Team Lotto.NL-Jumbo claimed their first win in the 70th Vuelta a Espana. Bert-Jan Lindeman clinched victory in the first high-mountain stage of the race (Jòdar – La Alpujarra 191,1 Km), preceding on the finish line Ilia Koshevoy and Fabio Aru. Lindeman was one of the promoters of the long escape […]
Vuelta a Espana
Quintero fights in the escape at the Vuelta
Torres comes 1:33 behind stage winner Lindeman Colombia-Coldeportes was offensive once again in the Vuelta a España, this time in stage seven, 191 km from Jodar to La Alpujarra. In a day which featured the first altitude finish of this year’s edition, Alto de Capileira, Carlos Julian Quintero attacked almost […]
Majka puts in strong finish atop La Alpujarra at Vuelta a España
Tinkoff-Saxo’s team leader Rafal Majka placed 5th on the mountain stage to La Alpujarra after putting in an acceleration on the last section of the final climb. Having benefitted from a strong team effort that was finished off by tenacious work from Jesper Hansen, Majka took time on several rivals. […]
Determined Escarabajos show up at the Vuelta
Rubiano awarded as most combative rider after the breakaway, Torres with the strongest in the uphill finish Claudio Corti had warned: “The early days will be the most difficult for us, our Vuelta a Espana will start in Sierra de Cazorla.” His Colombia-Coldeportes’ guys did not let him down in the […]
Chaves reclaims red jersey with second stage win at Vuelta
Colombian Esteban Chaves has pulled off his second stage win of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana to reclaim the red jersey he relinquished yesterday. The victory marks ORICA-GreenEDGE’s third stage win in six days following the 25-year-old’s victory on stage two and 21-year-old Caleb Ewan’s win yesterday. Chaves attacked from […]
Tinkoff-Saxo focuses on saving energy on sizzling Vuelta stage
Rafal Majka finished with the main group of favorites on stage 6 of Vuelta a España to Sierra de Cazorla after 200km of racing in scorching temperatures. Tinkoff-Saxo’s GC captain finished 8th atop the final, short climb behind stage winner Esteban Chaves, as the squad looks to the tougher mountain […]
Malori, Castroviejo take resounding 1-2
August 27th, 2015 Movistar Team duo beat former world champion Tony Martin (EQS) under rain in Poitou-Charentes’ 23km ITT in Loudun, claim 31st victory for BluesLess than a month away from the time trials in the World Championships to be held in Richmond (USA), the Movistar Team’s main references on […]
Ewan wins stage 5 of the Vuelta a Espana in debut Grand Tour
21-year-old Caleb Ewan has won stage five of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana in his debut season and Grand Tour. Ewan capitalized on a perfect lead out by his ORICA-GreenEDGE teammates Mitch Docker, Mathew Hayman and Jens Keukeleire on what was tough uphill drag to the finish line. In the […]
Quiet day at the Vuelta ahead of the mountains
Leonardo Duque and Peter Sagan in the uphill sprint won by Caleb Ewan Colombia-Coldeportes lived a day without upsets in Vuelta a Espana stage 5, 167 flat kilometres from Rota and Alcalà de Guadaira with the final 500 metres pointing up to sort the sprinters’ legs and energies. The peloton […]
Sagan after 3rd in uphill Vuelta sprint: “I paid the price for yesterday”
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Peter Sagan was once again at the front of the Vuelta field battling for the win on stage 5 to Alcalá de Guadaíra. After team effort to bring Tinkoff-Saxo’s sprinting ace into position, Sagan finished 3rd admitting that he could feel the effects of yesterday’s grueling stage finale. “I […]

