First World Tour one-day race of the summer will see a strong team, with many cards to play, line up at the start 27-Jul-2016: This year, San Sebastian is the European Capital of Culture, and among the hundreds of events which it stages, there’s also the Clasica San Sebastian, one […]
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BMC Racing Team to Defend Ride London Classic Title
27 July 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) BMC Racing Team will be looking for repeat success in London on Sunday when a strong six-rider squad, including 2015 winner Jempy Drucker, lines up at the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic. Sports Director Max Sciandri is confident in the ability of the whole BMC […]
BMC Racing Team Targets Clásica Ciclista San Sebastian Victory
26 July 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) BMC Racing Team will bring a strong eight-rider roster to the UCI WorldTour one-day race Clásica Ciclista San Sebastian this Saturday, 30 July. Sports Director Yvon Ledanois said the team has multiple options given the difficulty of the course. “Clásica Ciclista San Sebastian […]
Tour de Wallonie: Trentin takes stage four, Meersman extends lead
Etixx – Quick-Step put in a flawless display on the penultimate stage and made another step towards winning the GC 26-Jul-2016: A smiling and confident Gianni Meersman came at the start line in Aubel for stage four of the Tour de Wallonie, determined to do everything he could in order […]
Giant Alpecin to Clasica San Sebastian August 2
The first race for Team Giant-Alpecin after the whirlwind of the Tour de France is the one-day race Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian. This 220.2km race favors Warren Barguil (FRA), a rider well suited to this type of course as he finished in ninth place last year. Coach Arthur van Dongen […]
Boonen wins Tour de Wallonie stage 1
A fantastic sprint helped the 35-year-old take his first victory of the season, less than 24 hours after extending his contract 23-Jul-2016: Tom Boonen is back to winning ways, following a thrilling uphill finish on the inaugural day of the Tour de Wallonie, where he displayed his power and motivation […]
Etixx – Quick-Step and Tom Boonen together in 2017 and Retiring
Multiple Monument winner and former World Champion, the Belgian will continue with the team next season 22-Jul-2016: Tom Boonen, Etixx – Quick-Step and Paris-Roubaix. Three names which will be forever linked, indivisible one from another, and which are poised to write a new chapter next season, as the 35-year-old Belgian […]
Tour de France Stage 17: Porte Shows Form on Summit Finish
20 July, 2016, Finhaut Emosson(SUI) Richie Porte dug deep to attack just before the final kilometer on the summit finish of stage 17, crossing the line in tenth place and moving up to sixth on the General Classification. The first stage after the rest day proved to be a tough […]
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Establish Partnership for Collaborative Testing and Results Management Efforts
June 28, 2016 – The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) today announced the establishment of a formal collaborative partnership that will allow for extensive cooperation through the sharing of relevant anti-doping information, intelligence and athlete biological passport data, and participation in joint investigations, testing missions, […]
Giant Alpecin Technological Innovations Improve Aerodynamics, Safety and Recovery
In Team Giant-Alpecin’s “Keep Challenging” elite sports approach, cycling is about the battle of a collective of nine riders against the rest of the peloton. For the team to become in a position to win races, the team aims to get the designated rider in an as advanced as possible […]
