25th March 2018 – Picture: Photo Gomez Sport Spaniard becomes new UCI WorldTour ranking leader, wraps up dream Volta for Movistar Team -with Nairo Quintana in 2nd overall; Marc Soler in 5th; and the Blues as winners of the team GC-, conquers his third stagerace success in as many events […]
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Yates claims a solo victory on the final stage of Volta Ciclista Catalunya and finishes in fourth overall
British climber Simon Yates claimed a solo victory today in Barcelona on the final stage of Volta Ciclista Catalunya after great teamwork from Mitchelton-SCOTT throughout the race. On tough finishing circuits around Montjuic, Mitchelton-SCOTT had numbers at the front all day, which set up Yates in a good position to […]
Volta a Catalunya: Max Schachmann Nabs First Pro Win
The German survived from a day-long break on a rainy stage to bring victory number 19 for Quick-Step Floors this season 24-Mar-2018: August 2nd, 2017. Maximilian Schachmann is part of a small breakaway group which took off at the start of a short stage marred by grim weather, between Olimp […]
Sam Bennett takes third place on the penultimate stage of the Volta a Catalunya
A duo built the breakaway of the day and made it to the finish line. BORA – hansgrohe set the pace in the peloton, Jay McCarthy started the sprint for his teammate Sam Bennett. The Irish sprinter took the win out of a reduced bunch and crossed the line in […]
Matej Mohorič 4th at the shortened sixth stage of Catalunya
Volta Ciclista A Catalunya – Stage 6 Vielha Val D’Aran – Torrefarrera 175.6km // 117 km The sixth stage of the Volta Ciclista A Catalunya started today in La Pobla de Segur at 14:30 hrs due to the bad weather conditions. The teams woke up in Vielha Val D’Aran at […]
BIANCHI AND GRAND TOURS PROJECT JOIN FORCES
Italian bicycle manufacturer Bianchi and premium bike tour company Grand Tours Project announce a new partnership to offer performance cycling experiences through legendary destinations. Grand Tours Project and Bianchi will be offering a variety of innovative “Powered by Bianchi” bike tours that are specially designed for passionate performance cyclists. The […]
Matej Mohorič 3rd and Giovanni Visconti 4th at Stage 5 of Volta Catalunya
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya – Stage 5 Llivia – Vielha Val d’Aran, 212,9 km 23rd March, 2018. The longest stage stage of Volta Ciclista a Catalunya was a very demanding stage with hard climbs. From the start there were several attempts for the breakaway and finally After 30 km it […]
Hard day for BORA-hansgrohe at E3-Harelbeke as crashes in cobblestone classic make racing tough
The first of the Belgian Classics came today along with some stereotypically-Belgian weather conditions. Rain soaked cobblestones made the going treacherous today, with a race of exciting attacking and counter-attacking marred by crashes that would see many of the favourites out of contention. In spite of a valiant effort to […]
A difficult day for BORA – hansgrohe at the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Today´s breakaway of the day was gone for most of the stage, a late attack of J. Pantano in the final 20km´s was successful, as he took the win in Vielha Va d´Aran. BORA – hansgrohe had not the best day today, after two difficult and cold stages the German […]
Mollema victorious in Coppi e Bartoli stage two
Bauke Mollema sprinted to the uphill victory in stage two at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali to give Trek-Segafredo its second win of the day after Jarlinson Pantano won stage five in the Volta a Catalunya earlier. It was a big win for the Dutchman who had been fighting […]