solo victory of Luis Leon Sanchez at the second stage of the race. Sanchez attacked with 11 kilometers to […]
Remco Evenepoel wins the Belgium Tour
Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s 19-year-old neo-pro became the youngest ever rider to triumph at the race created in 1908 16-Jun-2019: One of the oldest stage races in the world, which came to life one year before the Giro d’Italia was born, has now landed in Remco Evenepoel’s palmares, after the talented […]
Critérium du Dauphiné: Alaphilippe takes home prestigious KOM jersey
First Frenchman in six years to win the climbers’ standings, Julian also strengthened his grip on the UCI Individual Ranking 16-Jun-2019: One of the most consistent riders at the 71st edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné, for many the most important appointment before the Tour de France, Julian Alaphilippe continued […]
Jakob Fuglsang wins Critérium du Dauphiné
Winning the race already once in 2017, today Jakob Fuglsang claimed his second Critérium du Dauphiné GC victory while teammate Luis Leon Sanchez won Stage 2 of Tour de Suisse. In the Dauphiné, the Dane successfully defended his lead in the final stage together with his teammates, of which Kazakh […]