Tour de France race leader Adam Yates had to dig deep to hold onto the yellow jersey on stage eight as the race headed into the Pyrenees for this first time in this year’s edition. The UAE Tour winner was distanced several times on the final climb, but his rivals […]
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Nans Peters Scores First Tour de France Victory
The year after he opened his Grand Tour record book by winning a mountain stage at the Giro d’Italia, France’s Nans Peters soloed to victory over the col de Peyresourde to impose himself at Loudenvielle. Thibaut Pinot cracked because of pains after his crash on stage 1. Adam Yates retained […]
Castelnovo and the iconic Bismantova Rock await Appenninica
Focus on the stage venues – The town in the province of Reggio Emilia and the beautiful “Rock” in the background are set to host Appenninica MTB Parmigiano Reggiano Stage Race again on September 30th and October 1st The discovery journey through Appenninica Parmigiano Reggiano Stage 2020’s stage venues, scheduled […]
Wout Van Aert for Stage 7
With a max speed of 70.4km/h in the sprint, WoutvanAert is the first Belgian rider with multiple Stage wins in a single edition of LeTour since Tom Boonen in 2007. Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) became the first rider to win two stages in the 107th Tour de France. It’s also […]
Tirreno-Adriatico SEP 7 – 14
Luke Roberts – Team Sunweb coach“This year’s Tirreno-Adriatico takes place over eight days, with a real mixed bag of terrain and interesting stages. There are some pure sprints, more difficult reduced sprints, a mountain-top finish and a time trial; so there are lots of opportunities throughout the race. Our main […]
Another second finish place puts Groves into the overall race lead in Hungary
Young Australian sprinter Kaden Groves came close to a stage win at the Tour de Hongrie today, picking up another second-place finish, which subsequently catapulted him into the overall race lead after gaining bonus seconds on the line. The 21-year-old will ride in the yellow leader’s jersey tomorrow for Mitchelton-SCOTT […]
Team Sunweb renews contract with Tiesj Benoot until the end of 2022
After joining Team Sunweb at the start of 2020, Benoot immediately found his feet in the team, impressing at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad where he rode strongly to help teammate Søren Kragh Andersen to third place on the day. It was at Paris-Nice, otherwise known as the Race to the Sun, […]
Annemiek van Vleuten joins the Movistar Team as Blues enter a whole new dimension
August 31st, 2020 World’s best rider for the last three seasons signs two-year deal (2021-22) with Telefónica-backed squad; Dutchwoman adds her polyvalent, unbeatable talent to the organisation managed by Eusebio UnzuéThe Movistar Team is extremely proud to announce Monday that Annemiek van Vleuten (Wageningen, NED; 1982), the reigning World Road […]
Matthews returns ‘home’ to Mitchelton-SCOTT
Eight-time Grand Tour stage winner and 2017 Tour de France green jersey champion Michael Matthews will return ‘home’ to Mitchelton-SCOTT next season. After four years with Team Sunweb, the recent Bretagne Classic winner has signed a new two-year contract that will see the 29-year-old reunited with the Australian team until […]
Mareczko makes it two in a row in Hungary with victory on stage three
31 August 2020, Nyíregyháza (HUN) Jakub Mareczko celebrated on the line for the second day in a row after sprinting to victory once again at the Tour de Hongrie following another strong performance from CCC Team on stage three. The Italian sprinter showed no signs of slowing down as he […]