Trek Factory Racing has released the nine names that will take the ‘Grand Départ’ in Yorkshire for the 2014 Tour de France. Keeping in mind the team’s two main goals – finishing top 10 in the general classification and pocketing a stage win – the 13 rider long list was […]
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Tour de Suisse Stage 6: Trentin Wins Long Sprint After Selfless Martin Leads out in Yellow
19-Jun-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Tony Martin once again kept himself in great position near the front in the yellow jersey — this time, at 183.5km Tour de Suisse Stage 6 on Thursday. Despite attack after attack going into the final kilometers, including Peter Sagan (Cannondale) on […]
Roche 4th in Route du Sud
Route du Sud, 20th of June – 2014 Stage one didn’t offer a gentle way into the French stage race, Route du Sud where 181 kilometers were on the menu spiced up with a steep uphill finish in Campan-Payolle where the big battle were to commence. A breakaway of four […]
Tour de Suisse Stage 4: Cavendish Outkicks Field
38th Road Victory for OPQS in 2014 17-Jun-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Mark Cavendish timed his sprint to perfection on a hard fought, long distance sprint in the 160km sprint finale of Tour de Suisse Stage 4 on Tuesday. OPQS, who worked on the front all day […]
CAMERON MEYER EARNS HARD-FOUGHT VICTORY ON TOUR DE SUISSE STAGE TWO
Cameron Meyer won the second stage of the Tour de Swisse in a three-up sprint to the line in Sarnen. The Western Australian positioned himself perfectly in the drag to the line, coming from third wheel to outkick Philip Deignan (Team Sky) and Lawrence Warbasse (BMC) for stage glory. The […]
Alberto lost the race but won morally
Courchevel, 15th of June – 2014 The 8th and 131 kilometer long final stage of Dauphiné Libéré was not your usual final parade of a last stage. It was the crucial moment of truth for Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador and Chris Froome when they took on the final slopes to Courchevel. […]
Dauphiné and Suisse – training or prestigious races?
Tinkoff-Saxo prepares for Tour de France by participating in Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de Suisse to build and polish the race shape. But are the two one-week races pure training or also significant goals of the season? “Dauphiné is an important race and I wanted to perform here. But […]
Tour de Suisse Prologue: Martin Climbs to Victory
14-Jun-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Tony Martin won the 9.4km prologue of Tour de Suisse on Saturday, with a time of 13’48” on a parcours that included an uphill on the second half that descended into the finish. The three-time UCI World Time Trial Champion was one […]
Kreuziger return to racing with hard TT in Tour de Suisse
Roman Kreuziger finished 15th on the opening Time Trial in Tour de Suisse after being away from racing since April. He returned today in Tour de Suisse to build race shape ahead of the much-anticipated Tour de France but also to aim for success in the overall classification of the […]
Alberto attacks and takes overall lead in Dauphiné
Today’s battle between Alberto Contador and Chris Froome had been forecasted leading up to the hardest stage of this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné with two HC climbs on the last 30 kilometers of the stage. And it turned out to be a precise prediction. With 2 kilometers to go, in […]