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7 June 2016 25-year-old ex-Spanish champion claims first WorldTour victory with outstanding sprint in Chalmazel’s uphill finish, claims his first win in 2016 – and the Movistar Team’s 22nd, with nine different riders – to jump into 5th overall in Critérium du Dauphiné GCHe had claimed victories in nearly every […]
After a strong performance on yesterday’s prologue, Alberto Contador started today with the yellow jersey on his shoulders. On a day that was marked out as likely to end in a sprint finish, it was a straightforward affair for Alberto and the Tinkoff riders to defend the jersey. Keeping safe […]
The much-anticipated Critérium du Dauphiné began today with a formidable uphill prologue. The route to Le Mont Chery from Les Gets featured gradients of over 20% – a course that would soon mark out who was on form and who wasn’t. As one of the last riders out, Tinkoff’s leader, […]
5 June, 2016, Les Gets (FRA) Richie Porte powered to second place on the tough opening prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné, crossing the line six seconds behind winner Alberto Contador (Tinkoff). The 3.9 kilometer course was a brutal first test of the legs, with gradients of 15 percent at […]
David Canada racing the 2005 Tour de France, ©Beth Schneider Photo Spanish cyclist David Canada has died in the Towcar Ports Ribagorza Grand Fondo in his home region of Aragon. He and another rider crashed into each other and he fell hard when he landed on his head. He later […]
30 May 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) BMC Racing Team is set to target the General Classification at the two upcoming UCI WorldTour races, which will see Richie Porte headline the Critérium du Dauphiné roster and Tejay van Garderen lead the Tour de Suisse team. BMC Racing Team is lining […]
Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team’s Greg Daniel couldn’t believe his late attack Saturday at the USA Cycling Volkswagen Professional Road National Championships was the one that would win him his first professional national road title. With no radio to tell him if anyone else was ahead, […]
To kick off the month of June, and in some ways the start of the summer racing with the Tour de France just around the corner, Tinkoff heads to the five-day Tour of Luxembourg in search of stage success. Due to the busy period the team is in, only five […]
The Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team revealed its roster Friday for Paris-Roubaix Espoirs, one of the most prestigious one-day races on the team’s calendar. Sunday’s race of more than 170 kilometers from Peronne, France, to the Roubaix velodrome traverses a number of cobblestone sections – just as its professional counterpart […]
27, May 2016, Winston-Salem (USA) Taylor Phinney has become the United States National Time Trial champion for the third time after putting in an incredible ride which saw him smash the 51 kilometer course. Phinney came home in 1:02:45, 1:10 ahead of Tom Zirbel (Rally Cycling) and and 1:12 ahead […]
