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09 April, 2016 Liège (BEL) Following the incident involving Philippe Gilbert and Loïc Vliegen during training on Friday which left Gilbert with a fractured finger, BMC Racing Team provides the following update. The surgery to implant five pins to secure fractures in his finger went well, BMC Racing Team Chief […]
08 April, 2016, Liège (BEL) Philippe Gilbert has undergone surgery on a fractured finger sustained during training on Friday, BMC Racing Team announced today. Gilbert was training with Loïc Vliegen in Belgium when the two riders were targeted by two intoxicated men in a car. One of the men stepped […]
Tinkoff leader Alberto Contador took the GC win at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco with an exceptional performance in the final day’s time trial that saw him take both the stage win and the overall GC. At the end of stage 6, Alberto won the TT with a time of […]
Redlands, California – Neilson Powless earned the Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team its first victory of the season in the United States with his win Friday in the individual time trial at the Redlands Bicycle Classic. The 19-year-old from Roseville, California, blazed to an eight-second win over Matteo Dal-Cin and […]
9 April 2016 (Picture © 1: Itzulia.eus / Iñaki Azanza – Zikliamatore.com; 2: EFE) Colombian from Movistar Team – sick and left without two team-mates even before start of País Vasco – rallies three positions to finish 2nd in Eibar TT, claim his third top-3 finish in as many 2016 […]
As the Vuelta al Pais Vasco’s queen stage, today’s route was never going to be easy. After more than 150km in the mountains and crossing seven categorised climbs, Alberto Contador made his move on the final climb of the day. Leaving the GC favourites behind, Contador teamed up with Sky’s […]
8 April 2016 Spanish sprinter puts end into bad luck in the early spring, claims second victory of his 2016 season at Circuit de la Sarthe; Andalusian also 3rd overall A sore knee prevented him from reaching the end of Paris-Nice and reach his main early season goals in good […]
Following on from his momentous win at the 100th Ronde van Vlaanderen, UCI World Champion Peter Sagan will lead Tinkoff at this weekend’s Paris-Roubaix. The 114th edition of the ‘Hell of the North’ will roll out on Sunday morning from Compiègne, covering 257.5km and 27 cobblestone sections before finishing in […]
The Vuelta al Pais Vasco entered the mountains proper today. On a stage that saw average gradients exceed 10% and maximum gradients approaching 30%, the riders were in for a brutal race. After a stage that saw Tinkoff riders test the GC leader throughout, and with attacks coming late in […]
07 April, 2016, Orio (ESP) Samuel Sánchez crossed the line with a look of pure happiness as he took the win on Stage 4 of Vuelta al Pais Vasco and claimed his first victory for the season. Stage 4 was nothing short of tough with 6 categorized climbs distributed over […]
