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Nîmes (France), Saturday, August 19th – BMC Racing Team made the most of the opening time-trial of the 72nd La Vuelta, Saturday at Nîmes: stage victory for the American team and first red jersey for Rohan Dennis. With a time of 15’58” over 13.7km, BMC dominated Quick-Step Floors and Team […]
Like last year, the opening stage of the Vuelta a España 2017 was a team time trial. On a very tricky city parcours in Nîmes (Fra), not just the legs decided about the results of the day, it was clearly about team work. Early off the ramp, BORA – hansgrohe […]
A special Trek Émonda SLR was presented to Alberto Contador on Friday evening at the Vuelta a España team presentation in celebration of his remarkable career. Contador will say good-bye after 14 years as a professional cyclist at the conclusion of the Vuelta on September 10 in Madrid. The bold […]
In-form Slovenian champion Luka Mezgec sprinted to an impressive victory today in the one-day Dutch race, Veenendaal Classic. The 195kilometre race was animated with a breakaway of nine riders escaping as ORICA-SCOTT took control of the peloton, setting the tempo on the front to gradually reel in the leaders. It […]
De Gendt has a mission: after winning a stage in Giro and Tour he also wants to triumph in the third Grand Tour on the calendar! His preparation on La Vuelta ran very smoothly. Thomas De Gendt: “La Vuelta will be my first official race since the Tour. In the […]
Team Sunweb’s Ellen van Dijk (NED) has taken the victory at the opening stage of the Ladies Tour of Norway today, as she powered to prologue victory aboard her Liv Trinity Advanced SL. Making her prologue debut after taking the 2017 title, two-time European time trial champion rode to the […]
On August 18, 2017, Alberto Contador spoke to the press on the team’s press conference ahead of the Vuelta a España. The press conference started with Alberto paying his respects to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Spain yesterday: “Before anything else, I think we are all very touched […]
For the final race of his illustrious career, Alberto Contador will ride a special Trek Émonda SLR, which will be presented to him on Friday at the Vuelta a España team presentation. After riding the 2017 season with Trek-Segafredo, Contador announced his retirement on August 7. Contador has had an […]
Ready to tackle La Vuelta for the fourth time (two stage victories in 2013, 8th in 2014, abandon due to illness on the 3rd stage in 2016), Warren Barguil (Team Sunweb) shared his views for the upcoming three weeks: “I got some good rest after the Klasika San Sebastian. I […]
Four time winner of the Tour de France, Chris Froome (Sky) will be one of the main men to watch at La Vuelta as he tries to conquer the race for the first time, after three places of second. American riders will also try to shine with the likes of […]
