March 29, 2015 | Madrid Stellar Movistar Team -with José Joaquín Rojas as luxury, final leadout- launches Alejandro into win in Volta a Catalunya’s final stage; ‘Bala’ claims 2nd overall, just 4″ behind Richie Porte (SKY) Movistar Team put an icing on top of their successful, intense week in the […]
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Sergei Chernetckii wins in sprint finish in Catalunya
All day Russian rider Sergei Chernetckii worked in a large break with teammates Egor Silin and Eduard Vorgonov. When a split came from the group, Sergei made sure he was in the front and put himself in position to contest the sprint. Sergei defied the odds and challenged for the […]
Contador sustains superficial wounds in Catalunya crash – illness forces Basso and Hernandez to abandon
Tinkoff-Saxo kept fighting on the fast crosswinds stage 6 in Catalunya despite being four men down due to a stomach influenza. While Ivan Basso and Jesus Hernandez were forced to withdraw from the race, Alberto Contador was brought down by a crash within the 3km marker – Contador, however, remains […]
CHICCHI SPRINTS TO VICTORY AT COPPI E BARTALI
First seasonal success for Androni-Sidermec’s rider with Northwave Extreme Tech Plus Androni-Sidermec and Francesco Chicchi, sponsored by Northwave, claimed a strong success in Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali’s stage 3 (Calderara di Reno – Crevalcore 173 Km), preceding Southeast’s Manuel Belletti and Fantini – Nippo’s Daniele Colli in a […]
Breschel 6th in E3 Harelbeke – Sagan confident despite late loss of momentum
It almost turned out as planned for Tinkoff-Saxo at the Flemish classic E3 Harelbeke. All eyes were on the defending champ Peter Sagan, who indeed made his mark on the race by forming a strong breakaway with the later winner Geraint Thomas and Zdenek Stybar. However, a depleted Peter Sagan […]
E3 Harelbeke: Etixx – Quick-Step Put Two on the Podium; Volta Ciclista a Catalunya: Uran 2nd as Crosswinds Split Rac
27-Mar-2015:E3 Harelbeke Etixx – Quick-Step rider Zdenek Stybar finished 2nd to Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), who attacked Stybar and Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) with about 4 kilometers to go, as the trio remained ahead of a chasing group by about 40 seconds. The three riders went away on the Oude Kwaremont, […]
Valverde crowns Blues’ exhibition in Tondo’s hometown
March 27, 2015 | Madrid Spaniard completes brilliant ride towards Valls to claim second stage victory in Volta a Catalunya, after Movistar Team’s immense work into crosswinds. Still with pain in their hearts after the hard crash and injury by Pablo Lastras yesterday in the Queen stage of the Volta […]
Crash ends Classics campaign for Fabian Cancellara
On the cobbled descent of the Haaghoek less than 40-kilometers into E3 Harelbeke, a dropped water bottle caused a large crash that took down numerous riders including Fabian Cancellara. Although Cancellara was able to remount and continue he was in obvious pain, and only a few kilometers later he pulled […]
Contador third after Catalunya queen stage attack
Tinkoff-Saxo’s team captain Alberto Contador had to take matters into his own hands on the final climb to La Molina after a deadlock in the favorites group. He ultimately finished third behind stage winner van Garderen, and moves up to 5th in the overall GC, 28 seconds down on De […]
Van Garderen Wins Mountain-Top Finish At Catalunya
La Molina, Spain – One day after seeing his hopes for the overall classification dashed by a crash, BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen soloed to victory on Thursday’s mountain-top finish at the Volta a Catalunya. Van Garderen notched his first win of the season on the same finish at […]