Team captain Rafal Majka retains his 4th place overall before the penultimate day of racing at La Vuelta a España. Stage 19 saw Tinkoff-Saxo’s Pavel Brutt featuring in the long breakaway that made it to the finish line. More than 16 minutes behind, the main favorites fired up their engines […]
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Kris Boeckmans Update- Good News
Lotto Soudal is very happy to announce that Kris Boeckmans is no longer kept in an induced coma and that the recovery is evolving positively. After the ECMO treatment was stopped and the drain was removed from the thorax, the past 48 hours the tracheal cannula in the trachea was […]
Quick-Step Extends Contract with Tom Boonen
08-Sep-2015: Etixx – Quick-Step has reached an agreement with Tom Boonen to extend his contract for another season. The Belgian rider, who is about to complete his 13th season with the team, collecting more than 100 victories over the years, will ride with the Etixx – Quick-Step jersey on his […]
Tayler Wiles Wins Tour Feminin de l’Ardeche
Matera, Italy – 8 September, 2015 – Tayler Wiles yesterday won Tour Feminin De l’Ardeche that finished in Caverne du Pont d’Arc, France. Wiles took the overall tour victory after holding the pink leaders jersey for four days. Wiles finished 27 seconds ahead of Lauren Stephens (Team Tibco-SVB) and 55 […]
Giacomo Mauri’s Passion of 57 Years
Bianchi celebrated the last day at work of masterful frames’ specialist as a long-service award leaving an unbelievable list of souvenirs, anecdotes and valuable heritage since 1958 Bianchi family (executives, employees, advisors, former champions) celebrated at Bianchi headquarters in Treviglio (Bergamo, Northern Italy) the last day at work of Giacomo […]
Chaves and ORICA-GreenEDGE extend commitment to 2018
Colombian Esteban Chaves and ORICA-GreenEDGE have extended their commitment to see the two-time 2015 Vuelta a Espana stage winner ride with the Australian outfit until the end of 2018. The announcement comes as the 25-year-old continues his breakthrough Grand Tour to enter the final week of the Spanish race sitting […]
Kris Boeckmans Update #2
Ten days ago, Lotto Soudal rider Kris Boeckmans had a very hard crash in stage 8 of the Vuelta. The diagnosis was severe: facial trauma with several fractures, a concussion, three broken ribs, pneumothorax, laceration of the lung, bleeding of the lung and swollen pulmonary tissue. He is still in […]
Joaquim Rodriguez takes over race lead in Vuelta a España
Needing only one second to take the red leader’s jersey, Team Katusha’s Joaquim Rodriguez sprinted from the small group of favorites at 800m to go and managed to hold off Fabio Aru to take the race lead with five stages remaining in the 70th Vuelta a España. Rodriguez’ effort on […]
Fränk Schleck wins Vuelta a España stage 16
All the sweat, tears, crashes, injuries and countless moments of bad luck for Trek Factory Racing’s veteran rider Fränk Schleck were washed away Monday when he crossed the summit finish of stage 16 at the Vuelta a España to take a well-deserved win. “I don’t know,” exclaimed Schleck, overwhelmed by […]
De Marchi Wins, Sánchez Withdraws At Vuelta a España
Alto Campoo/Fuente del Chivo, Spain – BMC Racing Team’s Alessandro De Marchi soloed to victory on a fog-shrouded mountain-top finish Saturday at the Vuelta a España after teammate Samuel Sánchez was forced to withdraw due to an ongoing foot injury. De Marchi attacked out of a five-man breakaway in the […]