On a day that ended, as expected, with a bunch sprint, the Tinkoff squad kept Alberto Contador out of trouble, allowing him to safely navigate his way in the main group. According to Sport Director Steven de Jongh, the team is motivated for tomorrow’s closing mountain stage of the race […]
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Kelderman Second in Andalucia ITT
LottoNL-Jumbo’s Dutchman finishes the race only two seconds behind Van Garderen Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL-Jumbo) grazed victory in Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol’s stage-4, a 21-km ITT with start and finish in Alhaurín de la Torre (Spain) on Saturday, February 20th. The ITT Dutch National champion rode his Aquila […]
Kittel Again in Algarve
Three years after Tony Martin won in Tavira, his countryman matched that feat in the Portuguese town. 20-Feb-2016: Volta ao Algarve continued on Saturday, when Marcel Kittel showed once again he is back to his best this season, by taking the victory on the penultimate stage (S. Bras de Alportel […]
Ruta del Sol Stage 4: Victory for van Garderen
20 February, Alhaurin de la Torre (ESP) Tejay van Garderen has stormed home to win today’s Individual Time Trial on stage 4 of Ruta del Sol and claim the race lead heading into tomorrow’s final stage. Van Garderen set a blistering time of 27’05 on the 21km course to take […]
Cancellara Wins Algarve TT
Stage 3 of the Volta ao Algarve was 18km along the coast of Portugal. The windy stage was won by Fabian Cancellara and Tony Martin is now in the yellow jersey. At the 11k split, Martin had been ahead of Cancellara by 8 seconds but both he and Thomas faded […]
Etixx – Quick-Step to Haut Var
Rodrigo Contreras and Fernando Gaviria will make their comeback to the peloton at the two-day French event. 19-Feb-2016: This week-end will see Etixx – Quick-Step race in France for the first time in 2016, and among the eight riders who will compete at the 48th edition of the Tour du […]
Alberto Contador moves to Volta ao Algarve GC top ten after hard time-trial
Despite the strong wind that put him at a disadvantage over heavier riders, Contador put on a strong performance with great commitment in the ITT and edged up several positions in the GC, moving to the top ten. Strong winds and a nearly flat race course put a dent in […]
Oscar Gatto sprints to win in Ruta del Sol and nets second stage victory for Tinkoff
The Italian rider won the final sprint of stage 3 hands down, clinching his first victory of the season. Rafal Majka and Roman Kreuziger finished once again in the leading group, retaining their GC aspirations ahead of tomorrow’s tough time-trial. The third stage of the Ruta del Sol, from Monachil […]
Tony Martin Leads Algarve
A strong ride in the Sagres individual time trial brought the 30-year-old German the yellow jersey. The general classification leader of the Volta ao Algarve changed for the second time in as many days, following stage 3. After teammate Marcel Kittel and Luis Leon Sanchez, now Tony Martin was the […]
Ruta del Sol Stage 3: Caruso Leads KOM
19 February, Padul (ESP) It was a solid day in the saddle for BMC Racing Team on stage 3 of Ruta del Sol with Damiano Caruso claiming the King of the Mountain jersey and Brent Bookwalter and Philippe Gilbert finishing in the top ten. Caruso formed a nine rider breakaway […]
