Yernes y Tameza, Saturday, August 27th 2022 Jay Vine (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) provided more impressive climbing performances on the slopes up Collau Fancuaya, a gruelling ascent with slopes up to 19% at the end of stage 8 of La Vuelta 22. The Australian rising star […]
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Yates Wins Mountain Finish at the Schauinsland and Takes Overall Lead
Schauinsland, Saturday, August 27th 2022 Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) won the 3rd stage of the Deutschland Tour up to the Schauinsland. The Briton was over 148.9 kilometres from Freiburg to the mountain finish with 19 seconds ahead of Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) and thus also took over the red jersey […]
Soler 2nd on Climb of Colláu Fancuaya
Catalan rider animates eighth stage of the Vuelta Saturday 27 August, 2022 Marc Soler was one of the chief protagonists on a very tough eighth stage of the Vuelta a Espana which took the riders from La Pola Llaviana to Colláu Fancuaya (153.4km). The Spaniard of UAE Team Emirates wasted […]
BORA–hansgrohe Misses Top Spot on Tour of Germany Queen Stage
From sunny Freiburg today’s queen stage took the riders to the rainy Schauinsland. Six riders formed today’s break and their lead over the bunch was at one point almost seven minutes. But still they had no chance when the bunch increased the speed before the last two climbs. BORA – […]
Vuelta Stage 8: Mountaintop Finish Takes Its Toll on BORA-Hansgrohe, Sam Bennett Loses Green
The first of two demanding stages ahead of the rest day took the riders over 153km as well as six categorised climbs in the northern Spanish coastal mountains. It came down to a battle among the GC riders on the brutal final climb up to Colláu Fancuaya. Under the dictation […]
Kristoff Wins the Longest Stage of the Deutschland Tour, Bettiol Is the New Leader
Marburg, Friday, August 26th 2022 Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux) won the longest stage of this year’s Deutschland Tour over 200.7 kilometres. On undulating terrain, the Norwegian won the sprint of a reduced peloton with one bike length ahead of Florian Sénéchal (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team). Third […]
Herrada Outplays the Peloton
Cistierna, Friday, August 26th 2022 Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) couldn’t hold up his tears after giving everything he had to win stage 7 of La Vuelta 22. The Spanish baroudeur narrowly edged Samuele Battistella (Astana Qazaqstan Team) and Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) in Cistierna after a 190km stage covered at a […]
Vuelta a España: First Day in La Roja for Evenepoel
Friday 26 August 2022 The young Belgian is confident ahead of a hard weekend in the mountains. Remco Evenepoel enjoyed a quiet day at the top of the Vuelta a España GC – the fifth different stage race he is leading this season, after Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Volta […]
Vine and Evenepoel Light Up Fireworks on Pico Jano
San Miguel de Aguayo, Thursday, August 25th 2022 An extraordinary first! An unprecedented summit finish on the slopes of Pico Jano, at the end of stage 6 of La Vuelta 22, has seen Jay Vine (Alpecin-Deceuninck) rise to a maiden Grand Tour stage win just ahead of Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step […]
Evenepoel Takes La Vuelta Red Jersey
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s Belgian leads a Grand Tour for the first time in his career. 25-Aug-2022: Remco Evenepoel became the youngest rider in the last 34 years to top the Vuelta a España general classification, after delivering a jaw-dropping performance in horrendous conditions on the race’s first summit finish. Pico […]