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3 June 2016 Nairo Quintana leads Movistar Team’s pre-selection for ‘Grande Boucle’; official, nine-man group to be decided after the National Championships in Europe, in three weeks’ timeMovistar Team unveils on Friday a twelve-man shortlist Eusebio Unzué has made official just a month before the 103rd Tour de France starts […]
The much-anticipated Critérium du Dauphiné began today with a formidable uphill prologue. The route to Le Mont Chery from Les Gets featured gradients of over 20% – a course that would soon mark out who was on form and who wasn’t. As one of the last riders out, Tinkoff’s leader, […]
5 June, 2016, Les Gets (FRA) Richie Porte powered to second place on the tough opening prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné, crossing the line six seconds behind winner Alberto Contador (Tinkoff). The 3.9 kilometer course was a brutal first test of the legs, with gradients of 15 percent at […]
David Canada racing the 2005 Tour de France, ©Beth Schneider Photo Spanish cyclist David Canada has died in the Towcar Ports Ribagorza Grand Fondo in his home region of Aragon. He and another rider crashed into each other and he fell hard when he landed on his head. He later […]
30 May 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) BMC Racing Team is set to target the General Classification at the two upcoming UCI WorldTour races, which will see Richie Porte headline the Critérium du Dauphiné roster and Tejay van Garderen lead the Tour de Suisse team. BMC Racing Team is lining […]
From the Astana Team on their Giro win today: “We have lost a battle – said the general manager Alexandr Vinokourov a week ago at the end of the uphill ITT – but not the war.” “The Giro ends only in Turin” – he said – and he was right. […]
29 May 2016Alejandro Valverde finishes 3rd overall, becomes one of only 16 riders to claim podiums in all three Grand Tours; Movistar Team shines with Amador’s pink jersey (8th in GC; Blues only team with two top-ten finishers), Bala’s stage win in Andalo. Spanish squad now up to nine consecutive […]
An incredible three weeks of racing and excitement came to a close at the Giro d’Italia today with Colombian Esteban Chaves finishing in second place overall. The result gives ORICA-GreenEDGE, Australia’s first and only WorldTour team, its best result and first ever general classification podium at a Grand Tour. 26-year-old […]
Etixx QuickStep concluded the season’s first Grand Tour with four stage wins, the white jersey and six days in the maglia rosa. 29-May-2016: Three magical weeks for Etixx – Quick-Step came to an end on Sunday, in Torino, where Matteo Trentin capped off the team’s hugely impressive Giro d’Italia by […]
Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team’s Greg Daniel couldn’t believe his late attack Saturday at the USA Cycling Volkswagen Professional Road National Championships was the one that would win him his first professional national road title. With no radio to tell him if anyone else was ahead, […]
