The terrain getting progressively harder as the race goes on, the profile for stage 4 was a much more jagged affair. The second category climb that summited just past the halfway point of the 163.9km stage was the more obvious one, with its slopes hitting nearly 10% on the way […]

An outstanding lead-out train and a powerful sprint catapulted the 30-year-old to his ninth win in the Italian Champion jersey 18-Jun-2019: Elia Viviani bounced back after finishing a frustrating second in Murten yesterday and captured his maiden win at the Tour de Suisse, which he is racing for the first […]

There’s no escaping the hills at the Tour de Suisse, as even the easier stages feature a significant amount of climbing. Today, while the flat finish suggested the sprinters would again have their eye on the stage, to get there they would first have to traverse 130km of undulating terrain […]

After yesterday’s individual time trial decided who would wear the Tour de Suisse’s yellow jersey, the race broke out of Langnau im Emmental to see what Switzerland had to offer. The first road stage would see riders tackle a circuit ridden three times, taking in two second category climbs over […]

Luis Leon Sanchez wins solo after phenomenal teamwork at Stage 2 of Tour de Suisse. Meanwhile, at the Tour de Suisse, Astana Pro Team continued its fantastic Sunday with an amazing solo victory of Luis Leon Sanchez at the second stage of the race. Sanchez attacked with 11 kilometers to […]

Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s 19-year-old neo-pro became the youngest ever rider to triumph at the race created in 1908 16-Jun-2019: One of the oldest stage races in the world, which came to life one year before the Giro d’Italia was born, has now landed in Remco Evenepoel’s palmares, after the talented […]

First Frenchman in six years to win the climbers’ standings, Julian also strengthened his grip on the UCI Individual Ranking 16-Jun-2019: One of the most consistent riders at the 71st edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné, for many the most important appointment before the Tour de France, Julian Alaphilippe continued […]

Winning the race already once in 2017, today Jakob Fuglsang claimed his second Critérium du Dauphiné GC victory while teammate Luis Leon Sanchez won Stage 2 of Tour de Suisse. In the Dauphiné, the Dane successfully defended his lead in the final stage together with his teammates, of which Kazakh […]

The penultimate stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné was also the queen stage of this year’s edition. It was a short but intense day, the riders had to tackle 133,5 km but three category one climbs before heading up to the summit finish on Pipay, a Hors Categorie climb. As […]

Victorious at the end of Friday’s stage, the UCI Individual Classification leader also surged to the top of the KOM standings 14-Jun-2019: Three days after turning 27, Julian Alaphilippe made himself a beautiful and hard-worked gift – a second career stage victory at the Critérium du Dauphiné. To add to […]