Together with his fellow-countryman Pawel Poljanski, the almost 27-year-old from Poland joins BORA – hansgrohe in 2017. Majka, who signed a two-year agreement, will play an important role regarding the Giro and Tour de France ambitions of the team. After 2014, he won the king of the mountains classification in […]
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Rick Zabel to join Team KATUSHA
Team KATUSHA is happy to announce that Rick Zabel will join the team in 2017. Zabel (22) has signed a contract for two seasons. The German rider comes from BMC Racing Team. In 2016 Rick Zabel successfully completed his second Tour of Italy, finishing four times in the top ten. […]
Special Report: The Hope of Adriano Malori
30 August 2016 Italian announces return to racing in Québec & Montréal (September 9 & 11), offers press conference to describe his recovery process: “I want to send a message of strength to those in need of courage to overcome serious neurological injuries; I could, and I hope you can, […]
Opportunistic Tinkoff line-up heads to Norway for Tour des Fjords
Tinkoff sends a balanced line-up of riders looking to take their chances for stage results at the five-day Tour des Fjords in Norway. With a mixture of stages to suit all types of riders, Erik Baška and Nikolay Trusov lead the team’s sprint chances, while Pawel Poljanski returns from illness […]
Spirited push in the final 10km sees tough Tinkoff leader, Alberto Contador, take 8th and ride to GC 5th at the Vuelta stage 10
The Tinkoff leader, Alberto Contador, today showed the fighting spirit that has made him one of the most successful riders in the professional peloton. With the race’s first top category climb coming the day before the race’s first rest day, the Spanish rider surged forward in the final 10km of […]
Nairo, king of the Lagos
29 August 2016 ©: Javier Belver / Vuelta a España Press Service Exhibition by Quintana in Covadonga takes back to the lead in the Vuelta a España, after two strong attacks in the mythical Asturian climb. Valverde takes fifth over the line, remains 2nd in GCNairo Quintana completed one of […]
David De La Cruz leads Vuelta a España after Maiden Pro Win
For the fourth time this season, an Etixx – Quick-Step rider sits at the top of a Grand Tour’s general classification 28-Aug-2016: Three days after renewing his contract with the team, David De La Cruz put in a masterful display on stage 9 of Vuelta a España (Cistierna – Alto […]
Alberto Contador holds 7th on GC with confident ride on stage 9 of Vuelta a España
After a reassuring return from his crash yesterday, climbing ahead of several of his GC rivals to the line to move up to seventh on GC, Alberto Contador again showed he’s working his way into this race with a confident ride on the final 5km climb to finish on stage […]
Sergey Lagutin takes stunning win in climbing stage
For a third day in a row Team KATUSHA riders were eager to animate the race by going in strategic breaks and working toward the goal of a stage win. Today’s efforts paid off in spades with Sergey Lagutin able to out-sprint his two breakaway companions to win atop the […]
Nairo strikes first
27 August 2016 Colombian wears Vuelta leader’s jersey for the second time in his career after fantastic La Camperona climb, putting half a minute on Contador, Froome and courageous Alejandro Valverde, who remains 2nd overall. Huge job by Movistar Team rewarded; Dani Moreno jumps into 8thThe Movistar Team is starting […]
