03 August 2020 Ilnur Zakarin will make his return to racing this week as he gears up to lead CCC Team at Tour de Pologne (5 – 9 August), the first UCI WorldTour stage race after the restart of the season. Sports Director Piotr Wadecki is confident in the strength […]
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Deceuninck – Quick-Step to Milano-Torino
Irish Champion Sam Bennett heads into the 101st edition of the race as one of the riders to watch 03-Aug-2020: Milano-Torino – the oldest race in the world – has an altered course this year, which will give sprinters an opportunity to test their legs ahead of Saturday’s Milano-Sanremo, the […]
BORA – hansgrohe signs Nils Politt
The 26-year-old rider from Cologne has signed a contract for the next three years and will reinforce BORA – hansgrohe’s Classics squad, as well as shine as an all-rounder. “It’s great that this has finally worked out. We have been interested in Nils previously, that’s certainly no secret. I think […]
VAN AERT TRIUMPHS AT STRADE BIANCHE
After two consecutive third places, the Team Jumbo-Visma rider has finally taken his deserved Strade Bianche title Wout Van Aert proved his class as he took victory in the 2020 Strade Bianche – 184 km with a start and arrive in Siena – leaving his mark on the much-anticipated World […]
Gran Trittico Lombardo : Bakelants ambitious for his restart
The Italian two-week period goes on in Lombardy this Monday, with the Grande Trittico Lombardo. The new Italian event on the UCI Pro Series calendar compresses the Tre Valle Varesine, the Coppa Agostini and the Coppa Bernocchi, all cancelled because of Covid-19, in one race. The first 100 rather flat […]
Strade Bianche: Bad luck scuppers Alaphilippe’s chances of retaining the title
Saturday 01 August 2020 Zdenek Stybar was the team’s highest-ranked rider, after finishing in the top 10 for the sixth consecutive year. Julian Alaphilippe came at the start of the 14th Strade Bianche hoping to be again in the mix and have a shot at defending his title, but he […]
SECOND PLACE FINISH OVERALL AT VUELTA A BURGOS FOR MIKEL LANDA AND A THIRD PLACE FINISH FOR SONNY COLBRELLI ON THE OPENING STAGE OF THE ROUTE D’OCCITANIE
Saturday, August 1st – First race after a long period finished well for the Spanish climber and the leader of the Team Bahrain McLaren, Mikel Landa. Podium finish for Mikel at Vuelta Burgos was something he has as his goal, and after he performed better at each passing day, he […]
Remco Evenepoel wraps up Vuelta a Burgos
At 20 years and 189 days, the Belgian becomes the youngest ever winner in the history of the race01-Aug-2020: Three stage races and three triumphs for Remco Evenepoel this year. After a stellar start to the season, which brought victories at the Vuelta a San Juan and Volta ao Algarve, […]
Van Vleuten continues winning streak with stunning Strade Bianche victory
World champion Annemiek van Vleuten made it five wins from five starts in 2020, as she defended her Strade Bianche title in stunning style in Siena. The 37-year-old looked to be out of the running before bridging across to a group of chasers with 16kilometres remaining and then hunting down […]
Maximilian Schachmann takes third in Siena as German National Champion’s attacking style brings excitement to Strade Bianche
The temperatures were in the high 30°s as riders set out for the first UCI WorldTour race since the season was suspended in March. The dry conditions would make the famous white roads of Tuscany even more dusty as the racing covered the undulating 184km parcours, starting and finishing in […]