The young Belgian moved into the leader’s jersey after his phenomenal ride in Punta Negra 29-Jan-2020: Remco Evenepoel was like Eliot Ness during Tuesday’s stage: untouchable! The prodigious Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider, who returned at the start of the Vuelta a San Juan after an impressive display as a neo-pro […]
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Annemiek van Vleuten – WHAT IT TAKES
Episode 1: One of the boys “For sure I will think ‘what am I doing here?’, but I know it makes me stronger and that is the driving force for me.” For the second year running world champion Annemiek van Vleuten voluntarily went where no other women has dared to […]
Rosskopf Wins KOM Jersey, Geschke Climbs to Third Overall at Tour Down Under
26 January 2020, Willunga Hill (AUS) Willunga Hill provided the backdrop to what was a fantastic day of racing for CCC Team on the final day of the Santos Tour Down Under with Joey Rosskopf fighting to defend his King of the Mountain jersey and Simon Geschke climbing to a […]
Matthew Holmes conquers Willunga Hill
Three days earlier he was wondering if cycling at the highest level really suited him, but on the final day of the Santos Tour Down Under Lotto Soudal’s Matthew Holmes won the queen stage on Willunga Hill, ahead of Overall winner Richie Porte. For Lotto Soudal it was the end […]
Impressive sprint and second stage win for Caleb Ewan Down Under
Caleb Ewan sprinted again impressively at the end of stage 4 of the Santos Tour Down Under, coming past Sam Bennett and winning by a bike length ahead of the Irish champion and Belgian Jasper Philipsen. For Ewan it’s his second stage win in his first stage race of the […]
Two top ten places for BORA – hansgrohe on the fourth stage of the Tour Down Under
Juri Sagan The fourth and longest stage of this year’s race took the riders over 152.8km of hilly terrain from Norwood to Murray Bridge. Several of the fast men saw today as a chance to notch up another win, and with 10km remaining, the sprinters’ teams gradually began manoeuvring themselves […]
Movistar Team kicks off European season in Mallorca
January 24th, 2020 Telefónica-backed squad – featuring Valverde, Soler and Mas – gets together at Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar this weekend before the four-day Challenge, starting on Thursday 30th. Currently active at both the Tour Down Under, which concludes on Sunday, and the Vuelta a San Juan, all over […]
Richie Porte wins queen stage in Tour Down Under
If there was any hint of Richie Porte feeling the weight of home-country pressure, he certainly didn’t show it as he flew up the steep climb to Paracombe to claim the win and the ochre leader’s jersey in Stage 3 at the Santos Tour Down Under. “Firstly, the team had […]
More bad luck for Jay McCarthy at the Tour Down Under
The third stage of the Tour Down Under from Unley to Paracombe traversed a distance of only 131km, but featured a steep ramp over the final kilometres. BORA – hansgrohe rode in support of Jay McCarthy, but unfortunately the Australian crashed on the descent 5km out from the finishing line. […]
BOUHANNI AND CAVENDISH BACK TO WORK ON THE SAUDI TOUR
Key points:Ø The 1st edition of the Saudi Tour, which will take place between 4th and 8th February, offers a programme combining desert scenery and skyscrapers, with five stages around the capital Riyadh.Ø The alternation between flat profiles and more undulating stages promises for battles between sprinters, interspersed with exploits […]