Antequera. Los Dólmenes, Thursday, August 31th – Already winner of stage 6, Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) led another victorious breakaway on stage 12 of La Vuelta. The Polish rider dropped all his companions in the last climb of the day to solo to the win at Antequera, on Thursday. Alberto […]
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Froome Dominates
Cumbre del sol, sunday, August 27th – Already leader of La Vuelta 2017, Chris Froome (Team Sky) made the most of stage 9’s steep finish to claim the victory at La Cumbre del Sol. The British winner of the Tour de France won ahead of Esteban Chaves (Orica-Scott), who now […]
Vuelta a España: Majestic Alaphilippe wins in Xorret de Cati
The 25-year-old became the sixth Quick-Step Floors rider to take a Grand Tour stage victory this season 26-Aug-2017: Julian Alaphilippe is back! After a four-month injury lay-off, which had him skip the Ardennes Classics and the Tour de France, Julian made up for all those disappointing and sad moments by […]
Statement on future of Slipstream Sports
On Saturday morning, Slipstream Sports notified all riders and staff of the uncertainty of our organization’s future. Yesterday management received some discouraging news about a new partner we anticipated joining us in 2018. Without this partner’s support, we cannot guarantee our financial security and subsequently our UCI WorldTour license for […]
Porte and Hermans Resume Training Following Crashes
25 August, 2017, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Richie Porte and Ben Hermans have resumed training after sustaining serious injuries in crashes at the Tour de France and Tour of Poland respectively. BMC Racing Team Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Max Testa said that Porte is on track after a significant period […]
Mohoric Takes Vuelta Stage 7
Cuenca, Friday, August 25th – Matej Mohoric, a former Junior and U23 World champion, snatched his first Grand Tour victory at the end of stage 7 of La Vuelta 2017, on Friday. The Slovenian rider attacked from the gun and then dominated his breakaway companions for a brilliant solo win […]
Marczynski takes the win, Contador brings the fireworks
Sagunt, Thursday, August 24th – Attacks all day long offered an impressive showdown on stage 6 of La Vuelta Thursday on the way to Sagunt. Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) dominated the last survivors of a 37 man breakaway to snatch the win just ahead of a group of favorites set […]
Majka survives second mountain stage while Michael Schwarzmann enjoys an adventures day in the break to Alcossebre
After a long day in the break, Michael Schwarzmann was dropped only on the penultimate climb, being surprisingly at the head of the race for most of the second mountain stage of the Vuelta 2017. Also BORA – hansgrohe’s leader Rafal Majka felt better after suffering stomach problems for the […]
Lutsenko rises for a first, Contador is alive again
Alcossebre, Wednesday, August 23th – Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) enjoyed the first summit finish at La Vuelta 2017 to win his first Grand Tour stage, on Wednesday at Alcossebre. The Kazakh rider attacked from the gun and dominated his breakaway companions for a brilliant solo win ahead of Merhawi Kudus (Dimension […]
Julien Bernard and Kiel Reijnen Renew their contracts at Trek-Segafredo
Trek-Segafredo is excited to announce that Julien Bernard and Kiel Reijnen have extended their contracts for two years. With these contract extensions, Trek-Segafredo continues to lay the basis for 2018 and 2019. Bernard, 25, is a proficient climber and showed big improvements over the last years, gaining experience in the […]

