The German leader of Ceratizit-WNT won stage 2 of the CERATIZIT Challenge by La Vuelta 2020, an individual time-trial of 9.3km in Boadilla del Monte, to also take the red leader’s jersey. Brennauer already dominated the time-trial in the 2019 edition and battled her way to the overall victory during […]
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Cort claims more success for EF
November 6 th 2020 Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Pro Cycling) won stage 16 of La Vuelta after a very intense day of racing from Salamanca to Ciudad Rodrigo. The Danish all-rounder dominated the sprint in a small bunch ahead of Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) to take his third victory on the […]
Valerio Piva brings his experience to Circus-Wanty Gobert
Valerio Piva will join the sportive direction of Circus-Wanty Gobert in 2021. The 62 year old Italian is currently sports director with Team CCC. After a 10 year career as a pro rider, Valerio Piva discovered the role of sports director in 2002 with Mapei, before joining Vlaanderen-T-Interim and T-Mobile […]
Ceratizit Challenge By La Vuelta 2020 Lisa Wiebes Wins Stage 1
November 6 th 2020 Lorena Wiebes (Team Sunweb) dominated the uphill sprint in Escalona to win stage 1 of the CERATIZIT Challenge by La Vuelta in Escalona. The race starts from Toledo with strong crosswinds and headwinds set to have a strong impact on the race. Mireia Benito (Massi Tactic) […]
2020 Titian Desert: Mantecón rules the roost as Galicia makes it three
Sergio Mantecón crowned king of the Titan Desert6th November 2020 Key points:· Stage 5 wraps up the 2020 Titan Desert on a 64 km course with an elevation gain of 1,204 m· Jesús del Nero claims the final stage as Sergio Mantecón ends Josep Betalú’s hegemony with his maiden win […]
Lucas Hamilton: Mitchelton-SCOTT’s next leader
Australian Lucas Hamilton has scrapped his existing contract for a new and extended version for the second consecutive year as Mitchelton-SCOTT continue to advance him as their next general classification leader. The new deal, which will see the 24-year-old continue with the Australian squad until the end of 2022, follows […]
Trek-Segafredo finalizes its 2021 Womens’ Team
Nov 4, 2020 – The Trek-Segafredo Women’s Team re-signed six additional riders after the announcement of contract extensions of Lizzie Deignan and Elisa Longo Borghini, 1st and 3rd respectively in the UCI WWT rankings, last week. Audrey Cordon-Ragot, Ellen van Dijk, Letizia Paternoster, Tayler Wiles, Trixi Worrack, and Lauretta Hanson […]
Mantecón storms into the lead in Titian Desert
November 5, 2020 Key points:Participants tackle 2020 Titan Desert queen stageCapricious weather forces organizers to stop the race halfway through, after Škoda ChallengeSergio Mantecón takes stage win and lead Boasting an elevation gain of 2,307 m on an 88 km loop course in the heart of the Tabernas Desert, stage […]
Wellens, king of the breakaways
November 4 th 2020 Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) claimed a second stage win on the roads of La Vuelta 2020 on Wednesday after a demanding day in Galicia. The Belgian puncheur, already winner of stage 5 in Sabiñanigo, featured in a very strong breakaway group that emerged after some 50km […]
Circus-Wanty Gobert receives reinforcement from Team CCC
Circus-Wanty Gobert can count on the experience of several riders of Team CCC to step up to the World Tour in 2021. The Czech rider Jan Hirt and Germans Jonas Koch and Georg Zimmermann will continue their careers in the Belgian team, which associated with their current Team CCC. With […]