August 29 th 2018 – 16:46 A lumpy 188.7km favoured the attackers on the way to Roquetas de Mar with Simon Clarke (Education-Fisrt Drapac) claiming stage 5 of La Vuelta on Wednesday while Rudy Molard took the red jersey from Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky). This is the first time a […]
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Trek announces Lotta Lepistö will join new team in 2019
Trek continues to build an impressive and well-rounded team for 2019 with the addition of Lotta Lepistö, an explosive sprinter, and seven-time Finnish national champion. Lotta excels in technical courses and is also proficient in the time trial, winning five National championships alongside her road titles. Lotta first began racing […]
Ben King crowned at Alfacar
August 28 th 2018 – 18:16 The first major mountain stage of La Vuelta 18 saw long range attackers succeed and especially Ben King, winner on Tuesday atop the Puerto de Alfacar. The 29 year-old American rider spent the whole day at the front and eventually dominated Nikita Stalnov (Astana) […]
VIVIANI STRIKES FIRST
With few opportunities for sprinters to shine, Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) showed at Alhaurin de la Torre he has what it takes to win on La Vuelta. The most prolific winner of the season dominated the bunch gallop on Monday, ahead of fellow Italien sprinter Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) and World […]
Antonio Nibali renews with Team BAHRAIN MERIDA
BAHRAIN MERIDA Pro Cycling Team is happy to announce the contract renewal of Antonio Nibali for one more year. The 25-year old younger brother of Vincenzo is in his fourth season as a professional, two of which in the WorldTour with Team BAHRAIN MERIDA. Recently he took his first victory […]
Amador, Bennati, Erviti to stay with Movistar Team
27th August 2018 All three Blue riders to remain with Telefónica-backed squad in 2019 after remarkable work for Eusebio Unzué’s outfit in the Grand Tours The Movistar Team confirmed Monday that Andrey Amador (San José, CRC; 1986), Daniele Bennati (Arezzo, ITA; 1980) and Imanol Erviti (Pamplona, ESP; 1983) have all […]
Dani Navarro to ride for KATUSHA ALPECIN in 2019
Dani Navarro returns to the WorldTour in a two-year agreement with Team KATUSHA ALPECIN after riding for pro-continental Cofidis for six years. Navarro, 35, specializes as a general classification rider and is known for his strong climbing abilities.“It was time for me to move to another team, just to give […]
Trek-Segafredo recruits young Colombian talent Iván Ramiro Sosa
Trek-Segafredo has signed Colombian climbing sensation Iván Ramiro Sosa to a two-year contract, a promising young rider who has shown an impressive palmarès this year. Sosa, 20, just completed the Tour de l’Avenir where he won stage seven, but it has been his previous results that has him being billed […]
Ion and Gorka Izagirre join Astana Pro Team
Astana Pro Team announces two-year agreement with two Spanish riders, Ion Izagirre and Gorka Izagirre, who will join the Kazakh team from January 1st, 2019. – We are happy to come to Astana Pro Team, a team, which stays already many years in the WorldTour. Me and Gorka, we know […]
Valverde an Everlasting ‘Rey’ in La Vuelta
26th August 2018 Sensational final kilometer by ‘Marvel from Murcia’ grants him Caminito del Rey victory after excellent work from Movistar Team; ‘Bala’ up to 120 pro victories -with ten stages in the Spanish Grand Tour-, equals Indurain as top ‘scorer’ with Unzué’s structure (97 wins) Alejandro Valverde wrote another […]

